Inca Kola Heiress Buys Key Biscayne Home for $14M

In the latest roundup of residential deals in South Florida, entrepreneurs from the food, real estate and health industries bought and sold luxury homes.

Deals spanned Key Biscayne to Palm Beach and ranged in price from $9.3 million to $13.8 million.

Key Biscayne

In Key Biscayne, the widow of a Swedish hamburger mogul sold a waterfront home to a Peruvian soda heiress for $13.8 million.

Records show Malin Bergfors sold the house at 660 South Mashta Drive to Golden Heights LLC, a Delaware entity registered to Jenny Katherine Lindley Suarez. Suarez is a scion of Peru’s Lindley family, the makers of Inca Kola. Inca Kola, nicknamed “the Golden Kola,” is widely considered Peru’s favorite soda.

Bergfors is the widow of Curt Bergfors, the co-founder of Max Burgers, which was at one point Sweden’s largest burger chain. Today it has more than 150 stores globally, according to published reports. Curt Bergfors died in 2022, his obituary shows.

He bought the Key Biscayne home for $1.5 million in 1998, according to property records. It was built in 1965 on 0.3 acres, and spans 5,000 square feet, with five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a pool and a dock, records show.

It hit the market for $22 million last year, Zillow shows.

Kathy Green with Coldwell Banker Realty had the listing, and Giulietta Ulloa with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices EWM Realty brought the buyer.

Fort Lauderdale

In Fort Lauderdale, a businessman bought a waterfront home for $9.3 million.

Records show James L. Hruska Jr. and Colleen Hruska bought the house at 520 Intracoastal Drive from Joe R. Jones.

Florida records show James L. Hruska Jr. owns several businesses in the state, including Vigor Health & Fitness LLC.

Jones bought the house for $7.9 million in 2022, according to property records. It was built on 0.4 acres in 2017 and spans 5,600 square feet, with four bedrooms, five bathrooms, two half-bathrooms, a pool and 110 feet of waterfront along the Intracoastal Waterway, records and the listing show.

It listed for $12 million in June, according to Zillow. Andrew Ziffer with Compass had the listing and represented the buyer.

Palm Beach

In Palm Beach, an Ohio developer bought a non-waterfront home for $13.3 million, $2 million less than its last sale price two years ago.

Records show Michael DeAscentis II bought the house at 156 Seagate Road from Seagate Retreat LLC, a Florida entity managed by local attorney Alison Percy.

DeAscentis is the owner of Columbus, Ohio-based Lifestyle Communities. His firm builds multifamily communities across the U.S., including in Nashville, Austin, Charleston, Denver and Tampa, its website shows.

Seagate Retreat bought the 156 Seagate Road for $15.3 million in 2023. It was built in 2017 on a quarter-acre. It spans 3,600 square feet and includes four bedrooms, four bathrooms and one half-bathroom, records show.

It hit the market for $16.8 million last year, according to Zillow.

Margit Brandt with Premier Estate Properties had the listing, and Gary Pohrer with Douglas Elliman brought the buyer.