Hot Property: Le Palais Gourmet co-owner sells Sunset Strip house

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Randy Lee Arnold, co-owner and co-founder of Le Palais Gourmet tea emporium in Beverly Hills, has sold his newly built minimalist home in the Sunset Strip area for $3.8 million.

He designed and built the modern-style house of three bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms from the ground up over a four-year period. The 4,000-square-foot home has a two-story entry, cantilevered roof lines, an open floor plan and walls of glass revealing city-to-mountain views.

Arnold, whose tea shop has become been a popular haunt with Hollywood stars since opening in 2003, said he took on the house “as creative therapy; realizing a vision inspired by Pierre Koenig and the vintage modern homes forever captured by architectural master photographer Julius Shulman.”

His goal was to build a home that epitomized the relaxed indoor-outdoor California lifestyle.

Now that he has accomplished his dream, he said he is ready for his next project, although it won’t necessarily be a home.

There are more photos at latimes.com.

-- Lauren Beale

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