Supermodel Gisele Bündchen’s $9.1 million purchase last year of a 7.5-acre estate in Southwest Ranches, the Florida equestrian hotspot about 30 miles from Miami, now seems prescient.

There, a new construction home has hit the market for $24 million — and it’s poised to break area records if it sells at, or even near, that price.

The modern residence, at 17250 SW 52nd Court, is an extravagant 25,609 square feet. It features seven bedrooms and sits on 4 acres. Built in 2022 and move-in ready last year, the home is at the end of a cul-de-sac and bordered by the 172nd Avenue canal.

Its crown jewel is a 19,000-square-foot finished rooftop space for entertaining — and displaying art.

The dwelling’s design includes 187 impact-resistant glass window panels and doors framed in silver aluminum. It comes with a motorized aluminum gate, security, and an infinity-loop driveway lined with green turf and palms.

Other chic touches include floor-to-ceiling windows, plus a wine display room that holds up to 264 bottles. Some areas even include double- and triple-height ceilings, such as the main entrance, which is more than 25 feet high. There are also two kitchens, home offices, a gym, indoor and outdoor pools — and two separate four-car garages.

Three steel staircases lead to the gym, bedrooms and the roof.

Outside, along with the infinity-edged pool and a kids’ pool on a 6,722-square-foot tiled deck, are landscaped gardens and tall aged trees. 

The seller, Javier Muniain, president and CEO of Surfernet Corp., is relocating to Europe. 

The listing broker is Kimberly Knausz of ONE Sotheby’s International Realty. 

Florida remained a very retirement-friendly state in 2024, with five locales in the Sunshine State appearing among WalletHub’s ten best retirement cities.

Orlando, which is located in central Florida, nabbed the overall first-place title on WalletHub’s “Best & Worst Places to Retire” ranking this year.

The personal finance website indicated factors like its activity options and elder health care helped Orlando earn the title of best city to retire. Florida’s tax policies also played a major part, according to WalletHub.

The city’s total score was 61.49.

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This year, five other states had representation in the top 10 in addition to dominant Florida.

The list included a total of 182 U.S. cities. To determine the overall position of the cities on the list, WalletHub said it relied on several dozen metrics within the categories of affordability, activities, quality of life and health care.

According to WalletHub, 2024’s ten locales most favorable for retirees included: 

1. Orlando, Florida

2. Miami, Florida

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3. Minneapolis, Minnesota

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4. Tampa, Florida

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5. Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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6. Scottsdale, Arizona

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7. Cincinnati, Ohio

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8. St. Petersburg, Florida

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9. Casper, Wyoming

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10. Atlanta, Georgia

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, Georgia, metropolitan area was found to be the best cold-weather winter vacation destination this year, according to WalletHub. Atlanta is pictured. (iStock / iStock)

“It’s important to choose wisely when picking where to retire, as many retirees are on a fixed income,” WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo said. “As a result, the best cities for retired people are those that minimize taxes and expenses, as well as have good opportunities for retirees to continue paid work for extra income, if they choose to do so. In addition, the top cities provide high-quality health care and offer plenty of enjoyable activities for retirees.”

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Of the top 10 best retirement cities, Miami received the highest rank for the main activities category, at No. 2. 

Two of the other top-10 cities landed No. 3 placements for different main categories that WalletHub looked at to help formulate its list. Scottsdale came in third-place for quality of life. Meanwhile, Casper received that ranking for affordability, the personal finance website found.

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WalletHub’s best cities to retire comes after the personal finance website identified Florida, Colorado, Virginia, Delaware and Wyoming as top states for retirement earlier in the year.

In April, Northwestern Mutual found Americans think they must have $1.46 million set aside in order to “comfortably” retire. That was up 15% from the prior year.

There’s still a long season ahead in college football with most teams only having played one game but Florida State couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start. The Noles, who began the season ranked No. 10, are 0-2 with losses to two unranked opponents.

The team has struggled despite the Noles making a big investment in their defensive line this year with almost $2 million going to their starting front in what is an NIL team budget of around $12 million, a source briefed on FSU’s NIL strategy told The Athletic this week.

On Monday night, FSU got blown out at home by Boston College, 28-13. The Eagles ran all over FSU, outrushing them 263 to 21 yards.

Meanwhile in 2023, the Noles ran through the ACC, going 13-0 and claiming the conference before being left out of the Playoff. Since then, though, it’s been a nightmare for FSU.

Georgia whupped a depleted Noles team, 63-3, that had 20 players opt out of the Orange Bowl in 2023. Florida State coach Mike Norvell dipped heavily into the transfer portal again, signing 17 players in hopes of replacing 10 draft picks. Norvell previously did a superb job mining the portal, but this year, it’s had dreadful results.

One of the headliners of the new-look Seminoles was former Clemson and Oregon State quarterback DJ Uiagalelei, who transferred in after FSU was unable to land Washington State transfer Cam Ward, who chose Miami.

Uiagalelei is off to a very shaky start for FSU with the former five-star recruit throwing just one touchdown and completing 58 percent of his passes for a 6.7 yard-per-attempt average. A team that averaged 35 points a game last year scored just 34 in its first two games.

However, the more surprising issue is a defense that was gashed in both games. Boston College had 10 runs of at least 10 yards against FSU.

The Noles rank No. 124 in the country in run defense, allowing 227 yards per game on the ground. FSU was No. 4 in the country in sacks in 2023 with 46 and has just three in two games this season. The program did have to replace two top-40 draft picks in Jared Verse and Braden Fiske, but the expectation was it was still loaded up front with transfers Darrell Jackson, a 328-pound defensive tackle, who was brought in along with Georgia transfer defensive end Marvin Jones Jr. to go with Patrick Payton and Joshua Farmer.

FSU’s issues have been on both sides of the ball. The Seminoles rank last in the ACC among 17 teams in third-down defense, giving up conversions 56 percent of the time. The Noles were No. 2 in the ACC last year, allowing first downs less than 29 percent of the time. On offense, they’re only No. 14 in the ACC in third-down conversions and their No. 14 in red zone touchdown percentage.

Norvell’s team has this weekend off to try and sort out some of its problems before Memphis visits Tallahassee on Sept. 14.

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