Buckhead estate sells for $7.2M: the 2nd highest sale of the year

The sale of Tyler Perry's estate for $17.5 million was the highest.

Villa Juanita hit the market at $7.7 million in May.

It has been lauded as one of Atlanta's most iconic homes and has been nicknamed "the Great Gatsby house."

See a video about the property here.

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