Half a mile south is the 151-room St Regis Atlanta, a hotel that is as popular with locals as it is with out-of-towners due to its location at the intersection of mansion-lined West Paces Ferry Road and commercial Peachtree Road.

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It all started with a 911 call coming from Michael Jackson's rented mansion in an exclusive section of West Los Angeles.

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His private villa on the outskirts of the city is in a poor state and his once prestigious mansion in his hometown of Arthington, some 40km (25 miles) west of Monrovia, is in ruins and covered by overgrown vegetation, our correspondent says.

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In August 2011, Perry listed a condo in West Hollywood and traded up to a 3, 101 square foot, 3 bedroom, 4 bath Hollywood Hills mansion, and now it seems like his Malibu estate must go too.

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