Spec home builder Mathieu Massa sells Miami Beach home

Massa paid $3M for the property in 2014 and later built two houses

4510 Prairie Avenue, Julian Johnston and Mathieu Massa
4510 Prairie Avenue, Julian Johnston and Mathieu Massa

Spec home builder and French restaurateur Mathieu Massa sold a waterfront home in Miami Beach’s Nautilus neighborhood for $7 million.

Massa’s 4528 Prairie LLC sold the six-bedroom, 6,291-square-foot house at 4510 Prairie Avenue, according to a press release. Massa Construction Group built the house, which was designed by Choeff Levy Fischman.

It hit the market in 2017 for nearly $8 million. Julian Johnston of Calibre International Realty represented Massa.

The two-story home features interiors by Dunagan Diverio Design Group; European oak and stone floors; designer lighting and a Lutron control system; an outdoor kitchen and dining area; lounge space and a pool.

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The $7 million sale marks a record for waterfront homes on the Biscayne Waterway in Mid-Beach, according to Johnston. He declined to comment on the buyer.

Property records show Massa paid $3 million for the two lots at 4510 and 4528 Prairie Avenue in 2014. He built a spec home on the second lot in 2018, which is on the market for $7.75 million.

He also developed the spec home at 1826 West 23rd Street, which hit the market in 2017 for nearly $18 million.

Massa also owns Mr. Hospitality, which runs Baoli Miami, Marion in Brickell and El Tucan. He’s an heir to a family that founded a large tire company in Europe which eventually sold to Continental Tire of Germany in 2011, according to Massa Investment’s website.