By: TJVNews.com

Now that the Trump family has departed the White House and begin the next chapter in their lives, it has been reported that the former president and wife Melania are looking at other property to purchase near their Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

The former first couple, however, will not be too far from family members. As was previously reported in the Jewish Voice, the former president’s oldest son, Donald Jr and girlfriend Kimberly Giulfoyle are looking to purchase a home in Jupiter, Florida as his five children from his ex-wife Vanessa live there with her.

Also seen checking out upscale condos in the Miami area was the former president’s daughter Tiffany, from his marriage to actress Marla Maples. Tiffany just recently announced her engagement to boyfriend Michael Boulos. Currently, Tiffany is living at the Setai Hotel in Miami Beach after having graduated from Georgetown Law School.

Now for the main act. Much publicized fanfare has been accorded to the recent purchase of a $30 million lot of land on Indian Creek Island in Miami Beach by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.

Indian Creek Island is often referred to as “Billionaire Bunker” as the exclusive island is the home of wildly wealthy celebrities, sports figures, internationally recognized entrepreneurs, and politicians.

Until their custom built home is completed on Indian Creek, the former first daughter, her husband and three children will be taking up residence in a luxury condominium in the Arte building in Miami’s exclusive Surfside neighborhood.

In December 2020 it was reported that Jared and Ivanka purchased the undeveloped 1.8-acre waterfront plot of land on the ultra-exclusive private island from Latin crooner Julio Iglesias, according to a report on the Celebrity Net Worth web site. Iglesias put the plot of land together in two transactions. First he had owned a mansion on one plot for decades. He demolished that mansion and then in 2008 paid $15.2 million for the property next door to create the combined nearly 2-acre empty ocean-front lot.

Business Insider reports that Indian Creek is a village of just 42 people on a tiny private island in Miami’s Biscayne Bay.

Among those who call Indian Creek home besides Iglesias are billionaire investor Carl Icahn, the supermodel Adriana Lima, Beyonce & Jay-Z, billionaire hedge fund manager Eddie Lampert, car-dealership tycoon Norman Braman and Miami Dolphins former coach Don Shula. The singer and actor Ricky Martin also lived on the island at one point, but it’s unclear whether he still does, as was reported by Business Insider.

According to Forbes, Icahn paid $7.5 million for his 14,000-square-foot Indian Creek vacation home in 1997. Shula and his wife have lived in a sprawling white house on the island for more than 20 years, as was reported by Business Insider.

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

He added that, “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.”

According to the Business Insider report, the island is “so exclusive and private that visiting is not allowed with an owner’s written permission and even if you have that permission it’s illegal to get out of your car to go anywhere except the residence to which you were invited.”

Business Insider reported that the village’s 34 homes are built around the perimeter of the island, giving them all waterfront views. The center is occupied by an 18-hole golf course and a country club. The village is also protected by a private 13-person police force and they even patrol the perimeter of the island from the water, according to the report.

The island is accessible only by car via a single bridge that spans the waterway from Surfside.

The report also indicated that homes in Indian Creek are rarely up for sale. When the report was published in December of 2020 one house was on the market. It was described as an eight-bedroom, Mediterranean-style mansion that was going for a cool $24 million.

Indian Creek also has the distinction of being the place where the record was broken for the most expensive single-family home being sold in the Miami area. An estate was sold last February for $50 million.

As to the amenities on “Billionaire’s Bunker” the Indian Creek Golf Course is one of the prime golf courses in Florida, according to the website Top 100 Golf Courses, as was reported by Business Insider.

“This is not one of the most accessible venues for the visiting golfer, so you’ll need to befriend a member to tee it up on the classical William S. Flynn-designed course here at Indian Creek, which dates back to the 1930s,” the website reads.

The island has just one street, Indian Creek Island Road. It’s bordered by lavish homes on one side and the perfectly manicured golf course on the other, as was reported by Business Insider. Most of the village’s homes sit behind gates, partially shrouded from view by palm trees and other lush foliage.

Business Insider reported that the Indian Creek Country Club is a sprawling Mediterranean-style structure that sits on the island’s southwest shore. Writing in the Miami New Times in 2011, Gus Garcia-Roberts said, “The Indian Creek Country Club is Miami-Dade County’s most exclusive, and controversial, private society.”

The clubhouse includes a swimming pool, a fitness center, a massage and steam room, locker rooms, a bridge room, and a marina, according to the Business Insider report. It was built in 1929 by Maurice Fatio, the architect who designed many of the most famous estates in Palm Beach.