American television host, Ellen DeGeneres has just expanded her real estate portfolio as she is now the owner of a house in Beverly Hills.
According to real estate sources, the talk show host invested 8.5 million dollars in a five-bedroom, four-bathroom home. The location is 4,614 square feet and looks like a fixer-upper. However, the house which was built in 1961 looks outdated and has undergone at least one refurbishment.
The house also has a pool, fire pit, chef’s kitchen, and lush gardens and some rooms are heated in a firepot, according to close sources.
It is worth mentioning that Beverly Hills is known to house some top celebrities and so, it comes as no surprise that Ellen DeGeneres will have some famous neighbors. Among them are Adele and Cameron Diaz.
For Ellen, this is her second home purchase in a few months as it can be recalled that Ellen Invested 2.9 million dollars for a Santa Barbara’s two-bedroom house in June.
Well, Ellen DeGeneres doesn’t just flip houses, she buys, renovates, and sells them at a massive mark-up. Since 2003, the talk-show host has owned more than 20 properties with her wife, Portia de Rossi. But Ellen insists that their real estate ventures are driven by a passion for architecture and decorating.
DeGeneres said in a 2018 Today show interview: “We buy a house and we love it and we stay in it. Then we get a little bored because we like a different style or different aesthetic”.
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Ellen DeGeneres campus to be complete by November
Speaking of buildings, the Ellen DeGeneres campus in Rwanda is expected to be completed by November this year.
The construction work is being funded by the American television personality, Ellen DeGeneres and her partner Portia de Rossi.
According to Felix Ndagijimana, the Director of Rwanda programs at Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Karisoke Research Centre, once the campus is completed, it will host the headquarters of Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund which has been operating in the country for the past 50 years.
Ndagijimana also noted that while the official launch is expected in February, next year, construction works are now at 85 percent.
“By November, we expect to have completed the construction, and the remaining work will be to equip the facility before it can be inaugurated”.
Felix Ndagijimana
The 10-million-dollar campus which was incepted two years ago is expected to boost mountain gorilla conservation efforts and promote Rwanda’s tourism.
According to Ndagijimana, once established, the campus will also help move closer to the park and the communities served while enhancing the quality of science, education, and community initiatives.
“The rate of completion is relatively the same on all the facilities except the conservation gallery which will be slightly more time than the other facilities”.
Felix Ndagijimana
Ndagijimana explained that the gallery, which will be alongside the research and education center, is designed in a way to be an interactive public exhibit used to educate tourists and local communities about gorillas and their habitat, the importance of conservation, and the work of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.
