{"id":2300,"date":"2026-06-26T11:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2026-06-26T11:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:01:39","slug":"a-movie-about-elon-musk-was-filmed-at-this-175m-coral-gables-home-look-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2300","title":{"rendered":"A movie about Elon Musk was filmed at this $175M Coral Gables home. Look inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Coming soon: a movie about the world\u2019s richest man, with an ultra-luxury Coral Gables home as the backdrop.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2298\">Raw sewage. Dead fly on pork. The bad and the ugly of South Florida restaurants<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cELON: The Tesla Story,\u201d which chronicles the early days of the electric vehicle company under CEO Elon Musk, was filmed at a waterfront mansion at 600-620 Arvida Parkway in the exclusive Gables Estates neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The film, produced by Armando Gutierrez, is coinciding with a moment of fascination with the eccentric, and often controversial, South African-born entrepreneur.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Musk became the world\u2019s first trillionaire earlier in June when he took his space technology and telecommunications company SpaceX public. His net worth has since fallen to an estimated $941 billion.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The home, owned by attorney and University of Miami booster John Ruiz, was listed in February for $175 million.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>If it sells for that price, it could become the most expensive home ever sold in Miami-Dade County. The record was recently set at $170 million by Mark Zuckerberg, who bought a partially completed Indian Creek Village mansion earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez, who will also star as Musk in the movie, seems to have found a niche in mid-budget films about billionaires. He previously produced and starred in \u201cBezos: The Beginning,\u201d released in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2296\">Dozens urge Miami to \u2018do the right thing\u2019 and exit ICE agreement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Though the Musk movie was shot in Florida, the story takes place in California, where he was living during Tesla\u2019s early days. Musk now lives in Texas, home to several of his companies.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Nick Friedman, a Tampa-based entrepreneur who co-founded College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving, is one of the film\u2019s producers. He said the movie is set to have a limited theatrical release this fall. After that, they hope to sell the movie to a streaming platform, a common path for mid-budget movies, said Friedman.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Friedman said shooting at Ruiz\u2019s Gables Estates home was \u201cincredible\u201d and \u201cleveled up the quality of the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The 10-bedroom, 21,145-square-foot mansion, which was listed by Alex Pirez of Mocca Realty, features a speakeasy lounge, gym and spa, eight-car garage and 335 feet of waterfront access. Other homeowners in the ritzy neighborhood include the singer The Weeknd and music producer Pharrell Williams.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Listing a home for $175 million doesn\u2019t guarantee it will sell for that price. But even if the home doesn\u2019t get the asking price, it will likely go for significantly more than Ruiz paid for it. He bought the home for $46 million in 2020. Since then, prices for waterfront estates in Miami-Dade have skyrocketed as the area has attracted a crop of billionaire buyers including Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, rumors were circulating that Musk was touring a home in Miami Beach. The North Bay Road compound he was rumored to be checking out is still under construction and is expected to fetch a price tag of around $300 million once completed. That would make it the most expensive home sold in Miami-Dade.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2294\">Miami archbishop urges prayers \u2014 and pressure \u2014 after Supreme Court\u2019s TPS ruling<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Take a tour of the home featured in \u2018ELON\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A movie chronicling beginnings of Tesla under Elon Musk was filmed at $175M home owned by billionaire John Ruiz in Gables Estates neighborhood of Coral Gables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A movie about Elon Musk was filmed at this $175M Coral Gables home. 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