Jeff Bezos is buying a mansion on Florida’s Billionaire Bunker Island for $68 million
A month after popping the question to Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos has reportedly snatched a $68 million manger for his bride-to-be in Florida’s exclusive Billionaire Bunker enclave.
The Amazon founder and third richest man in the world – with a net worth of $163 billion according to Bloomberg – bought the three-bedroom, three-bathroom mansion on Indian Creek Island in an off-market deal in June. reported the outlet.
The month before, the doting Bezos and Sanchez were spotted in gowns aboard his $500 million yacht sailing around the Spanish island of Mallorca after he proposed to his longtime girlfriend with a colossal diamond reportedly worth $2.5 million had made dollars.
The power couple’s neighbors close to the new home include Tom Brady, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Carl Icahn and Spanish singer Julio Igelsias.
Built in 1965, the 9,259-square-foot mansion sits on 6 acres on Indian Creek Island, a man-made barrier island a fort on the edge of Biscayne Bay and has its own municipality, mayor and police force.
Bloomberg reported that the property was previously owned by Tulia Soucy de Gonzalez Gorrondona, a former hotelier and manager at MTM Star International Corp., a company with ties to Panama.
Public Records show that the last recorded sale before Bezos was in 1982 for $1.4 million. Adjusted for inflation, that’s about $4.4 million today.
Bezos representatives did not immediately respond to the Post’s request for comment.
Indian Creek has approximately 40 waterfront properties, all located directly on the waterfront, as well as an 18-hole golf course spread over 670 acres. There are also Brazilian teak docks where luxury vessels over 100ft are moored – perfect for his 417ft superyacht Koru, which features a helipad, swimming pool and a Sanchez-like mermaid on the bow.
According to the 2021 census, the island’s population was just 81.
An eight-figure property value may not be enough for Bezos as he is reportedly looking to buy a neighboring property, an unnamed source told Bloomberg.
Accordingly Homes.comthis property is for sale for $85 million.
Located at 12 Indian Creek Island Road, the home is even larger than the property the mogul just acquired, and features seven bedrooms and 14 bathrooms in 19,064 square feet that’s downright opulent.
Bezos’ latest purchase adds an exorbitant address to his already impressive real estate portfolio, which includes a nine-acre Beverly Hills mansion he bought in 2020 for $165 million, the largest home in Washington, DC, and a $78 million dollar property in Hawaii.
The 59-year-old also owns 12 acres of land in Medina, Washington, a 30,000-acre ranch in Texas and nearly $100 million in real estate in an apartment building on Fifth Avenue in NYC.
Bezos’ new home in the Miami area marks a homecoming of sorts for the mogul, who graduated from Miami Palmetto Senior High School in 1982.
Bezos, who is also the founder of aerospace company Blue Origin, has been spending on ultra-luxe items since his 2019 divorce from MacKenzie Scott.
He built his $500 million superyacht, which launched this year and which reportedly requires about $25 million a year to operate.
