Though Jeff Bezos spent the higher a part of the summer season crusing his tremendous yacht round European waters with fiancé Lauren Sanchez, the billionaire’s newest funding may even see him docked stateside sooner or later.
In line with Bloomberg, the Amazon founder dropped a cool $68 million on a large waterfront property in Indian Creek, Florida, a artifical island off the coast of Miami.
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The house sits on 2.8 acres and is roughly 9,300 sq. ft. It accommodates a pool and three bedrooms and sits proper on the water. Earlier than Bezos’ buy, the house final offered for $1.4 million in 1982 — speak about a rise in valuation!
An aerial view of Miami Seashore, Florida together with Indian Creek and Alison Island (Getty Pictures)
Not a lot else is understood in regards to the particular residence that Bezos reportedly bought, and the billionaire has not but publicly confirmed the acquisition, although Bloomberg reported that he’s in talks to gobble up extra actual property within the space.
The island, which has been dubbed “Billionaire Bunker,” is a 20-minute automotive trip from Miami and has solely 41 residential residence heaps.
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Bezos might be amongst fellow billionaires and notable figures who name the island residence, together with NFL legend Tom Brady, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, investor Carl Icahn, and former Sears CEO Eddie Lampert, simply to call just a few.
Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos are seen on Jeff Bezos’ yacht on June 12, 2023, in Portofino, Italy (Getty Pictures)
The property will not be the primary of its dimension or worth vary that Bezos has purchased in recent times, together with a $165 Beverly Hills compound in 2020 and a Hawaiian property for $78 million in 2021, which features a personal white sand seaside.
Most current U.S. Census knowledge from 2020 put the median property worth for Indian Creek houses at $2 million, whereas the inhabitants was estimated to be simply 34 folks.
And although the median earnings for Indian Creek residents was $101,250 in 2020, Bezos should not have an issue maintaining together with his neighbors.
As of Friday afternoon, Bezos’ web price was an estimated $163 billion.
