A deep-pocketed home buyer has brought some new magic to the Magic City.
In Miami Beach, a waterfront mansion on the affluent Star Island has sold for $75 million. Jill Eber and Jill Hertzberg of the Jills Zeder Group — which is affiliated with Coldwell Banker Realty — confirmed to The Post that the mighty sum set a record for the priciest home ever sold in Miami.
The Wall Street Journal and Mansion Global first broke the news of the high-dollar deal. The listing initially asked $80 million when it came to market in August, which made it the priciest listing in town.
Located at 8 Star Island Drive, the property has nine bedrooms and 11 bathrooms across 15,000 square feet on a 1.85-acre lot. The seller, according to Mansion Global, was listed as Lourdes Sanjenis, who had owned the spread since at least 2013. The identity of the new owner isn’t known. However, Eber told Mansion Global that the dollar figure of the sale proves the “ever-growing popularity” of Miami’s real estate market.
This purchase breaks the previous record, set in 2015, by $15 million. At that time, billionaire hedge fund titan Ken Griffin snagged two penthouses at the Faena House for $60 million. He reportedly planned to combine them and never did — then listed them for $73 million, ultimately selling them for a loss. Still, that wasn’t the only real estate record Griffin has smashed. He still holds the crown for owning the most expensive home ever purchased in New York City: a roughly $238 million condo at 220 Central Park South in Midtown.
Star Island, where Griffin reportedly also owns property, has some 30 homes — and over the years it’s lured other big names, such as Sean Combs.
Its perks include a four-car garage, and an aerial shot of the property shows a massive outdoor pool area surrounded by palm trees and covered walkways. Just past the pool, there’s a boat dock.
Appraiser Jonathan Miller, of Miller Samuel, told Mansion Global that there have been a number of Miami home sales around $50 million the last two years.
“All of a sudden, we have a record that’s 50% higher than the last high-water mark, which might mean Miami is giving Palm Beach some competition,” he said.
Elizabeth Lima, of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty, had the listing.
