Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to buy Julio Iglesias’ US$30 million plot close to Ricky Martin and Adriana Lima’s homes on Florida’s ‘Billionaire Bunker’ private island

Dec 11 , 2020

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are set to be Indian Creek private island’s newest residents. Photos: Indian Creek Village, @ivankatrump/Instagram

Tycoon Carl Icahn and NFL coach Don Shula also live in well guarded Indian Creek Village in Miami, as did former Sears CEO Eddie Lampert and former Philadelphia Eagles owner Norman Braman

It’s been called the “Billionaire Bunker” and one of the “wealthiest, private, most secure communities in Miami Beach and the world”.

Indian Creek is a village of just 42 people on a tiny private island in Miami’s Biscayne Bay. Its “Billionaire Bunker” nickname stems from its wildly wealthy and high-profile residents, including billionaire investor Carl Icahn, supermodel Adriana Lima, Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, former Sears CEO Eddie Lampert and car-dealership tycoon Norman Braman.

And now, according to a Page Six report, the island may be getting a new pair of ultra-wealthy and ultra-famous residents: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. The couple are said to have dropped over US$30 million on a waterfront lot on the exclusive island after Iglesias put it up for sale earlier this year.

“Indian Creek is an exclusive 300-acre [121-hectare] island located on the beautiful waters of Biscayne Bay and recognised as one of the wealthiest, private, most secure communities in Miami Beach, and the world,” Michael Light, the founder of Miami Luxury Homes and senior director of luxury sales at Douglas Elliman, wrote on his website.

“The high level of privacy and security is the highest priority to the residents of Indian Creek and maintained by having its own private police force, as well as its own 24/7 armed marine patrol monitoring the waters surrounding the island.”

I took a tour of the island with Nelson Gonzalez, a luxury property agent and the senior vice-president of EWM Realty International.

Security checks begin before you even reach the island

The village’s 34 homes are built around the perimeter of the island, giving them all waterfront views, while the centre is occupied by an 18-hole golf course and a country club.