Rick Ross’s most recent real estate purchase is impressive not just for its celebrity pedigree but for its record-breaking turnaround. The Miami native recently dropped $3.5 million for Amar’e Stoudemire’s South Florida mansion in an all-cash deal that closed in just four days—the fastest closing in the history of the gated community where the property is located. The former NBA all-star player had owned the property for more than a decade, and it includes a sprawling 7,361-square-foot main house and a 1,314-square-foot guest house, as well as a nine-car garage.
The ornate kitchen.
Claudine Camillo with VHT for ONE Sotheby’s International RealtyThe single-story main house features 10-foot ceilings, white marble floors, and coffered ceilings, with four bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms. A chef’s kitchen, a hidden movie theater, an indoor bar area with a pool table, and a yoga room offer up plenty of corners for friends and family. The guest house boasts two bedrooms and one bathroom, with its own kitchen and living room.
Out back, there are more areas for entertaining, with a resort-style pool and waterfall, a large deck for outdoor dining and lounging, and a full outdoor kitchen with built-in grill.
Claudine Camillo with VHT for ONE Sotheby’s International RealtyRoss’s other home, a palatial 12-bedroom estate in Atlanta, recently made headlines as the main location for the filming of Coming 2 America. The mansion, which boasts a whopping 109 rooms spread across 45,000 square feet, made for the perfect stand-in for a palace in the fictional country of Zamunda. “They changed the wallpaper in the dining room so I asked them to keep it up there,” Ross told Variety of changes the set designers made to his pad. “They also created that huge dining room table for a dining scene that seats 50–60 people and they left that for me as a gift. It’s humongous.”
