Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus and his wife, Billi, have put their north Sandy Springs mansion on the market for $3.2 million.
The five-bedroom, eight-bathroom stucco home sits on 3 acres near the Chattahoochee River on Wildercliff Drive. Real estate agent Betsy Akers of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International said Monday she was in the process of showing the home to an entertainer, whom she declined to identify.
According to data provided by atlantafinehomes.com, the 10,314-square-foot home comes with a guest house, staff quarters and caretaker house. The two-story home also has an indoor pool, fitness center, wine cellar, workshop and two offices.
According to Fulton County tax assessors records, the structure, built in 1987, is valued at $2.4 million and the land at $784,400.
Akers said the Marcuses have been the only occupants since the custom home was built on property they purchased in 1985 for $260,000. “Everything in the home is state of the art,” Akers said.
She said the market for high-end homes in metro Atlanta continues to improve and that she has sold several million-dollar homes without listing them. “There are all kinds of sales taking place, which indicates confidence in the Atlanta market,” Akers said.
Forbes magazine puts Marcus’ net worth at around $3 billion. He co-founded Atlanta-based Home Depot in 1978 with Arthur Blank, now owner of the Atlanta Falcons, and the company is the world’s largest home-improvement retailer.
Marcus, who now lives in Boca Raton, Fla., retired as chairman in 2001 and has donated millions of dollars since then through his Marcus Foundation. Earlier this year, the foundation donated $25 million to Boca Raton Regional Hospital to create the Marcus Neuroscience Institute to treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other brain disorders. The institute is expected to open in 2014.
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