Everyone wants to get top dollar in a real estate sale — and that even goes for the extremely rich.
Businessman Leo Kryss is suing real estate company Douglas Elliman over the $79 million sale of his Florida mansion, a 7-bedroom, 11.5-bathroom home located in what his lawsuit calls “the most prestigious and exclusive area in Miami, Indian Creek Village.”
In his lawsuit, Kryss claims he asked Douglas Elliman CEO Jay Parker point-blank if Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was behind the purchase. Parker allegedly “misleadingly assured Kryss that Bezos was not behind the offer and was not the purchaser,” according to the lawsuit, filed in July in the circuit court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County.
Parker also allegedly asserted that the buyer would not pay more than $79 million for the home, versus the $85 million listing price, the lawsuit claims.
Because of the assurance, Kryss allegedly agreed to discount the property’s price by $6 million, settling on the sale price of $79 million.
“But for these misrepresentations and in reliance upon [Parker’s] duties to deal honestly, fairly, and with due care towards T.A.M., Kryss would not have reduced the purchase price or sold the home for $79,000,000,” the lawsuit claims. T.A.M. refers to Tendencia Asset Management, the company that negotiated on behalf of Kryss.
Bezos is the world’s second richest person behind Elon Musk, with a net worth of $202 billion, according to the…
