Did Depp Buy a Dump?

Johnny DeppTMZ told you back in July that Johnny Depp bought a swanky downtown loft for a cool $2 mil -- but it's six months later -- and Jack Sparrow still hasn't moved in! What gives, matey?

According to Hot Property, Depp's new penthouse in downtown L.A.'s Eastern Columbia building is still vacant. In fact, the building hasn't even sold out yet -- there are still half a dozen lofts on the penthouse level available, ranging from 600K to $2.2 mil. Chump change!

But Depp isn't the only star in the Art Deco landmark -- comedian Ant and "Real Housewives of Orange County" hottie Slade Smiley also call the building home. On second thought, Depp is the only star in the building.

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16. It's all crap. Depp was "given" a condo by the owners so they could say "Johnny Depp lives here".
It failed miserably, they still can't sell the remaining dog units.
I can see the building from my office, they did a nice job but the neighborhood still reeks of piss and vomit from the thousands of homeless drunks who wander around.
JD wouldn't live here on a bet, they just paid him a few hundred grand.

Posted at 3:31PM on Jan 6th 2008 by SkankWhisperer

17. JOHNNY WHEN I HIT THE LOTTERY I WILL BE IN THE BUILDING WITH YOU

Posted at 3:38PM on Jan 6th 2008 by bob

18. Johnny Depp is so HOT! Loved Sweeney Todd. The most beautiful slasher movie ever made!

Posted at 4:27PM on Jan 6th 2008 by Joanna

19. What's Slade Smiley doing in that building? Cleaning it?

Posted at 4:31PM on Jan 6th 2008 by whatever you say

20. #12 you are as thick as bush! he ran your party into the ground, even jed bush cant run for the office! we have zero credibility around the world! and putin dont repect the guy, he think bush is a goof ball! and if were shipping any body itll be you... cause everyone, comes from somewhere!

Posted at 5:33PM on Jan 6th 2008 by RoughDaddy

21. EWWWWW SLADE is such a disgusting loser! GROSS - cant beleiev he will be in the same building!

Posted at 6:41PM on Jan 6th 2008 by Barbie

22. Hey 12. Weapons of mass destruction? Loss of life since it's started. Justified? Only to republicans. :)

Posted at 8:25PM on Jan 6th 2008 by smartypants

23. JD, great actor who should of won an Oscar by this point due to his impeccible acting catalog; most notably overlooked for Ed Wood. With that said, let me eat cake..........in France. I find him a wee bit too passive-agressive pretentious for me.

Posted at 9:32PM on Jan 6th 2008 by Stonesgirl66

24. TMZ, just stalk Bush. You'll get much more entertainment value. Since when are the Paps scuuuured?

Posted at 2:25AM on Jan 7th 2008 by psychobabble

25. Not that its the main part of the story, but I saw that the douche bag wannabe celebrity Slade Smiley was mentioned. As someone who grew up "Behind the Gates",( Coto), I've heard from several of my real estate industry clients that the home Coto(featured on the show) has been in forclosure for quite some time now , and rather than taking care of his kids and financial responsiblities he's chasing the" Celebrity Dream" up in LA......ANYONE?

Posted at 3:36AM on Jan 9th 2008 by Lauren in OC

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