See Inside the Super-Secure Miami Private Island ‘Billionaire Bunker’
In 1939, the Florida legislature incorporated Indian Creek under a now-defunct law that allowed 25 or more neighbors to form a town.
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Source: Florida State Government
Today, the man-made island is home to celebrities, including Ivanka Trump and Tom Brady.
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Indian Creek is the most expensive city in the US, according to 2021 data from Zillow. In 2019, a 10-bedroom mansion sold for a record-breaking $50 million.
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Source: Zillow, Insider
To enter the island, your need to be a resident or have your name put on a verified visitor’s list. At the gate, security scanned my Uber driver’s license before letting us through.
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13 full-time police officers secure the island by land and sea.
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I was also told there had been discussion of implementing a laser beam security system around the island’s coast to prevent any water-bound intruders.
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My Uber driver dropped me off on the other side of the bridge. While waiting for Dina Goldentayer, the realtor giving me the tour, a policeman stopped to ask who I was waiting for.
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As I wandered around, the only other people I saw on the streets were construction workers. Several homes, including a mansion Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner purchased last year for $24 million, were under construction.
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Source: New York Post
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen, who recently divorced, paid $17 million for a home they demolished in order to build an “eco-mansion,” Page Six first reported.
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Source: Insider
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were told by local residents they “need not apply” to the club after buying their $30 million Indian Creek home, according to Page Six.
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Source: Page Six
Some residents own or rent additional properties on Miami’s mainland, Goldentayer said, like Ivanka and Jared’s $18.8 million rental condo in nearby Surfside.
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Source: New York Post
