Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr Priscilla Chan, are reportedly purchasing a waterfront mansion on Indian Creek Island near Miami. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, this will position the couple as neighbours to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on the exclusive 300-acre island. Indian Creek Island is an artificial island with 41 lots and approximately 84 residents, with home prices starting at about $60 million. This is reportedly one of the most sought-after sections of one of America’s most exclusive neighbourhoods.Indian Creek Island operates as an independent municipality with its own government and a private police force that patrols by air, water, and land. Access to the island is controlled by a single gated bridge, making safety and privacy key features. The island’s interior comprises an 18-hole golf course and the Indian Creek Country Club, with a limited number of members, owing in part to a challenging admissions process and a $500,000 initiation fee.
What we know about Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s newly purchased luxury property
Zuckerberg’s reported property is located on the western side of the island, where Bezos also owns two lots. This area features larger lots of about 80,000 square feet compared to 50,000 square feet on the east side, with better access to Biscayne Bay’s open water and expansive sunset views. However, the report didn’t specify whether Zuckerberg’s deal has closed yet. Miami-Dade County property records note the owner as a land trust. One of Zuckerberg’s neighbours, Irma Braman, wife of billionaire car dealer Norman Braman, told WSJ that Zuckerberg revealed his plan to move into the property by April 2025.In a statement to Fortune, Mick Duchon, a Miami Beach real estate agent of the Corcoran Group, said that Zuckerberg’s recently completed luxury property at 2 Indian Creek Island Road is valued between $150 million and $200 million. The purchase would add to his portfolio of luxury homes. “That side of the island is perceived to be the most appealing,” Duchon said. Vacant lots on the island have sold for as much as $105 million in 2025, the report added.Zuckerberg is among the recent billionaires to acquire a Florida property, especially as a proposed ballot initiative in California gains momentum that would impose a one-time 5% “billionaires tax” on any individual worth at least $1 billion, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2026. However, Zuckerberg still calls California home, having just invested $50 million through Meta in a downtown revitalisation and AI-focused project in Sacramento. Google cofounder Larry Page also recently acquired a $173 million compound in Miami, comprising two waterfront lots in the city’s Coconut Grove neighbourhood.Indian Creek Island, in particular, is home to several prominent names, including Bezos, the financier Carl Icahn, and former NFL quarterback Tom Brady. Zuckerberg’s reported new property is another addition to the tech CEO’s growing portfolio of luxury homes across the US.Bezos has also been buying up properties on Indian Creek Island since he announced in 2023 that he was leaving Seattle for Florida. In 2023, the Amazon founder purchased a $68 million home that would end up just a few doors down from Zuckerberg’s. Near the end of that year, he paid another $79 million for a neighbouring property with the intention of combining the lots into a single compound, a trend Duchon said is increasingly common among wealthy buyers because of the scarcity of truly expansive waterfront properties in the area. Meanwhile, Bezos is living in a third Mediterranean-style property also on Indian Creek Island, on the east side, which he acquired for $87 million in 2024. Last year, Bezos sold one of his Seattle homes overlooking Lake Washington for $63 million, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported.
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