{"id":258898,"date":"2026-05-05T06:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258898\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T06:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:54:09","slug":"fls-scarface-mansion-former-nixon-retreat-on-the-market-for-237m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258898\/","title":{"rendered":"FL&#8217;s &#8216;Scarface&#8217; Mansion, Former Nixon Retreat On The Market For $237M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KEY BISCAYNE, FL \u2014 A Miami-area waterfront estate with a storied history is on the market for $237 million. <\/p>\n<p>The Key Biscayne property at 485 W. Matheson Drive was once a retreat for President Richard Nixon, dubbed the \u201cWinter White House,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/homes.jillszeder.com\/idx\/details\/listing\/d016\/A12005335\/485-W-Matheson-Dr-Key-Biscayne-FL-33149&amp;featured=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the listing from the Jills Zeder Group<\/a> with Coldwell Banker, which is representing the property. <\/p>\n<p>More notably, the estate reached cinematic fame as drug lord Frank Lopez\u2019s home in the movie \u201cScarface.\u201d Original elements seen in the film, including the iconic glass elevator, are preserved in the home today, the group said. <\/p>\n<p>The current record holder is a 2-acre Indian Creek property recently purchased by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/florida\/miami\/mark-zuckerberg-s-170m-fl-estate-most-expensive-home-sale-u-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Patch previously reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The 11,500-square-foot, three-story mansion, boasting five bedrooms, 7.5 bathrooms and a gym that can be converted into a sixth bedroom, sits on 2.38 acres, the listing said. <\/p>\n<p>It offers 862 feet of direct Bascayne Bay frontage, as well as unobstructed views of the nearby Miami skyline and the bay. <\/p>\n<p>Other features include 24-foot-plus ceilings, marble floors, large terraces, a piano-shaped saltwater pool and walls of glass providing breathtaking bay views. <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a private marina, which was formerly a presidential helipad, that comes with rare 3-phase power and dockage for yachts up to 200 feet and more than 34,000 square feet of submerged land, the listing said. <\/p>\n<p>The Key Biscayne property is currently owned by John Devaney, who first encountered the property in 2003 when he flew over it during a helicopter-flying lesson and spotted the helipad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/real-estate\/luxury-homes\/scarface-house-key-biscayne-florida-lists-for-237-million-58e7e0dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Wall Street Journal reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>See Also:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KEY BISCAYNE, FL \u2014 A Miami-area waterfront estate with a storied history is on the market for $237&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-258898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}