Messi's Wealth Manager Buys the House Next Door in Bay Colony for $8M
Sadani LLC, run by Messi's longtime wealth manager, paid $8M for the Bay Colony house next to Messi's own Fort Lauderdale estate.
Lionel Messi’s inner circle just bought the house next door. Sadani LLC, a Florida entity managed by Alfonso Nebot Armisen, the Spanish banker who has run Messi’s private investment firm since 2009, paid $8 million for 71 Compass Lane in Fort Lauderdale’s guard-gated Bay Colony enclave. The 7,660-square-foot home sits directly beside 91 Compass Lane, the waterfront estate Messi and his wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, bought for $10.8 million in 2023.
Why it matters
The purchase reads as a compound play, not a coincidence. Combined, the two parcels give Messi’s circle 0.8 acres and roughly 330 feet of contiguous waterfront in one of Fort Lauderdale’s most guarded addresses, with more than 18,100 square feet of interior space and 15 bedrooms across both houses. Buying through an entity run by his money manager, rather than in Messi’s own name, keeps the deal off the World Cup winner’s personal ledger while still consolidating control of the block. For agents working Bay Colony and the Intracoastal corridor, it is a reminder that the next offer on a waterfront lot may be coming from a name that never shows up on the listing sheet.
The numbers
The sellers, Michael and Michelle Nelson, had owned the 1977-built home since 2013, when they paid $2.7 million, meaning the property nearly tripled in value in thirteen years. The house carries seven bedrooms, six full and one half bathroom, and 160 feet of direct water frontage on its own. Sadani LLC was formed in Florida on August 16, 2023, the same year Messi closed on 91 Compass Lane next door, and its Sunbiz filing lists Armisen as manager alongside two other officers, Andrea Nebot Marsol and Martha Rosende.
What’s next
Neither Messi’s camp nor Armisen has said publicly what the newly acquired house will be used for, whether as guest quarters, staff housing, or a straight teardown to unify the two lots. Bay Colony’s HOA rules and Fort Lauderdale’s waterfront setback requirements would govern any combination of the parcels, and no permit application for 71 Compass Lane had surfaced as of this reporting. The deal adds one more data point for South Florida brokers tracking how athlete and celebrity buyers increasingly route trophy purchases through LLCs tied to their financial managers rather than sports agents or family offices.