Bill Gates is shedding houses that are part of his $132 million Xanadu 2.0 compound—a reversal from his feelings about downsizing

Bill Gates is quietly trimming his footprint around his famed $132 million Xanadu 2.0 compound outside Seattle.

The Microsoft cofounder put up for sale a $4.8 million property “nestled into one of Medina’s most coveted hillsides,” according to the listing—a four-bed, three-bath home that he bought for $1 million in 1995, property records reviewed by Fortune show. 

That’s a retreat from what Gates had said just about a year ago: that he wasn’t looking to downsize.

“My house in Seattle, I admit, is gigantic.