After setting out to build a custom house in Las Vegas, movie star Mark Wahlberg instead sold the empty plot of land for a mountain of money, Clark County records indicate.

Wahlberg, who moved to Las Vegas a few years ago and has been a visible presence in America’s casino capital, sold a 2.5-acre parcel in The Summit Club in Summerlin for $17.25 million, property records show.

The sale, to a mystery buyer, closed Dec. 31.

Wahlberg’s name was not on the deed that recorded the sale with the county. But the transaction was conducted through the same trust he used to buy the land in 2022 for $15.6 million, county records show.

He was named as trustee in the deeds that recorded his purchase, and his mailing address in those records was the same as his charity, the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation.

Wahlberg, whose movies include “Boogie Nights,” “The Departed” and “The Fighter,” has been a vocal advocate for turning Las Vegas into a hub of movie productions. He has also pursued other ventures in Southern Nevada, including plans for a luxury gym in Downtown Summerlin that he announced with a video of himself outside the new space.

Efforts to reach Wahlberg or a representative for comment on the land sale, including through the actor’s foundation and some of his business interests, were unsuccessful.