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Alexa Art Basel 2023
Get a glimpse of Lionel Messi’s exclusive Florida home.
It was the biggest coup in Major League Soccer history, and the loudest since the string bikinis in South Florida.
In June, FIFA World Cup champion Lionel Messi joined David Beckham’s Inter Miami CF team.
The result was “Messimania”, which attracted enthusiastic interest not only from athletes and teams, but also from South Florida itself.
The so-called “Messi effect” has gone far beyond sports, impacting real estate everywhere from Miami Beach to Fort Lauderdale (the team’s current home base).
“The Inter Miami guys came knocking on our door,” Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis tells Alexa. “We met with Beckham and came to an agreement. And suddenly Messi came to our city. I don’t think he would have been able to come if we didn’t have a state-of-the-art facility like this.”
Trantalis said the stars not only bring large numbers of fans to the area, but also drive awareness, population growth and new development, all of which ultimately impact home sales. . “We’re very excited economically,” he said, noting that the average age of residents is rapidly declining.
“Investment continues and people are buying houses. You can’t get anything decent for less than $800,000, even in modest areas.” A few years before this announcement, Messi had already He was investing in South Florida.
He kicked things off with a 4,400-square-foot unit on the 47th floor of a 60-story building. porsche design tower Broker Gustavo Stralnikov handled the $5 million deal. “He’s a very educated buyer,” Stralnikov said.
Messi also picked up rooms on the 40th, 41st and 43rd floors of a nearby building, each asking $1 million. playing cards royale Tower. Messi’s family then paid $7.3 million for a ninth-floor condo. regaliaanother oceanfront condo tower in Sunny Isles.
And in September, he added a 10,500-square-foot mansion (with eight bedrooms, nine-and-a-half bathrooms, a three-car garage and a pool) to his portfolio.
Located in a gated, ultra-luxury area bay colony In the Fort Lauderdale community, he paid $10.75 million and was represented by Samuel and Donna Simpkin of Compass.
Brokers say where Messi buys, others will follow and prices will rise. “This area was kind of a hangout area from a price point standpoint,” said Chad Carroll of Compass, which represents properties in the area. 28 Minnetonka Road In neighboring Sea Ranch Lakes, a five-bed, four-and-a-half bathroom home is being built for $9.9 million.
“Now it’s actually on the map and people know about it. We’ve seen other big buys there since Messi started looking.” Ole!
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