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The Los Angeles home where the “Friends” star Matthew Perry died last year has been sold.
Mr. Perry was 54 when he was found unresponsive last October in a backyard hot tub at the property, which was one of a handful of homes he owned. His death was initially classified as a drowning, but the Los Angeles County medical examiner later said it was caused by the “acute effects of ketamine,” and that the actor had also had opioids in his system.
Mr. Perry, who perfected the sitcom art of delivering one-liners in his role as the lovable Chandler Bing on “Friends,” had fought a very public battle with addiction. In August 2024, his personal assistant, two doctors and two others were charged with providing him with the ketamine.
The new owner of the low-slung, four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath house is Anita Verma-Lallian, a real estate developer and movie producer based in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The sale was handled off market. Ms. Verma-Lallian, who purchased it as an investment property, paid $8.55 million through a trust. She was represented by Brooke Elliott Laurinkus of Christie’s International Real Estate Southern California.
The 3,500-square-foot, midcentury modern home, built in 1965 on 0.4 acres, is in the secluded Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. Mr. Perry bought it for $6 million in 2020, also utilizing a trust, then did extensive renovations including adding the pool. A Batman fanatic who often referred to himself as “Mattman,” Mr. Perry shared images of the home’s Batman-inspired décor on social media, including a red LED-lit bat signal at the bottom of the pool.
Ms. Verma-Lallian, the founder and chief executive of Arizona Land Consulting, a Phoenix-based land development and acquisition company, has made a flurry of deals in recent months. Her company recently closed on a 131-acre land deal in Buckeye, Ariz., for $20 million, and a 600-acre deal in Casa Grande for $40 million.
In August, it sold a 2,100-acre site in Arizona to a startup land-development firm for $160 million after purchasing it for $40 million in 2022.
Mr. Perry’s estate was represented in the sale by Greg Holcombe of Carolwood Estates. Neither Ms. Verma-Lallian nor either of the agents on the deal were available for comment.
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