A sad real estate news could shock friends and family of billionaire property investor, Christos Lazari. The Cyprus-born real estate mogul passed away at the age of 69 in his London home after suffering from heart attack on Monday.
Life has reportedly not been easy for the estate magnate, who started with only £20 in his pocket to find his luck in London in the 1960s. He began working as a dishwasher before he became a fashion designer and a real estate tycoon.
"I felt that the grass was always greener somewhere else, and I was too young to think twice," Lazari said in an interview. "The buildings were certainly more valuable," according to Forbes.
From his own fashion line, the boy from Cyprus invested on some properties that grew into valuable amount. According to Lazari, his father taught him the value of real estate at a very young age. Today, the possessions he left totals to 2.64 million square feet of real estate properties, valuing to $2 billion.
He owned six estates, most of which are in London's premiere West locations. He also owned the Brunswick shopping center that added a movie theater, 408 apartments and 45 retail shops to his property list. With his hefty net worth of $2.1 billion when he was alive, he was named as one of Forbes' World's Billionaires in 2015.
With the unfortunate news of his death, many have expressed their grief on the loss of Lazori.
_Heather Wightman (@h_wightman 8 hours ago): "Let's hope he had his treasure in a real home in eternity too!!! I pray he did."
_ Euripides Evriviades (@eevriviades 15 hours ago): "RIP Chris Lazari. #UKCypriots lost true son of #Cyprus & great benefactor. Condolences 2 bereaved family https://onforb.es/1DJ5rVB via @forbes"
Petro Nicolaides (@PetroNicolaides 13h13 hours ago): "@eevriviades @Forbes his wisdom is something that many of my friends & relatives will miss #RIP Chris #Lazari"
