12-08-2007
Another record braking home goes on the market for $13.5 million--Attwood estate as one of the most expensive ever listed in Austin

There's another home on the market in Austin for $13.5 million. It's owned by Greg Attwood, co-founder of the World Gym fitness centers in Austin, which were sold in 2002 to Gold's Gym Enterprises Inc.
The estate on Lake Travis joins a house on Selma Hughes Park Road and another in Spicewood as the most expensive listings ever in Austin.
The latest home is smaller than the other two, which have more than 15,000 square feet each. Attwood's has a mere 8,500 square feet.
But Attwood points out that his property has 45 acres that are suitable for a housing development, as well as three other homes and two boat docks.
The main home has two stories, five bedrooms and 51/2 bathrooms and about 2,500 feet of waterfront.
Attwood has been a real estate developer since selling World Gym and is working on the Creekside at Flint Rock housing development near Lakeway.
He says that if he doesn't sell his current house, he'll probably develop the surrounding acres as well. "It has unbelievable potential, so I'm seeing whether anyone has an interest in either developing the property or keeping it as a private estate."
Attwood says the land has "some great trails for bikes, motorcycles or horses. And there are picturesque canyons that go down to the lake."
If it sells, Attwood says he'll probably buy another home in the area because his son is two years away from high-school graduation. But he eventually plans to spend more time in Marble Falls, where he has a 650-acre ranch.
"We raise exotic animals out there, African stock animals and things like that," he says.


(P.S. Let me know if you thinking about buying this estate, I will love to check this place out.)