Star Island real estate in Miami Beach has suddenly become readily available to the rich and famous. Star Island, long considered the most exclusive community in all of Miami, is composed of 34 …
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Dwyane Wade just bought a Miami Beach house on North Bay Road. The 28 year old Miami Heat, NBA all-star looked at more than 50 properties, before finally settling on the house he now calls home.
Dwyane Wade’s house, located on upper North Bay Road in Miami Beach, is just a few blocks away from the house that Chris Bosh purchased just a couple of months ago, and less than one block away from the home owned by actor Matt Damon.
The 8 bedrooms house sits on a lot just over an acre, boasts 150 linear feet of bay frontage, and has more than 13,000 square feet of living area.
Dwyane Wade paid $10.65 million for the property, and ensured that North Bay Road in Miami Beach now has one more celebrity living on the block.

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