Mystery Russian bought most expensive Florida home for $140M in cash

[Sancho]

https://www.foxbusiness.com/real-estate/mystery-russian-bought-most-expensive-florida-home-for-140m-in-cash?

The newly built manse is located in Palm Beach on land once owned by former President Donald Trump.

A mystery Russian buyer has swooped up the most expensive home ever sold in Florida, with a source telling Page Six they paid nearly $140 million in cash.

The newly built manse is located in Palm Beach on land once owned by former President Donald Trump. In 2008 Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev — who made headlines when he sold Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” for $450 million — bought it for $95 million. He razed the house and sold three adjacent lots for the combined price of $108.2 million, according to reports.

The newly constructed, 21,000 square feet “spec” house sits on one of the lots and was designed by architect William M. Boyle of Boyle Architecture and features a pool and guesthouse. It went under contract less than 24 hours after the mystery buyer toured the home, a source tells us.

[edhopper]

1. Can we say

money laundering?

[NCjack]

2. I think we can. We can also say "bought with money

stolen from the Russian people."

[edhopper]

3. Yep

[Celerity]

4. pics (no way this is actually worth 140 million , not even close, and I am very familiar with ultra

high end properties) This (obviously) is extremely nice, but is also so generic overall.

[dawg day]

5. Thanks for the pics. Has it huge beachfront?

Even that wouldn't make it worth so much. It's meant to pay off Dmitry, probably.

I look at those pics, and I think it's so cold and hard and reflective. It's like a huge mirror.

I dream of buying a pretty Craftsman bungalow. They go for about $350K in my area. I just love the wood and the warm rooms. That's my dream house, not something that looks like some Fortune 500 business headquarters.

Craftsman Bungalow

[Dem2theMax]

7. They couldn't pay me to live in that thing.

I will never understand why anyone wants to live in something that looks like a hotel or office building. The only part of those houses I ever like is the outdoors. They usually have a good view.

But your Craftsman? I'd live in one of those in a heartbeat! They are beautiful homes.

[dawg day]

8. I know, and they look COMFORTABLE-

Like a family could live there-- sprawl in front of the TV with the kids.

[Dem2theMax]

9. I used to live in a city that was full of Craftsman's.

Any time I drove around town I was pretty much drooling. It took a lot to keep myself from going up to people's front porches and knocking on their doors, and asking if I could take a tour of their house!

[Poiuyt]

12. Hey Dem

I live in an old Queen Anne Victorian that's on the WI register of historic homes. Does that count?

[Dem2theMax]

15. Hi Poiuyt!

You better believe that counts! I used to live across the street from this house. Actually saw it on TV, and took a picture of it from the TV. They were doing restorations on old houses in the town I used to live in.





I LOVE old houses.
Hope you and your family are well!

[Celerity]

10. Beachfront yes, huge, no.

It is semi tacky to me, and cluttered. You would probably hate my style (hard minimalist). We love stark and barren.

[My Pet Orangutan]

21. ...

[Hekate]

14. Cold, hard edged, sterile, with as much charm as a corporate HQ...

I love Craftsman cottages, too.

[Hekate]

17. I bet it has a lot of washers and dryers-- for the cabana towels, you know...

[WarGamer]

11. It's the 3 lots...

a teardown on the beach in Palm Springs can be $25M

[Celerity]

29. it is only a single lot, it doesn't include the others

The newly constructed, 21,000 square feet “spec” house sits on one of the lots and was designed by architect William M. Boyle of Boyle Architecture and features a pool and guesthouse. It went under contract less than 24 hours after the mystery buyer toured the home, a source tells us.

[haele]

28. In our family, we call that Minecraft architecture.

Still, a nice house if you like to reminisce about the huge drug-fueled orgies and other types of parties you threw in the 80's.

Haele

[AnnieBW]

6. How much of that money

Went to bribing Mango Mussolini?

[LiberalFighter]

13. Why are Russians even allowed to own property in the USA?

[EX500rider]

16. Why wouldn't they be? The US is not currently at war with Russia. nt

[JonLP24]

19. It depends on how you define war

Russia at the very least engages in information warfare & cyberwarfare against the US.

[Celerity]

22. Yes, but so do all other major powers, including the US. Israel is notorious for this, are we going

to ban Israeli citizens from owning property in the US? Should my parents be forced to sell their Hong Kong property because the UK does it to China? Following your logic, US citizens would be banned from owning property in most of Central and South America due to the US's horrid history of governmental overthrows and exploitation down there.

[JonLP24]

23. I didn't have any opinions regarding whether to allow them to own homes

I was only addressing the not at war part.

I'm well aware of the activities of many countries including the US. My only comment is that it seemed difficult to operate behind the Iron Curtain but this global economy makes it easier to spy on each other.

[rockfordfile]

24. Actually we kinda are. they attacked our elections and our democracy

Biden should close flights and other things with regards to Russia. Florida is a cesspool with them just as this story shows.

Biden should close flights with Brazil.

Mystery Russian?

[EX500rider]

31. Are we at war with Iran? They actively kill US service members thru their proxies in Iraq/Syria. nt

[Celerity]

18. Why not, if it is legit cash (not saying this is) then they have the same rights as anyone.

[rockfordfile]

25. I would stop those that with regards to Russia. A country that attacked our elections.

Un-American gop colluded with them to attacked our elections. You either stand for something or just be fos.

Russia is the #1 threat to our country.

[Celerity]

27. If it is legitimate money, then blocking private citizens is not going to happen.

[DFW]

20. Same reason I'm allowed to own property in Germany

I paid for it, applied for and received permission to live here.

On the other hand, I knew a guy who built this monstrosity in Florida for $25 million (20 years ago).
Even after he declared bankruptcy and admitted to bank fraud, he was allowed to live in it for a while longer for the simple reason that no one wanted to buy it, and the bank couldn't get rid of it.

[rockfordfile]

26. Germany is a ally. Russia as of the last few years is our enemy.

[DFW]

30. Individual Germans and Russians can be good or bad

My daughter's husband is Russian, and we hardly consider him an enemy.

The guy who built that obscenity I showed above, on the other hand, is a Republican born in Massachusetts. Now, HE is someone I would consider an enemy.