The mansion Cloudfare tech tycoon Matthew Prince wants to build in Park City ... trends now
The massive mansion a tech billionaire wants to build towering over a historic ski town is a series of steel and concrete boxes.
Cloudfare founder Matthew Prince, 49, has spent the past year trying to ram his 11,300sqft monstrosity through local bureaucrats in Park City, Utah.
His tactics included hiring lobbyists to sneak an amendment to an affordable housing bill in the Utah legislature to override local planning rules.
Prince, worth $3.4 billion, also bought the local paper and gave its new editor free housing, and sued neighbors who objected to his plan by claiming their dogs Sasha and Mocha were vicious.
The massive mansion a tech billionaire wants to build towering over a historic ski town is a series of steel and concrete boxes
The mansion is 3,500sqft with an unspecified number of rooms that towers 4.5 storeys high including two below the hill's incline and the roof extends 117ft at 30 to 33ft height
Cloudfare founder Matthew Prince, 49, (pictured with his wife Tatiana) has spent the past year trying to ram his 11,300sqft monstrosity through local bureaucrats in Park City, Utah .
Townsfolk who oppose his plans call him a 'bully' and the 'most hated man in Park City' due to how he went about seeking building approval.
The mansion is 3,500sqft with an unspecified number of rooms that towers 4.5 storeys high including two below the hill's incline and the roof extends 117ft at 30 to 33ft height.
A driveway, parking area, and turnaround wide enough for fire trucks, and a separate home office bring the total to 11,300sqft.
The Park City Planning Commission in February approved the mansion with some alterations, but some locals are appealing the 4-2 decision.
The most prominent are Eric and Susan Hermann, the 71-year-old and 68-year-old owners of a $11.5 million mansion next door.
A driveway, parking area, and turnaround wide enough for fire trucks, and a separate home office bring the total to 11,300sqft
The Park City Planning Commission in February approved the mansion with some alterations, but some locals are appealing the 4-2 decision
How the mansion would look towering above the historic ski town
Prince last month sued the couple claiming a rock wall coming from their home crosses the property line into the vacant lot he bought last March.
The pair have emerged as two of Prince's fiercest adversaries in the ongoing property fight, filing an appeal this past month after Prince received approval.
They argue his proposal violates zoning laws - a declaration eight others in the neighborhood, including some friends, have rallied behind. They also say he purposely bought a second patch of land after the first suit so he could file a second.
Within days, Prince filed suit against the couple over the behavior of their Bernese Mountain dogs, calling them 'menacing'.
'I get that we’re rich a**holes, but at some level I'm also a father and I have to protect my daughter,' he told the Wall Street Journal.
Prince last month sued the couple claiming a rock wall coming from their home crosses the property line into the vacant lot he bought last March. These two maps appear to conflict
A sketch of the side of the building showing the house against the incline of the hill and the basement underneath
Price claimed the two dogs menaced his 82-year-old mother and 'barked, snarled and charged' at his toddler.
The Hermanns said he never asked them to leash their dogs before the filing, and that 'the dogs have had no interaction with the Princes'.
Since the fight erupted about the two pooches, locals have came out in support of Sasha and Mocha, making 'Free Sasha & Mocha' stickers.
The stickers began appearing on signs, fence posts and car bumpers around the city.
Blaire Dernach, a local bartender, described the dogs as being 'big, fluffy and beautiful'.
The owners said they had never received such a complaint prior, and claim they are being 'harassed' with the second suit.
Neighbors Eric Hermann and Susan Fredston-Hermann argue his proposal violates zoning laws - a declaration eight others in the neighborhood have rallied behind
Within days, Prince filed suit against the couple over the behavior of their Bernese Mountain dogs, calling them 'menacing'
Attorney Bruce Baird, the lawyer representing Prince, called the rock wall lawsuit a 'simple property dispute'.
In an interview back in March, Prince - who in 2017 wed ex-banker Tatiana Prince - conceded the couple's opposition was a factor in his decision to file the lawsuit over their dogs.
Claiming the canines are often unleashed and uncontrolled, the Cloudflare kingpin who's worth a reported $3.4 billion
