Bill Gates faced an Owl crisis during the building of Xanadu 2.0, the Medina estate home that Gates family called ‘home’ for nearly 24 years, making him spend millions on …
When Bill Gates started constructing his Median estate, famously known as Xanadu 2.0, in 1990, he encountered an unexpected challenge: the northen spotted owl crises. The mansion, designed in Pacific Lodge style and sprawling across 66,000 square feet, was initially planned to use old‑growth timber. But with the owl listed as a threatened species, America…