Miami’s Billionaire Bunker is home to the ultra elite. Check out Jeff Bezos’ new ‘hood

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Welcome home, Jeff Bezos!

The Amazon founder made a huge announcement on Thursday that he was decamping from Seattle after almost 30 years and moving back to Miami, where he spent many formative years.

Where will the world’s second richest man live? Not the charming, leafy Pinecrest area, near his alma mater, Miami Palmetto Senior High School.

The 59-year-old Internet mogul is very appropriately going to lay his head in Indian Creek Village, better known to locals as “Billionaire Bunker,” due to the high concentration of 1 percenter types.

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Though the 305 has other enclaves for super wealthy folks like Star Island, Bal Harbour, or Cocoplum, Bezos likely chose the man-made barrier island (population: under 100) for a variety of reasons. Among them: gorgeous views of Biscayne Bay, privacy, security, famous neighbors (more on that later) and proximity to the bustling mainland.

The e-entrepreneur wrote on Instagram that he mainly wanted to relocate from his longtime base of Seattle to be closer to his parents. Jackie and Mike Bezos have a mansion in Coral Gables, about a 20-minute drive southwest, depending on the time of day. His younger half-brother Mark Bezos, who owns a private equity firm is also a part time Palm Beach resident, about an hour’s drive north.

Jeff Bezos’ houses in Indian Creek
Jeff Bezos’ houses in Indian Creek

The Albuquerque native will be absolutely living the dream there. Over the past few months, the divorced father of four has scooped up a serious chunk of (um) prime waterfront real estate there.

In August, Bezos paid $68 million for a 9,259 square foot, three bedroom, three bathroom mansion; two months later, he dropped another $79 million for the seven-bedroom, 14-bathroom, 19,064 square foot estate next door.

Needless to say, we think he and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez are going to be very happy with their new digs.

“Indian Creek is one of the most exclusive communities in the country,” Dina Goldentayer, of Douglas Elliman, told the Miami Herald after the first deal over the summer. “The neighborhood is a haven for high-profile residents because of the privacy and space it offers.”

Goldentayer goes on to explain that the village, with its own country club and golf course, has more than 300 acres of guard-gated land with fewer than 40 homes, as well as a private police force with officers who patrol by both land and sea.

“Indian Creek is the equivalent of St. Jean Cap Ferrat in the south of France or Field Point Circle in Greenwich, Connecticut,” she said.

And about those famous neighbors... If Bezos and Sanchez need to borrow a cup of sugar, they are just down the road from such bold-faced names as supermodel Cindy Crawford, NFL icon Tom Brady and former first daughter Ivanka Trump.

Trump recently moved into the newly renovated property with husband Jared Kushner, their three kids and grandma “Babi,” throwing her 42nd birthday party there. The daughter and son-in-law of former President Donald Trump reportedly dropped more than $30 million on a 1.8-acre, 80,000-square-foot lot from crooner Julio Iglesias back in late 2020.

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Brady, as many football fans may already know, styles out in his tremendous bachelor pad (complete with a dock for his yacht) after splitting with Gisele Bundchen. The two were originally planning on living there together before their relationship imploded. The supermodel now conveniently has a place across the way in Surfside.

Other past and current residents include auto dealership magnate Norman Braman, Victoria’s Secret Angel Adriana Lima and Sábado Gigante” host Don Francisco.