Celeb R.E.: Alex Trebek’s Longtime Former Studio City Estate Rebuilt and Listed for $32.5M

The longtime former Studio City home of Alex Trebek has returned to the market in a very different form.

Located at 3405 Fryman Road in the Fryman Canyon area of Studio City, the property is currently listed for $32,500,000. The new residence is described as a 2025 new-construction organic modern farmhouse with 7 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, and approximately 17,627 square feet on a roughly 1.47-acre lot.

For decades, this address was best known as the longtime home of the beloved Jeopardy! host. Trebek and his wife, Jean Trebek, purchased the property in 1991 for $2,150,000, and the family owned it for nearly 30 years. The original estate was a 1920s Mediterranean / Spanish-style property tucked into one of Studio City’s most desirable celebrity enclaves.

Alex Trebek died on November 8, 2020 at age 80 after a public battle with pancreatic cancer. The timing gives the property sale added context: a little more than a year after his passing, the longtime family estate came to market in January 2022 and sold in May 2022. The sale effectively marked the end of the Trebek family’s nearly three-decade ownership chapter at Fryman Road, before the original estate was later replaced by the much larger modern compound seen in the current listing.

Trebek’s Studio City footprint was larger than just his longtime Fryman Road estate. Back in 2012, this blog covered his sale of an adjacent Studio City property, noting that he sold the neighboring home on December 2, 2011 for $1,640,000. That property was described as having 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, approximately 4,068 square feet, and a 28,540-square-foot lot, with records showing it was built in 1959. The most interesting detail was its location: it sat next door to Trebek’s longtime main residence on Fryman Road.

When the main Trebek estate came to market in 2022, the original home was listed for $6,995,000 and later sold on May 6, 2022 for $6,450,000. At that time, the property included nearly 10,000 square feet of living space, a detached guest house, mature trees, a pool, and expansive grounds near Wilacre Park.

The old estate has since been replaced by a much larger modern compound. The current listing describes the rebuilt property as a private resort-style estate with clean A-frame lines, warm natural materials, soaring ceilings, walls of glass, a chef’s kitchen, multiple lounge and entertaining areas, a resort-style pool, rolling lawns, and a full wellness setup that includes a steam room, cold plunge, sauna, and gym.

The transformation is striking because it reflects a broader trend happening across Studio City and the South of Ventura luxury market. Older celebrity estates with large lots and historic character are increasingly being redeveloped into massive modern compounds designed for privacy, wellness, entertaining, and resort-style living.

There is also a preservation angle here. The original home was reportedly connected to the Walter P. Story estate, giving the property a deeper architectural and historical background beyond its celebrity association. For longtime Valley observers, the loss of the older structure is another example of how quickly historic hillside estates can disappear once land value and luxury redevelopment collide.

Still, the address remains significant because of its Trebek connection. Alex Trebek hosted Jeopardy! for more than three decades and became one of television’s most familiar and respected figures. His longtime residence in Fryman Canyon reflected the older version of celebrity Studio City: private, wooded, close to the studios, and set apart from the busier parts of Los Angeles.

Trebek’s San Fernando Valley legacy also extends beyond celebrity real estate. In Northridge, the former Skateland roller rink was transformed into the Trebek Center, a bridge housing facility named in his honor. Alex and Jean Trebek helped support the purchase of the former Skateland property, turning one of the Valley’s familiar entertainment landmarks into a shelter and support-services facility for people transitioning out of homelessness.

18140 Parthenia Street Northridge Skateland Trebek Center

That broader Valley connection makes the Fryman Road property more than just another celebrity home story. Trebek was not only a longtime Studio City resident; his name is now also tied to one of the Valley’s most visible adaptive-reuse projects, linking his legacy to both classic Fryman Canyon celebrity history and a major Northridge community-service project.

Today, 3405 Fryman Road tells two stories at once. It is now a newly built luxury estate asking over $32 million, but it is also the site of one of Studio City’s best-known former celebrity homes — a property tied to Alex Trebek, old Fryman Canyon, the transformation of Valley estate neighborhoods, and a broader San Fernando Valley legacy that reaches all the way to Northridge.

Property Details

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Address: 3405 Fryman Road, Studio City

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Current asking price: $32,500,000

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Bedrooms / bathrooms: 7 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms

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Size: Approximately 17,627 square feet

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Lot: Approximately 1.47 acres

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Year built: 2025

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Style: Organic modern farmhouse / new-construction estate

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Notable features: Gated setting, A-frame design elements, walls of glass, chef’s kitchen, resort-style pool, rolling lawns, wellness area, steam room, cold plunge, sauna, and gym

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Celebrity connection: Longtime former home site of Alex Trebek

Prior Sale History

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April 8, 1982: Sold for $695,000

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November 18, 1988: Sold for $1,600,000

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August 14, 1991: Sold for $2,150,000 to Alex and Jean Trebek

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January 21, 2022: Listed for $6,995,000

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May 6, 2022: Sold for $6,450,000

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April 24, 2026: Listed for $32,500,000

Related Trebek Valley History

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Adjacent Studio City property: Trebek sold a neighboring home on December 2, 2011 for $1,640,000, which this blog covered in 2012.

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Trebek Center in Northridge: The former Skateland roller rink was converted into the Trebek Center, a bridge housing facility named in honor of Alex Trebek.

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Valley legacy: Trebek’s name remains connected to Studio City celebrity real estate, Fryman Canyon history, and a major Northridge adaptive-reuse project.