A newly completed, 10,950-square-foot brutalist mansion on Bel Air's Linda Flora Drive has entered the market at $36.5 million, the culmination of a nine-year development journey. The industrial-style home, built from 4,500 tons of reinforced concrete, is the work of developer Tim McElwee, who first bought the 0.59-acre property in 2017.
McElwee co-designed the home with architect Jeffrey Eyster, AIA, of Atelier Eyster Architecture, and Matthew Melnyk was also associated with the project. As The Real Deal reports, the listing is being jointly marketed by Aaron Kirman of Christie's International Real Estate Southern California and Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency. Christie's International Real Estate ranked eighth in The Real Deal's latest Los Angeles County brokerage rankings, with $2.1 billion in on-market transactions for homes above $1 million between July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, while Westside Estate Agency ranked 18th with $754.1 million over the same period, according to the outlet.
Ten Million Pounds of Concrete on a Ridgeline Lot
Getting the home out of the ground required roughly 10 million pounds of reinforced concrete, configured into cantilevered forms, board-formed concrete ceilings, and angled structural columns, according to ERA Brokers Consolidated. The Real Deal's reporting on the finished property describes a 75-foot terrace and views stretching across West Los Angeles and the Bel Air hills, along with five bedrooms and a 455-square-foot sun room.
Outdoor living is a central feature of the design: expansive glass pivot doors open onto the terraces, a private roof garden sits just off the third-floor primary suite, and a knife-edge infinity pool extends toward ocean and canyon views, per ERA Brokers Consolidated's listing details. That primary suite occupies the entire third floor at 1,600 square feet, the station's report notes, and includes a walk-in closet with display cases, a coffee bar, a glam room, and a bathroom finished with a terrazzo soaking tub.
Theater, Wellness Wing and a Hidden Chef's Kitchen
Inside, the home includes a theater and a suite of wellness amenities — a home gym, dry sauna, steam shower and spa — with the theater and living room both fitted with quantum media televisions featuring studio-quality screens, according to the same account. The kitchen features an island with seating and a bar, plus a hidden chef's kitchen stocked with commercial-grade appliances for prep work out of sight of guests.
Two other listings on Linda Flora Drive are currently priced at $13.8 million and nearly $24 million, per The Real Deal's reporting, giving a sense of the street's range even as this property sits well above both in price.
Measure ULA and a Market Where Buyers Hold the Cards
The timing complicates things. Under Los Angeles' Measure ULA transfer tax rates in effect since July 1, 2026, a sale at the $36.5 million asking price would trigger a 5.5 percent surcharge, adding roughly $2.01 million in taxes payable by the seller at closing, according to the Los Angeles Office of Finance.
Academic research has tied that pullback directly to the tax. Studies by UCLA and the Cato Institute found Measure ULA reduced transaction volume for eligible high-value properties by 38 to 50 percent, the Cato Institute reported. The tax applies only within Los Angeles city limits.
The pressure on sellers is visible elsewhere in Bel Air. The 24,920-square-foot Quincy Jones estate at 1101 Bel Air Place cut its asking price to $39.995 million in March 2026, a 33 percent reduction from its initial ask of nearly $60 million in May 2025, according to Hoodline's earlier reporting. Elsewhere in Los Angeles, a Hollywood Hills mansion cut its price from $125 million to $99 million this week, and Los Angeles luxury broker Michael Fahimian told The Real Deal that the buyer has the upper hand in today's market — a dynamic that stands to shape negotiations over the Linda Flora Drive estate as much as its concrete walls and ridgeline views.
