Golden Beach Lands Another Big-Ticket Listing, This Time for $45 Million
In Golden Beach, Fla., a contemporary three-story home is coming on the market for $45 million. If it sells for close to that sum, it would be among the most expensive properties ever sold in Golden Beach, a tiny oceanfront community near Miami.
The sellers are Samuel Ohev-Zion, CEO of the mobile-phone company BLU products, and his wife Michelle Bittman. The couple bought the site for $11 million in 2015, property records show. They razed an existing home dating to the 1920s and built a new house, which was completed in 2019, according to listing agent Nelson Gonzalez of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices EWM Realty.
Mr. Ohev-Zion and Ms. Bittman didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The property, built for the couple by Miami developer Todd Michael Glaser, comprises roughly 12,000 interior square feet and nine bedrooms, with 75 feet of frontage on the ocean, Mr. Gonzalez said. It has a large open-plan living and dining area, a home theater, an elevator, a game room and two large terraces with summer kitchens. The primary suite has a wet bar and two large closets. A rooftop terrace overlooks the ocean, and a detached guest suite has a bedroom, living room and kitchenette.
The Golden Beach market has heated up significantly in the last two to three years, Mr. Gonzalez said. Last year, software billionaire Phillip Ragon paid $93 million for three neighboring homes there, which he plans to raze and replace with a new home. Another nearby property is on the market for $100 million, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Golden Beach is one of the few areas in Miami-Dade County that offers single-family homes directly on the sand, said Mr. Gonzalez. It is home to fewer than 1,000 people, census data show, but has drawn its share of celebrities. Tommy Hilfiger and Ricky Martin have both lived there, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Mr. Glaser said building new oceanfront homes in Golden Beach is a lengthy and difficult process because it requires permission from the state.
