Jeb Bush will move into Gables condo (Miami, FL)

[seafan]

Jeb Bush will move into Gables condo

BY JOAN FLEISCHMAN
November 28, 2006

Jeb Bush, who will soon vacate the governor's mansion in Tallahassee, is moving to The City Beautiful. Bush and wife Columba are renting a ninth-floor condo in Segovia Tower in Coral Gables.
A high-end building, with million-dollar plus apartments and just one unit per floor. Residents: attorney Jim Ferraro, who has two units, including a two-story penthouse; Gables couturier Rene Ruiz and partner Brad Rosenblatt; personal injury lawyer Ralph Patino; and Holland & Knight attorney Marilyn Holifield.

Bush's condo application comes before the Segovia Tower board on Friday, the day he and Columba are set to move in. But Ferraro, a board member, says it's just a formality. ``I don't need to meet with him.''
Rent is $5,500 per month for the 3,949 square foot unit. The condo has three bedrooms, three baths plus a powder room, overlooks Granada Golf Course and is walking distance to Miracle Mile. Bush's landlord is Rolando Iglesias, a builder and real estate investor, and wife Hilda.

Segovia Tower, completed in 1998, is fitting for the lame duck guv, whose older brother is president and daddy ex-president. There's an on-site manager, full-time concierge, and 24-hour security. The private elevators are keyed to each floor.

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But he chose the Gables high-rise, and signed a one-year lease with an option to renew.
Coral Gables Mayor Don Slesnick is pleased that Bush will be in the neighborhood. ``I hope we can get some of his wise counsel and guidance for city matters.''
Bush used to work with developer Armando Codina. No word on his job plans.

[Cha]

1. Sounds like a high rise nest

of vipers.

[spotbird]

2. $5,500 sounds like a bargain

Is Jeb the poor relative or is the rent discounted?

[zanne]

13. I was thinking that, too.

That number has to be wrong.

[Big Kahuna]

3. Wow

he's only paying 5 times more than I do for a shitty 3 bedroom apartment. what a deal.

[baldguy]

4. "He's paying"? I don't think so.

[Anakin Skywalker]

5. "He's So Humble and He's One Of Us!" say working-class Rethugs

They have no f*cking idea, do they?

[dchill]

11. "working-class Rethugs..."

and there are how many of those?

[Anakin Skywalker]

16. They Do Exist. They Are the "Family Values" Voters Who Are Duped Time and Time Again.

[dchill]

18. I know...

but I don't think these people are real Republicans - they are just "vote-carriers" for the real Repubs - the rich, right-wing "Christian" ones. Their job is to be easily bamboozled by the latter and vote with their "righteous anger" (aka FEAR.) If real Republicans couldn't cheat, lie and steal, they'd NEVER muster a majority - moral or otherwise.

[saigon68]

17. "He is a hero", like his Chimpanzee Brother they shouted

[Dr.Phool]

6. They'll have to widen the elevator doors

To get his lard-ass in.

[Scurrilous]

7. Powder room?

So Noelle is moving in too?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. Bwahahahaha!

:rofl:

[kskiska]

9. So he'll actually have to live with his wife now?

I wonder how long that marriage will last.

[dchill]

10. I wonder if he's calling it...

the "Southern White House" yet...

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. There goes the neighborhood.............

[Mika]

14. That's just what I said when I read this. Its not too far from my home.

I live in a residential area a few blocks from where this cretin will live. :(


I am going to call my mayor, Coral Gables Mayor Don Slesnick, and suggest that he not seek Jeb's "wise counsel and guidance for city matters" unless he wants to run the city into the ground.

[matcom]

15. $5,500 for 4k square feet in a high-rise in Miami?????

:wtf:

i'm not from Miami but sounds to me like he is getting quite the deal no?

anyone from down there care to clarify if that is what *WE* would be paying for the same space?

[SlavesandBulldozers]

19. and I thought that Orlando was the "the City Beautiful"

wtf?

[gratuitous]

20. A simple public servant on a fixed income

Nice to see that he had a soft place to land.