Unsurprisingly, given the mansion’s £60million price tag, there are luxuries such as a gym, home cinema and infinity pool. Additionally, there’s a rooftop lounge, a spa with a massage room, an oceanfront terrace and yacht mooring, plus nine bedrooms and 13 bathrooms. Neighbors will include pop stars Shakira and Bee Gee Barry Gibb.
No wonder the Beckhams reportedly instantly fell in love with this newly built “waterfront modern masterpiece” in Miami, Florida. The often authoritative real estate website ‘Real Deal’ said this week that David and Victoria are the buyers of the spectacular mansion and that the deal is ‘pending’.
A local property source says: ‘They have submitted an offer and it has been accepted. The plan is for them to move in early next year.
If all goes according to plan (and there is some debate about how far along the purchase is, as friends of the couple say they haven’t purchased the house “at this time”), this Miami mansion will be the biggest asset in the already important property of the Beckhams. property portfolio comprising a £31 million townhouse in London’s Holland Park; a £12 million rural base in the Cotswolds and a spacious five-bedroom apartment in Miami, bought for around £18 million in 2020.
Coastal platform that the Beckhams hope to buy in Miami, Florida
Going from an apartment in Miami (albeit one in a stunning Zaha Hadid-designed building, adorned with balconies with picturesque views) to this beachfront mega-mansion would certainly be a big upgrade for the Beckhams.
And in a world where real estate is the ultimate arbiter of social status, investing in an American ‘Beckingham Palace’ like this would announce that the couple has truly arrived in town. Perhaps it is no coincidence that such a rise up the real estate ladder would also propel the Beckhams into the social stratosphere occupied by their ostentatious in-laws, the billionaire Peltz.
In fact, corporate raider Nelson Peltz, the doting father of Brooklyn’s wife Nicola, has quite a reputation just a short helicopter hop from Miami in Palm Beach.
His home, where he hosted Beckham and Nicola’s Brooklyn wedding in 2022, is worth £75million and has direct sea access and 27 bedrooms.
Relations between the two families have been awkward at times, so it’s interesting to think that the Beckhams may be trying to keep up with the Peltzes.
There were some reports of social unrest in the run-up to the wedding when the Beckhams realized that their hosts had more social influence and wealth than them.
For their part, the Peltzes, who have top-notch security, were apparently taken aback when the Beckhams’ caretakers asked for a tour of the house before the pre-wedding lunch.
Fortunately, they are all good friends now, but there is no doubt that a great new home would be a reminder to the Peltzes that they are not the only players in town.
David’s social status, of course, has been boosted by being a co-owner of the Inter Miami soccer team. Celebrity fans like Leonardo DiCaprio and Prince Harry, who have seen the team and its star player Lionel Messi, are proof that the venture is paying off, launching the Beckhams into a powerful new environment.
José Lambiet, a long-time celebrity columnist who has lived in Miami since 1996, said: “I don’t think people necessarily remember that David Beckham was a soccer player.” He is now considered a man of society, and owning the football team has made him a stalwart in South Florida. Miami is a place where he and Victoria can be comfortable because people are used to seeing famous faces here; There are hundreds of celebrities.” As always with Brand Beckham, success for one half of the couple means success for the other. A source close to the deal said last week: “I’m told the whole family has gone to see it and they all love it.”
‘Although it is David who has the work connection in Miami, the real estate agents’ impression is that Victoria has been pushing for them to move.
David Beckham during a training session in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Nelson Peltz and his wife Claudia. Their daughter Nicola is married to the Beckhams’ son, Brooklyn.
“What we’ve heard is that he wants to have a kind of salon there where he can bring together interesting, famous and rich people. It will be a social scene, but the idea is that he can promote his fashion and makeup brands by taking advantage of those links.
“It seems like she wants to be the Queen of Miami and take advantage of all the celebrity ties that come from the soccer club.”
The source adds that Victoria is eager to meet fellow Miami resident Lauren Sánchez, the fiancée of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
This, it seems, is an introduction that can easily be achieved through Sánchez’s close friend, Kim Kardashian, whom Victoria already knows through Inter Miami, since Kim’s young son with Kanye West, Saint, is “crazy about football” and has watched games, once running onto the field hand in hand with Messi.
The source says: ‘Victoria loved her time in Los Angeles (when David played for LA Galaxy between 2007 and 2012) and misses the way she is respected as a designer in America. In the United States the fashion scene is less snobbish than in Europe, where she will never be accepted no matter how many shows she does at Paris Fashion Week.
José Lambiet agrees. He says: “Miami has been the fashion capital for decades and Victoria will be a welcome addition.” Significantly, there are no income taxes in Florida, unlike most American states, which is why many celebrities are moving there. Some of the difficult work of establishing social ties in Miami has already been completed: David is best friends with singer Marc Anthony, previously married to Jennifer Lopez, who lives in Miami and performed at Brooklyn Beckham’s wedding.
Victoria has hung out with musicians Pharrell Williams and DJ Khaled in the city, and also gets along well with restaurateur David Grutman, his Brazilian model wife Isabela and her friend, supermodel Gisele Bundchen.
Lesley Abravanel, another observer of Miami society, says the city’s social community is “baffled” by the Beckhams and the global uproar that follows them. The writer explains: ‘They have been here for a while and fit into the landscape. They’re not a big deal at all: very discreet, very discreet.
profile. The important thing is that the neighbors believe that their new purchase could increase the value of their properties.’ Regardless, Victoria has previously said that she “loves” the city and spent her 47th birthday there, exclaiming: “This place is everything!”
In addition to business, the family also helps the Beckhams establish broader ties in Florida. While the plan appears to be to continue splitting their time between the US and UK, the jet-setting family would make good use of a large family base. Brooklyn, 25, lives in Los Angeles with his wife Nicola, who is there pursuing her dream of an acting career, while he just launched his hot sauce business Cloud 23.
Youngest son Cruz, 19, also lives mainly in Los Angeles, where he is working on a music career, while Romeo, 22, is less settled but appears to be carving out a modeling career, mainly in London. Miami is a five and a half hour flight from Los Angeles. Traveling between the two American cities is much less strenuous than traveling from London to Los Angeles.
A house of this size in Miami would allow all the children, their wives and partners to visit as long as they wanted. Football season runs from February to October, so David will want to spend as much time as possible in Miami during those months. The Beckhams making the city their American base makes sense.
While Victoria and David have a dizzying array of business and social commitments, it’s hard to overstate how important the Miami dream has been to him. José Lambiet says: “He is already part of the furniture here and I think people have a very positive view of both Beckhams.” They have a very nice family, they are hardworking and self-made. These are the things Americans like.
In an interview last year, David said that founding Inter Miami was the biggest challenge and triumph of his career, saying: “About eight or nine years before I retired, I knew I had to have a plan.” The moment I retired, the next day I flew to Miami without a break. I knew I had to start from the moment
I’m done playing.’ It took him eight years to make his dream come true and for the team to play its first game. Three years later, Lionel Messi signed.
Said David, a key player in the negotiations to sign the Argentine star. “I have come every morning at 7.30 just to see Messi and know that he is real.” It was, he said, “without a doubt” one of the best moments of his life watching Messi run in the club’s distinctive pink stripe. Now she is thinking about creating a women’s team. The fact that Victoria and her family embrace their Miami dream must make it even sweeter.