LOS ANGELES _ You could call it 68 million shades of Grey.
The Grey Estate, the Holmby Hills home of late Paramount Pictures Chairman and Chief Executive Brad Grey, has sold for $68,822,500.
Even for this tony Westside pocket, tucked in between Beverly Hills and Bel-Air, that's a lot of money.
Designed by Howard Backen, the modern farmhouse-style mansion sits behind wood- and steel-framed gates on 2.2 acres of grounds.
The 12,800 square feet of living space features an open-plan kitchen and dining area, a sunroom and a den with a wet bar. A barn-inspired, vaulted-ceiling great room opens to the grounds. Five bedrooms and a home theater complete the floor plan.
A central courtyard is filled with olive trees, a large fireplace and a reflecting pool. Adjacent are vegetable and herb gardens, an organic orchard and an outdoor dining area.
A two-story recreation facility has two gyms and a blue-bottomed swimming pool. A raised bridge leads from the main house to the detached structure.
The property came to market in February at $77.5 million but was removed from the market before the sale. It had been owned by a trust associated with the entertainment executive since 2010.
Grey, who died last year at 59, oversaw such blockbusters as the "Star Trek" and "Transformers" movies during his tenure at Paramount.
