Jeff Bezos plunked down $68M for a home in Miami’s ‘Billionaire Bunker.’ What we know
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Former Miamian Jeff Bezos is about to be Indian Creek Village’s newest celebrity resident, Bloomberg first reported.
The billionaire — and third richest man in the world worth a cool $160B — has snatched up a waterfront mansion in so-called Billionaire Bunker, a posh private island off Miami Beach.
If the Amazon founder, 59, needs to borrow a cup of sugar, he can stroll over to see such famous neighbors as Tom Brady, who is putting the finishing touches on his massive bachelor pad, and former political couple Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.
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While out on the town, the father of four, who recently got engaged to longtime girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, will also likely run into some pals from back in the day; he graduated from Miami Palmetto Senior High in 1982.
Bezos’ reportedly paid $68 million for the estate that was built in 1965 and sits on 2.8 acres. Public records show the sale went down in June, but the identity of the buyer was undisclosed.
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The Internet titan will have also have the parental units a few miles away. Last summer Mike and Jackie Bezos snapped up a 12,829-square-foot, six-bedroom, seven bathroom “masterpiece” in Coral Gables for $34 million.
Indian Creek, one of the most exclusive communities in the country, will give Bezos and Sanchez close access to the glitz of SoBe and Brickell, but they can also be away from prying eyes when they choose.
“The neighborhood is a haven for high-profile residents because of the privacy and space it offers,” says Douglas Elliman’s Dina Goldentayer, who has the listing next door at 12 Indian Creek Island Road for $85 million. “There are over 300 acres of guard gated land with less than 40 homes and the security of a private police force with officers who patrol by land and sea.”
