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Wynwood restaurateur Philippe Kalifa buys One Thousand Museum pad for $7M

Owner of El Patio and Mayami Mexicantina, bought a four-bedroom unit on 22nd floor of the 62-story downtown Miami tower

Philippe Kalifa with the One Thousand Museum (Philippe Kalifa, One Thousand Museum, iStock)
Philippe Kalifa with the One Thousand Museum (Philippe Kalifa, One Thousand Museum, iStock)

UPDATED, April 19, 1 p.m.: Wynwood restaurateur Philippe Kalifa picked up a One Thousand Museum condo for $6.9 million.

Kalifa, who owns El Patio Wynwood and Mayami Mexicantina, bought a four-bedroom, five-bedroom pad on the 22nd floor of the 62-story tower at 1000 Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami, designed by the late Zaha Hadid, records show.

Sellers Basil Chidi Funk and Kenneth Michael Chidi Funk paid $4.1 million for the unit in 2020, according to records.

Originally from San Francisco, Basil Chidi Funk is head of lending and structured products financial operations for Blockchain.com, a digital platform used for transacting cryptocurrencies. He is also a cryptocurrency enthusiast and Florida-based investor who specializes in fintech and health care, and supports female-founded enterprises, according to an online bio.

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Kalifa’s El Patio Wynwood at 167 Northwest 23rd Street is currently closed for renovations, and Mayami Mexicantina is a restaurant, bar and nightclub at 127 Northwest 27th Street in Wynwood. Later this year, Kalifa is opening Oro and Elixir, a rooftop restaurant and cocktail bar off Lincoln Road in Miami Beach according to Miami New Times.

Another Bay Area transplant recently caused a stir at One Thousand Museum. After paying $6.7 million for unit 3002 in December, venture capitalist and tech entrepreneur Lucy Guo threw a wild party a month later that attracted 120 guests and featured a lemur and a big snake. The soiree led to One Thousand Museum Condominium Association’s legal counsel sending Guo a warning letter.

In addition to tech gurus like Guo, One Thousand Museum unit owners are a who’s who of 1-percenters and famous people, including billionaire and LoanDepot founder Anthony Hsieh, and retired soccer star David Beckham and his fashion designer wife, Victoria Beckham.

Completed in 2019, the 84-unit tower is among the most recognized condominiums on Miami’s skyline. One Thousand Museum was developed by Louis Birdman, Gilberto Bomeny, Kevin Venger, Gregg Covin, and Todd Michael Glaser.

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