Lionel Messi now owns two houses next to each other in Miami.
He bought the first one in 2023 for $10.8 million. It has eight bedrooms and sits on the water in Bay Colony.
This week, an LLC tied to his money manager bought the house next door for $8 million. That house has seven bedrooms, was built in 1977, and has 160 feet of its own waterfront.
Put the two properties together, and Messi now has 0.8 acres, 15 bedrooms, more than 18,100 square feet, and 330 feet of continuous waterfront.
The previous owners bought the second house in 2013 for $2.7 million. They sold it for $8 million, making about $5.3 million before fees.
The move has a name in real estate: landmaxxing.
It means buying the property next to yours, not because you need another house, but because you want control over the space around you.
And this is still small compared with some of Miami’s biggest buyers. Some of Messi’s neighbors have spent more than $100 million on one property.
Messi also owns three condos in Sunny Isles Beach, including a full-floor unit bought for $7.3 million.
At 39, Sportico estimates his career earnings at $1.99 billion.
He also turned down a huge offer from Saudi Arabia to play in Miami.
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