EXCLUSIVE Mystery buyer snags $130M deal to become Jeff Bezos' neighbor after $70M slash on Miami 'Billionaire Bunker' lot
Property records seen by DailyMail.com reveal an offer was accepted this weekend for the undeveloped lot on Miami's ultra-exclusive Indian Creek Village, where Bezos owns three of the coveted 41 homes.
The less-than-two-acre parcel made headlines when it was listed for a jaw-dropping $200 million in December, marketed as the rare chance to live beside one of the planet's most influential billionaires.
When a buyer failed to materialize the asking price was slashed to $150million and later $130million – still a remarkable profit on an empty plot of land acquired for $27.5million in 2018.
Realtor-to-the-stars Ilya Reznik declined to discuss the blockbuster sale which was agreed Sunday but won't be finalized until the end of this month, according to records.
Even then, the buyer's name may not be publicly disclosed because rich moguls and celebrities typically shield their splashy Florida property purchases behind anonymous LLCs and trusts.
'You're more likely to spot a yacht anchored out front than a name on the deed,' a realty source told DailyMail.com.
'Privacy is the ultimate luxury on Indian Creek Island.'
Indian Creek Island – the so-called 'Billionaire Bunker' - has become the go-to retreat for tech moguls, hedge funders and high net celebs seeking maximum privacy, 24-7 security and luxe waterfront living.
Its wealthy denizens include Jared and Ivanka Kushner, Tom Brady, renowned investor Carl Icahn and 61-year-old Bezos, who has spent nearly a quarter-billion dollars consolidating his hold on the elite enclave, which has its own police department and an invitation-only golf course.
The Amazon CEO – worth around $227billion - acquired 11 and 12 Indian Creek Island Road in 2023 after announcing his intention to relocate from Seattle to South Florida, revealing he wanted to be closer to his parents and fiancée Lauren Sanchez, 55.
The two homes set Bezos back a combined $147million but the spending spree continued in 2024 when he snapped up 28 Indian Creek Island Road in an off-market deal worth a reported $90million.
The transaction smashed the previous record for a $49.9million house that was sold there in 2019.
The fact that 9 Indian Creek Island was completely empty did little to hamper its appeal when it was put up for sale late last year.
Its previous owner - listed in property records only as SMM Sunny Holdings LLC - had designs drawn up for a 25,000 square-foot mega mansion but later abandoned the idea, according to Reznik.
The land boasts 200 feet of waterfront access overlooking Key Biscayne and downtown Miami - large enough to build a deep-water dock for a mega yacht.
The mystery buyers' famous neighbors include Jared Kushner and First Daughter Ivanka Trump and NFL legend Tom Brady, who was spotted sunbathing naked on the roof of his newly completed Indian Creek Island Road mansion
'They were planning to build, but then plans changed and they decided to sell,' Reznik told the New York Post.
'It's more interesting to know that the land is next to Bezos than who the seller is.'
Kushner and First Daughter Ivanka purchased their nearby home on Indian Creek Island for $24million in April 2021 and spent more than two years renovating it.
Icahn reportedly purchased his mansion in 1997 for $7.5million, while Colombian banker Jaime Gilinski assembled five properties to build his family a compound.
Football great Brady and his then-supermodel wife Gisele Bündchen were building an 'eco-mansion' in the ultra-secure compound prior to their split.
The Fox Sports pundit, 47, recently caused a stir when he was seen stripping off for a spot of naked sunbathing on the roof of the newly completed pad where he now lives alone.
Bezos' plans for his trio of new homes are not yet clear
He previously stated that he wants to live nearer to his mom Jackie and adoptive father Miguel, who are in their late 70s.
'My parents have always been my biggest supporters. They recently moved back to Miami, the place we lived when I was younger,' Bezos said in 2023.
'I want to be close to my parents, and Lauren and I love Miami. Also, Blue Origin's operations are increasingly shifting to Cape Canaveral. For all that, I'm planning to return to Miami, leaving the Pacific Northwest.'
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