Real estate agent Rochelle Maize said hat an unheard of 31 offers were put in for the late Spartacus actor s home, which went on the market in December for $7.495 million.
The property, located in one of the country s most expensive and exclusive neighborhoods, has four bedrooms, six bathrooms, a single-story main house and a two-story guest house.
In South Florida, the rush of celebrities started with the Super Bowl.
“There were an incredible amount of celebrities in town,” said Dina Goldentayer, a Miami-based executive director of sales at Douglas Elliman. That weekend about one month before the coronavirus pandemic began raging across the United States she secured rentals for big-name clients, including Colombian singer J Balvin.
“Many celebrities rented mega-villas during that time, so it gave them a taste of what our waterfront home market has to offer,” Goldentayer added.
As the unpredictable year wore on, more boldface names snapped up property in South Florida: Pharrell Williams snagged a nearly 7,500-square-foot, $30 million home in Coral Gables, where he reportedly wanted to ride out the duration of quarantine. Jon Bon Jovi and Sylvester Stallone both bought in Palm Beach, paying $43 million and $35 million, respectively, for huge estates. And Tom Brady and his wife, Gisele Bündchen, paid $17 million f