Energy drink magnate Russell Weiner listed his Balinese contemporary residential leviathan in Miami Beach this month with the suitably leviathanic asking price of $35 million. Weiner paid $20 million for the estate in the summer of 2016.
The Southeast trophy property joins a handful of SoCal trophy properties Weiner is offering for sale at present: a contemporary in Hollywood Hills he bought this month for $16.5 million, and listed for $28 million, and the Beverly Hills estate—which formerly belonged to Madonna— he’s been trying to sell for the past couple of years, and which was last priced at $33.5 million…a cut of 33% from its highest ask. There’s also a nice Hermosa Beach pad that was available for $21 million before it was taken off-market. While you have to admire his chutzpah, the tags Weiner cavalierly tacks onto these homes do not easily convert.
Weiner’s Miami Beach property boasts 164 feet of Biscayne Bay frontage. The home measures just over 9,150 square feet, and contains six bedrooms and 7.5 baths. It dates to 2013, and its mix of architectural styles makes it quite contemporary.
The Balinese influence is abstracted, and, with the exception of some decorative lattice in the great room, the home lacks the effusively tropical feel one expects to see in the style. The exterior borrows from the plantation style as well, and the interiors are generally reticent, with a lack of ornament, floors of stone tile or beautifully grained hardwood, and the material choices that are expected in a Miami-area trophy estate.
The list of amenities is impressive. A wine and spirits room, commercial kitchen with waterfall island, and a rooftop terrace top the list. The lot sells the home, however; the 1.2-acre property packs in citrus trees, a huge resort-style ‘reef pool’ with cabana, a deep-water dock, lawns, and tropical landscaping.
Weiner is the creator of Rockstar energy drink. His net worth is $4 billion.