The arrival of Ken Griffin to Miami It has been celebrated locally and talked about nationally. The man has a personal fortune estimated at USD 32,000 million and his company, Citadel, is one of the main financial companies in the country. His arrival in the south of the Florida it is celebrated not only for his personal presence but also because he moved his company, which represents thousands of new jobs in the city.
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But with the move has also come an unorthodox idea. To the huge property of more than 20 acres that he already had in West Palm Beach (for which he paid about USD 350 million), and the USD 137 million mansion he bought in Star Island, miami beachGriffin added a property in the city of Miami on the biscayne bayat the height of the avenue brickell historical (the part that is to the south of the bridge that connects the city with Key Biscayne), very close to Vizcaya Museum. For said property, purchased from the philanthropist and banker Adrianne Arshtpaid USD 106 million dollars.
On the land, which overlooks the bay, in addition to the mansion where Arsht used to live, is serena villa, a massive 109-year-old limestone dwelling. The house is considered historic not only because it is one of the oldest standing in the city, but also because it belonged to William Jennings Bryan.
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Jennings was an American politician, a three-time presidential candidate, who, when Miami was barely 16 years old, decided to build a house here for the winter. He liked the area so much that he ended up making Miami his permanent home, being considered by many as one of the first illustrious citizens of the city of the sun. Villa Serena has been declared a historical site of the city, but it was never open to the public.
Arsht, when he owned it, had invested millions of dollars in renovating it and used it as a guest residence or for parties. But Griffin has other plans for the property.
An architect who works for griffin contacted the AVE —a municipal government entity that manages public land— to suggest the idea of finding a new location for Villa Serena. Griffin would bear the cost of moving the property (which is typically in the millions of dollars) and would do so as long as the city commits to opening it to the public as a museum.
Although it is only an idea at the moment, and there is no concrete plan for how or where the transfer would be made, some are already raising the cry to the sky saying that it is unlikely that the transfer can be made without jeopardizing the integrity of the house, or even alleging that in a different location it loses its historical value.
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In addition to Griffin’s residential properties, Citadel acquired at the beginning of last year a parcel of two and a half acres on Brickell Bay Dr, where they plan to build their headquarters, for which they paid USD 363 million, and an office tower located at 1221 Brickell Ave, from USD 286.5 million.
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