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There also will be four outdoor lounges, each with different landscapes, as well as a sauna and a spa. She touted the lease as a record for a penthouse rental on the entire West Coast–a claim that hasn’t been verified but isn’t out of the realm of plausibility.įarrer said he will spend $1 million to furnish and develop the penthouse, with $200,000 budgeted for audio and video equipment. Mintz said that Farrer wanted to develop a unique ambiance–the six bedrooms and 11 baths are complemented by a rock-climbing wall, a pool and three bars. He’ll use the 19,000-square-foot, two-level penthouse of the 53-story tower at 825 South Hill Street as a headquarters for his company, which deals in watches that range from $30,000 to $2.5 million.

The road between Southern California and Dallas runs both ways–and a purveyor of luxury goods is bringing Texas-sized ambitions to Downtown Los Angeles with a lease on a high-rise penthouse.Īnthony Farrer plans to pay $95,000 per month in rent when he starts a two-year lease in May, according to Lee Mintz of Compass, who represented the founder of The Timepiece Gentleman in the deal. Anthony Farrer and the penthouse (Photos via Anthony Farrer, Farrer via Bryan Rodriguez)

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