The guy who sold his Miami mansion to Jeff Bezos for $79 million is really angry he didn't charge

Leo Chris sold Jeff Bezos a $79 million Miami area Mansion now Chris is filing a lawsuit because he thinks he could have sold it for more The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday Chris a co-founder of the Brazilian toy company tech toy had listed his seven-bedroom mansion in Indian Creek which is in Florida's Miami day County for $85 million in May 2023 the property included a home theater wine seller library and pool and neighbored a 68 million doll Street bedroom house that basos purchased in June 2023 when Chris was approached with an offer for the property he had a sneaking suspicion that his new neighbor was behind the sale the seller said he heard from Jay Parker Douglas element CEO of Brokerage in the Florida region who assured Chris that the Amazon founder was not the buyer and that the buyer would not pay more than $79 million The Wall Street Journal reported after Chris sold his Mansion for $79 million six million below its list price he learned that the buyer was in fact connected to BOS Chris claimed that knowing basos intention to acquire adjacent properties would have been highly material to his decision-making and that It ultimately cost him $6 million according to a complaint filed in Miami day County that the journal viewed Chris is suing duess element which received a commission of over $3 million for handling the property sale dublas elements Parker said in an email to Chris that he was also unaware of bezos's identity as the buyer and believed the property was being purchased by the family of Benny clipo the mayor of Indian Creek Village the journal reported clip hax's daughter saline joined eleman before the sale closed and earned a commission on the property sale while saline kpac has since left the firm she and her lawyer denied her involvement in the deal the journal reported it is not uncommon for high net worth buyers to conceal their identities to avoid sellers charging higher price Mar markups Danny Herzberg a real estate agent at Jill's zeter group at Coldwell Banker told the journal Indian Creek also known as the billionaire bunker is an exclusive Village on a private island in biscan Bay it is known for its ultra wealthy residents including Bezos the former NFL star Tom Brady and Jared Kushner a former White House adviser and ianka Trump's husband a total of 41 property lots are wrapped around the Indian Creek Golf Club at the center of the 300 acre Island which doesn't have beach access the island was ranked the most expensive US city in 2021 by Zillow and features heavy security basos owns three properties on the island with the latest purchase in April costing $90 million