Yankee Derek Jeter Building Huge Mansion in Tampa
By: Diane Tuman, Zillow Content Manager | July 16, 2009
(Photo of home courtesy Tampa Tribune)
This must be Yankees week, with back-to-back blog posts on Yankee stars. Yesterday, we wrote about star third baseman Alex Rodriguez dropping the price of his Coral Gables mansion and now this from the Tampa Tribune: Yankee star shortstop Derek Jeter is building a monster-sized home in Tampa.
Designed with a whopping 30,875 square feet of space, the seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom waterfront home dwarfs nearby mansions and could end up the largest home in Hillsborough County. It’s roughly the size of a BestBuy electronics store and twice the size of the previous No. 1 house, just across Hillsborough Bay on Bayshore Boulevard, owned by Lazydays RV SuperCenter founder Don Wallace.
Jeter’s home, which is described as English Manor-style with lots of gables and stone work, is located on the Davis Island neighborhood of Tampa.
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Matthew Wentz on July 17, 2009 11:55 am
WOW!
Our firm has worked with designers and architects on many amazing, unique projects…I would love to be a part of this project if there is a need or request for natural stone (interior/exterior).
Please contact me.
Thank you so much.
Another WOW! :o)
YuckYuck on July 17, 2009 2:02 pm
LOL! I’ve heard Tampa is one of the worst performing real estate markets in the entire country. This guy obviously can’t pour his money down the drain fast enough!
Howard Jackson on July 17, 2009 7:09 pm
YuckYuck, Jeter isn’t building an investment home. It’s where he wants to live and probably retire. You forget that this is where the Yankees play spring ball. Many athletes live/retire in Tampa Bay, particularly South Tampa. I also admit that I live right by there and have driven by. I agree with the report, on an island of waterfront mansions, his “mall” is immense
Ron Merrill on July 18, 2009 3:51 am
If I were a city planner/building inspector I would not have approved such a massive project. It is too different from the surrounding homes and will hurt the asthetics of the neighborhood. This home is a monument to what is wrong with real estate in Florida and eventually will be a monument to what is wrong with Derek Jeter’s finances (think Redd Fox and Willie Nelson).
BSEA on July 18, 2009 10:45 am
Good for you Derek, enjoy life and all of your success…kudos brother….
JF on July 18, 2009 3:02 pm
Ron Merrill, those who can do, those who can’t regulate. Derek is a performer; thanks for the contrast.
Tom Roberts on July 19, 2009 5:34 am
I am a big fan of Dereks and the Yankees. Derek also owns a nice apartment in NYC where he stays during the baseball season and when he is up in New York to watch the Knicks however with all of his wealth I just wish the Yankees and Derek can win another world series.
Connie on July 19, 2009 12:51 pm
Wow, that is spectacularly unattractive. To each his own, but I don’t think it does a thing for the neighborhood.
Professor Griff on July 19, 2009 1:59 pm
Ridiculous size. Compensation?? Apparently Derek isn’t as well-endowed as we’d hoped, huh.
Sue on July 19, 2009 2:00 pm
I am sure this will be a beautiful home. It would be nice if there was a tour after completion. I have seen Derek at the coffee shop here in Tampa—he seems like such a nice guy. I think that it is wonderful that he wants to make his home here after baseball. Being in the financial business for years—and hearing the horor stories of some celebrities I just hope that Derek has trust worthy people managing his money so that he can enjoy his home after retirement.
THOMAS A NAPIER on July 20, 2009 2:50 pm
DEREK IS A CLASS PERSON FROM A GREAT FAMILY AND ITS GOOD TO SEE HIM ENJOY HIMSELF .I WISH HE IS AS HAPPY WITH THE FINISH PRODUCT AS HE MAKE ALL YANKEE FANS
DebtFree on July 20, 2009 2:53 pm
MC Hammer redux.
Rich Patnaude on July 21, 2009 6:22 am
Well I guess when you make the money he’s makeing NO PROBLEM
Anyways I think Jeter is a class act I just wish he played
for the Red Sox. Tampa area is a great area to live
M Graback on July 29, 2009 9:23 am
This is why Yankee tickets went up to $2500 a seat. I guess players want a big empty house so it can feel like e studium they play in.
ZERO DEBT on August 10, 2009 1:23 pm
NOW HE ALL CLASSY
sierra on October 24, 2009 8:22 am
i love your house
Paul on November 19, 2009 9:47 pm
Quite your complaining people! Tampa is a beautiful city. It’s paradise down here. Enough with the jealousy. So you live in a little apartment… work hard and move on up! Don’t sit there at your computer, all bitter because someone is making a ton more than you. He has a talent that you don’t. Find your talent and maybe you’ll be better off too. I’m all for progress and success. And a project like this says all that. So I honestly think the folks complaining are the poor and/or jealous people out there. Misery loves company. Poor people love to gather around and talk shit about rich/successful people. Change your thinking and change your life. Be inspired by successful people… not jealous and bitter about their success. They earned it. Now go earn yours. Even if you don’t make millions of dollars, you can still make hundreds of thousands. Dream big and take action. Stop putting down others for their success!