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P H OTO BY N OA M TA L @ N OA M _TA L _ P H OTO G R A P H Y hile you might be unlikely to cross paths with Grin or Bezos out and about in Miami—or even tech mogul Peter Thiel, worth a mere $6 billion, who has split his time between Miami and Silicon Valley since 2020 —there are plenty of glitzy new restaurants and nightspots capi- talizing on the illusion that you just might. And private members-only clubs, promising more discretion, are springing up like mushrooms, following in the pioneering footsteps of the Soho Beach House, which opened in 2010, and the Faena Hotel's arts and culture–based private membership club, Faena Rose, which debuted in 2016. New additions to the very crowded private-club landscape include Chateau ZZ's, a new branch of ZZ's Club in a historic manor, and MM, from the restaurateurs behind Asian-Mediterranean hotspot MILA in Miami Beach. MM's $5,000 annual fee comes with priority reservations at all Riviera Dining Group restaurants and access to dedicated spaces at MILA and its soon-to-open sibling, Casa Neos, on the Miami River. MM also o"ers a more rarefied membership tier, starting at $25,000 per year, delivering use of a fully sta"ed 45-foot-long yacht. "For us it 's about creating a lifest yle, going beyond what we do with the restau- rants," says Marine Giron-Galy, a partner in the Riviera Dining Group. "Our next step will be to o"er a full concierge service for our guests." The new Aman hotel and residence, due to open in Miami Beach in 2026, might raise the bar even more with its private club component, judging from t he A ma n Club i n New York , w it h a reported $200,000 initiation fee. For now, you might need your own Indian Creek mega-mansion or $90-million penthouse apa r t ment on nea rby F isher Isla nd to access Miami's most raref ied clubs. The Indian Creek Countr y Club, with its his- toric golf course, desig ned by William Flynn in 1928, and the equally impenetra- ble Fisher Island Club, where the club- house is an old Vanderbilt mansion and you might grab tennis pointers from Andre A gassi or Ste Graf, are both currently open to residents only. GREATER MIAMI IS NOW THE FASTEST- GROWING CENTER OF HIGH- NET-WORTH TRANSPLANTS IN THE COUNTRY. W BAL HARBOUR 133