Car Dealer Pays $26 Million: Car Dealer Alan Jay Wildstein Sets Record for Fort Lauderdale Mansion Purchase: A $26

A Record-Breaking Deal: Car Dealer Pays $26 Million for Fort Lauderdale Mansion

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He bought the home with $20.5 million in seller financing, records show. The price amounts to $1,916 per square foot.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eThe sellers listed it for $36.3 million on Nov. 24 and sold at a $10.3 million discount the next day, Zillow shows. Marc Brandt and Jeffery Kotwica with Douglas Elliman had the listing, and Melissa Barragan with Dezer Platinum Realty brought the buyer.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eWildstein is the head of Alan Jay Automotive Network, a dealership group headquartered in Sebring with locations throughout Central Florida. His family also owns Tropical Chevrolet in Miami Shores, according to published reports.u0026nbsp;u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eHe is a frequent investor in South Florida luxury real estate. In 2022, he bought a unit in Gil Dezer’s Porsche Design Tower in Sunny Isles Beach for u003ca href=”/miami/2022/07/07/car-dealer-doubles-down-on-porsche-design-tower-condos-pays-14m-for-latest/”u003e$14.4 millionu003c/au003e. Records show he flipped another unit in the tower for $6.5 million that year. In 2021, he sold a waterfront Fort Lauderdale home for u003ca href=”/miami/2021/07/15/car-dealership-mogul-sells-waterfront-fort-lauderdale-home-for-8m/”u003e$7.5 millionu003c/au003e.u0026nbsp;u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eSeller Matthew Roos owns several businesses, according to Florida state records. They include M u0026amp; L Investment Management, M u0026amp; L Expeditions and M u0026amp; L Aero Sales u0026amp; Leasing. The Rooses bought a waterfront home at 2542 Laguna Drive in November for $7.6 million, records show.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eThey bought the 0.3-acre 2406 Laguna Drive property for $4.9 million in 2018, according to property records. They built the five-bedroom, three-bathroom mansion in 2021, records show. The property includes a pool and a dock.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eTheir deal with Wildstein marks the latest pricey luxury deal in Fort Lauderdale as the busy season ramps up. Deals slowed through the summer, but in August retired racing driver Michael Andretti bought a 17,800-square-foot waterfront estate from repo king Patrick K. Willis for u003ca href=”/miami/2025/08/11/michael-andretti-buys-waterfront-fort-lauderdale-mansion/”u003e$27.4 millionu003c/au003e.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eLast year, financier Donald Sussman sold his Fort Lauderdale compound for u003ca href=”/miami/2024/09/05/don-sussman-sells-fort-lauderdale-home-for-record-70m/”u003e$70 millionu003c/au003e, setting a single-family price record for Broward County.u0026nbsp;u003c/pu003en”,”noAds”:false,”alternativeHeadline”:{“subheadline”:” Mansion hit market asking $36M in November, sold next day”,”__typename”:”AlternativeHeadline”},”updatedPost”:{“updated”:false,”date”:”2025-12-02T19:45:00+00:00″,”__typename”:”UpdatedPost”},”aiSummary”:{“summary”:”u003culu003ernu003cliu003eu003cspan style=”font-weight: 400;”u003eCar dealer Alan Jay Wildstein bought a 10,700-square-foot waterfront mansion in Fort Lauderdale for $26 million.u003c/spanu003eu003c/liu003ernu003cli style=”font-weight: 400;” aria-level=”1″u003eu003cspan style=”font-weight: 400;”u003eThe 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