Minecraft creator asks $70 million for Beverly Hills mansion with 15 bathrooms, private nightclub

Markus Persson, the Swedish billionaire behind “Minecraft,” just listed his Beverly Hills mega-mansion for $70 million, one of the highest-priced properties listed in the county this year.In L.A.’s ailing luxury market, it’s an ambitious price tag but also a revealing one, given that Persson paid the same price for the home in 2014. Back then, spec houses — homes built without a specific buyer in mind — were selling like hotcakes.But the market for such high-end properties has cooled. While the median L.A. home has more than doubled in value over the last 12 years, Persson’s price tag represents a 0% increase.If it sells for $70 million, it’ll be the priciest home sale in Beverly Hills this year and the second-priciest in L.A. County behind Casa Encantada, a storied Bel-Air estate that sold to former PayPal chief executive Peter Thiel for $130 million at a foreclosure auction in September. The Beverly Hills mansion includes a recording studio and private nightclub with a DJ booth and bar. (Christian Cruzio) Persson bought the house from Bruce Makowsky, a developer known for jam-packing properties with extravagant amenities; another of his listings came with a $30-million fleet of e...