Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the purchaser of a $23 million all-cash deal for a 15,000-square-foot Washington, D.C., mansion—the third-largest real estate transaction in the city’s history.
In the upscale Woodland Normanstone community, the home was initially purchased in early March by an anonymous buyer. After sale, images of the house were censored on Google Maps, *Politico* reports, which first reported the story.
A Meta spokesperson made the official confirmation of the purchase, saying, « Mark and Priscilla have purchased a house in D.C. so Mark can spend more time there as Meta remains engaged in tech policy matters important to U.S. leadership. »
The estate is called the 30th Street House, a one-acre corner lot it sits on in Massachusetts Avenue Heights, and was created by area architect Robert Gurney. It has five bedrooms, seven and a half bathrooms, a basketball court, and expansive pool area. Its exterior is characterized by dramatic steeply gabled slate roofs and large chimneys. According to Gurney in *Washingtonian*, the house was intended to be intimate enough for family living but large enough for large parties.
Others are speculating that Zuckerberg’s move might have a political agenda. Veteran D.C. luxury real estate broker Tom Daley told *Politico*, « It feels like a message to the White House—like when Trump owned the Trump Hotel. Being close by is a quiet way of saying, ‘We’re here. We’re behind.’
Zuckerberg joins a list of several tech billionaires with homes in the capital, after Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Peter Thiel, and David Sacks. Thiel also owns real estate in the same area. Zuckerberg’s new home is just a 12-minute car ride from the White House.
