31. The Blossom Estate – $130 Million
This one is especially intriguing, as it shows the ways in which money allows you to shape the world to your desires. Florida real estate has long been a hot-topic item: properties change hands quickly and often at great cost, and there’s very little undeveloped space left in any of the more posh areas within the Sunshine State. All of this is especially true for the area around Palm Beach and double so for the posh Orange Blossom neighborhood. One does not casually buy-in around there—at the time of this writing, there are no listed properties for sale.
Which makes what happened back in 2013 so much more amazing. One single buyer—known to us only as a Delaware based LLC, so it really could be anyone—bought three adjacent lots for a total price of $130 million. The new owner now commands a total of eight acres of beachfront property, upon which is located at least one mansion. We repeat: we’re really not sure how many mansions come with the price tag here.
We’re told that one of the homes is an “Old Florida style shingle dwelling with five bedrooms”. Given the money involved, we suspect there’s a bit more going on here.