“When I got really smart, I began building in Marina del Rey, Malibu, Beverly Hills and the Hollywood Hills.”ĭecades later, in 2006, just before the recession hit, he began to pursue what would turn out to be his coup de grace: The Weidlake complex, which features expansive neon lighting, club-style banks of urinals and “Hollywood” spelled out in tile above the pools.
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I used to have even nicer cars - Ferraris, Bentleys, Rolls - but they kept breaking.”) He got his contractor’s license straight out of high school and has been developing and flipping dwellings ever since - first tract homes in the flats and later hillside mansions, which he designs in a brazen style he proudly characterizes as “bold” (think lights installed on each floor that rotate colors, a la Hollywood Squares) and others believe could be considered tasteful only by confirmed members of the doucheoisie.”Once I got smarter, I started building in Encino and Sherman Oaks,” says Fitzgerald. The son of a beer salesman and a BBQ pit waitress in unglamorous Granada Hills, 20 miles away at the north end of the San Fernando Valley, Fitzgerald grew up eager to escape his working-class roots: “I didn’t want to ever have a shitty car, a shitty house.” (He ticks off how far he’s come: “I have a turbo Porsche convertible, a Mercedes GL 63 AMG and a faithful Honda for work. Castmembers told TMZ that the hot tub was a “no-bone zone.”) Fitzgerald will just remind you that he’s a defender of a certain American dream: lifestyle, libertarianism and the pursuit of happiness as defined by an in-home nightclub and a Jacuzzi with 70 jets that “will blow your mind.” (Neighbors were agog to see castmembers of Playboy’s Swing reality show doing the deed in plain view on the countertops and the patio. Nor does he mind the repeated and breathless TMZ coverage of famous new tenants, out-of-control parties and public sex at the compound. “There’s drunken people throwing bottles, going to the bathroom on people’s lawns.”īut conflict doesn’t ruffle the developer, who may be the Hollywood Hills’ biggest pariah for his strikingly indulgent landlord relationships with everyone from Justin Bieber, Sean Kingston, Ne-Yo and Trey Songz to Nelly, T.I. “It’s like a cancer,” says Hollywood Dell Civic Association head Patti Negri, describing the compound. If he doesn’t cut his price - realtors suggest he needs to do so by tens of millions - the epic fight, which began in 2006, will persist. Hollywood's Most Notorious Party House (Photos)