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Entrepreneur
5 days ago
- Business
- Entrepreneur
Jeff Bezos' Miami Neighbor Sells Plot of Land for $110M
The Miami parcel of land sold to a buyer — and it wasn't Bezos. When Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez return from their wedding, which is set to take place later this month in Venice, Italy, the newlyweds might come home to some new neighbors — and construction. In December 2024, a 1.84-acre plot of land at 9 Indian Creek Island Road went up for sale for $200 million. But what made this lot special wasn't the breathtaking views of the water or even the super-exclusive location on Miami's "Billionaire Bunker." It's the neighbor that mattered most: Bezos. Related: Want to Be Jeff Bezos's Next Door Neighbor in Miami? You Now Can — For $200M Courtesy of Reznik Group Real estate agents speculated (and based on the listing price, the sellers presumably hoped) that the world's third-richest person would buy the parcel. But that didn't happen, according to the Wall Street Journal. Instead, a luxury home builder who reportedly drew up plans for a mansion on the land, told the outlet that the buyer is an "international finance executive" who paid $110 million for the site — $90 million off the original ask. The seller, meanwhile, paid about $27.5 million for the property in 2018, per local records. 11 Indian Creek Island Road is for sale via Reznik Group - Courtesy of Reznik Group Maybe Bezos didn't need the spread. The Amazon founder already owns three properties on the man-made barrier island: two next to each other and one on the other side of Indian Creek, for a total of about $237 million. Other island residents include Tom Brady, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, and Carl Icahn. Related: The Guy Who Sold His Miami Mansion to Jeff Bezos for $79 Million Is Really Angry He Didn't Charge More For It
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Mystery buyer snags $130M deal to become Jeff Bezos' neighbor after $70M slash on Miami 'Billionaire Bunker' lot
A mystery mogul has clicked 'buy now' on a piece of prime real estate next door to Amazon titan Jeff Bezos – after the seller slashed a staggering $70million off the asking price. Property records seen by 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 '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.'
Indianapolis Star
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
She has no palm, just 2 fingers on right hand. 'She can do literally anything.' Like hitting over .400
CLAYTON — Brett Taber lights up when asked about Grace Parks. The third-year Cascade softball coach explains how the sophomore played sparingly for the Class 2A state champions last spring as he watches her grab her glove from the dugout and join her teammates along the third-base line in left field. Parks can't stand not playing and she's worked her way into the lineup, Taber continues, proudly pointing to her recent performance vs. Franklin Central (3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs). She hit her first career home run a few days later, highlighting a two-hit, three-RBI effort vs. Indian Creek, and entered the penultimate week of the regular season batting .421 with 24 hits (six doubles), 15 RBIs and nine runs scored. "Her swing, it just mesmerizes me," Taber says, estimating she has one of the fastest swings on the team. The way Taber analyzes Parks' game is how the outfielder/pitcher wants to be recognized. Grace Parks is a multi-sport athlete (volleyball and softball), who happens to have a limb difference. "I like how nobody treats me differently because of it. I'm like a normal player who can do everything that everyone else can do," said Parks, who was born without a palm and with only two fingers — a thumb and pinkie — on her right hand. "My high school teammates and coaches don't exclude me from things. If it's something complicated, like a timed transition drill or relays, I find a way to work around it or they'll work with me," she continued. "It's never: 'Oh we don't think you can do this.' It is: 'No, we believe in you.' … 'You can play, so we're going to play you.'" Sports are like the "great equalizer," her parents observed, an opportunity to stand on level footing with everyone else. "That's what's driven her." Most probably wouldn't expect softball to be Grace's sport of choice. Even her parents, Carly and Bryan Parks, discouraged the athletic youngster from it initially. It's such a hands-oriented sport, Bryan said. "I wasn't sure it would be good for her." 'This is crazy.' Hendricks County softball sisters go head-to-head on the diamond But their daughter had been inspired by her older sister, Sidney Parks (now a senior pitcher at Plainfield) and was determined to follow in her footsteps. We'll see how it goes, her parents told her. Then during one of Sidney's Little League games, a 4-year-old Grace ran down a foul ball behind the backstop — and made the right-handed throw to her parents. "I think she can do it," Carly told her husband. "Grace can literally do anything." Grace was nothing if not eager and determined when she first started, willing to give anything a try as she and Bryan experimented with various approaches to hitting and fielding. The swing Taber raves about? That was step one in determining if Grace could play softball, Bryan said. They went through various bats, grips and swings as they tried to determine what worked with Grace's "tiny, tiny hand," she said, recalling the countless practice sessions at Swinford Park in Plainfield. She wasn't strong enough to support the bat with only her left hand yet, so Bryan had her rest it in the slot between her thumb and pinkie, and raise her right elbow to create a platform for it to rest on. The bat slid down from her shoulder, which kept it level as it came off her elbow, then she would essentially punch the bat with her right hand and whip it through the zone with her left. It was both brilliant and effective, inspired in part by Katelyn Pavey, a softball player in Lanesville who was born with half a left arm with two digits below the elbow. But as she got older, Grace wanted to look like everyone else, to have a normal swing. It was a point of contention initially, Bryan said, but she's now strong enough to support the bat with her left hand and has a more traditional stance. A "mesmerizing" swing, as Taber described it. "It's been a fun, creative challenge to try to help her succeed and she's always been very agreeable to doing what it takes to make it work," Bryan said. "She's a competitor." Hitting came relatively easy for Grace, as did throwing — at least through the first few years of her career when she was able to use her dominant hand. When she decided she not only wanted to continue playing beyond 8U (bigger softballs beginning at 10U), but also wanted to be a pitcher like Sidney, Grace had to learn to throw left-handed. So they continually practiced throwing lefty until she got it down. The biggest challenge was the glove exchange, which involved countless hours studying film and talking with Pavey, who met with the Parks after a game and showed them how she did it. But Pavey, not unlike everyone else they found online — including former Major League Baseball player Jim Abbott, who's written to Grace in the past — had either half an arm or no arm entirely. And in those scenarios, Bryan said, it's actually easier to make the transition than with only one hand. The solution? When Grace is pitching, she uses an 8U starter glove on her right hand that she's able to open and close with two fingers. In the outfield, she catches with her left hand, transitions the glove over and throws the ball with her left hand. Asked if there were sources of inspiration beyond her older sister, Grace recalled attending a camp with Pavey for athletes with limb difference. "It was really cool to see how everyone adjusted and made their own ways," she said. There was a baseball player with no arms, who held his glove in his mouth when he caught the ball, then flipped it up to himself. Another athlete, a woman with no arms, taught her how to do a back handspring. "Some were like me, some were missing a lot more, and they were doing sports just like normal," Grace smiled. "It was like, if they can do that, then I can, too." "She was so young when we started this (and) it's a good thing we tackled it then, because things got very difficult mentally for her in middle school. It gets hard because kids get mean. … Things got a little bumpy." Grace could sense it as she moved into the on-deck circle for her first at-bat a few weeks ago: A couple of fans were staring and pointing at her hand. Grace's physical therapist called her a superhero the first time they met, echoing a sentiment Carly and Bryan have tried impressing upon her over the years. They think she's an amazing inspiration, a superhero, Carly said. "But Grace has never asked for anyone to be inspired by her. She just wants to be thought of as an athlete first." Over the past two years, Carly continued, their daughter has begun embracing it and is learning to talk about her disability in a positive light rather than trying to hide it as she did through middle school. Bryan watched from across the way as his daughter simply stared back at the two fans marveling at her right hand, offering a polite "hey" before taking another practice swing. "I tell myself they think it's cool and that's why they're staring," Grace says, a sly smile forming across her face. "I've been more out with it," Grace continued. "I always thought, oh my gosh, people are gonna treat me differently. They're not gonna like it. … But now I'm just like, it's not really my problem." Following the brief exchange, Grace stepped to the plate and laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt in her first at-bat, the prelude to a 2-for-2 performance that included an RBI and two runs scored — and initiated her current six-game hit streak. "Grace is an inspiration to me, how she does all that she does," Sidney said. "I'm so inspired by her. … (And) I'm excited to see her inspire so many young girls, the older she gets."
