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New home will have barber shop and two-story closet


AKRON, Ohio -- LeBron James' new house is shaping up as a palace fit for a king -- with a theater, bowling alley, casino and barber shop.

The 35,440-square-foot house in Bath Township, about 20 miles south of Cleveland, is under construction and is to be finished next year. It is being built on 5.6 acres of land that was purchased with an 11-bedroom house in 2003 for $2.1 million. The Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star and Akron native razed the house to clear the way for the new one.

A first-floor master suite, which includes a two-story walk-in closet, will be about 40 feet wide and 56 feet long -- bigger than half the houses in Bath Township.

The house has a dining hall, roughly 27 feet by 27 feet, a "great room" at 34 feet by 37 feet and a bigger, two-story "grand room," according to the Akron Beacon Journal, which reported on the blueprints.

While waiting for the home to be finished, James splits his time between a huge apartment in downtown Cleveland and a relatively modest four-bedroom house in Medina County west of Akron. He paid $580,000 for the house in 2005.

The new house already has begun to draw the curious.

"People who come to photograph it are disrespectful," said Tom Bader, one of nine immediate next-door neighbors. "They park their car in the middle of the street -- with their doors open! And you're sitting behind them! All I wanna do is go home after a hard day's work."


http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2814984

This is good news for Cavs fans....he is building a home that noone would want to leave...I believe this is a good sign that Lebron will probably stay in Cleveland as long as we give him the money

I just saw this on ESPN. Could be a good sign of him wanting to stay in Cleveland for a very long time

Or it could be a sign that this kid has more money than God and wants a house befitting his financial status. New York or L.A. will end up with King James in a couple of years. Who knows. I was one of those people who thought that he was too young thus too irresponsible for his sudden new found wealth and fame. Not only was a wrong I was WAY WRONG. The kid so far is a class act and that it what makes him so appealing to Madison Ave. ( that and he happens to be able to play a little ball ) So let's hope I'm wrong about this one also.

Wow, you could put my house inside the middle of his and probably never find it.

He's had that house in the plans for the last 4 years guys. When I still lived and worked in Akron we all knew about the house he was going to build. (guess it is just dumb luck that some heard about it before others )