Venezuelan oil executive Alain J. Viergutz has listed his waterfront mansion in Key Biscayne for $19.8 million. The listing comes shortly after U.S. Army Delta Force commandos captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during a night raid in Caracas.
The property, located at 100 Cape Florida Drive, was put on the market on January 6 by One Sotheby’s International Realty agent Lucia Marin, according to Redfin. Mansion Global was the first to report the listing.
Viergutz is president of Grupo Centec, a company that provides services in Venezuela’s oil industry. He previously served as president of the Venezuelan Oil Chamber.
He purchased the 8,200-square-foot home for $11 million in 2021. Built in 2007 on a 0.4-acre lot, the house features four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a half-bathroom, a pool and a dock. Viergutz has been a longtime homeowner in Miami and sold another Key Biscayne property for $17.4 million in 2021.
The recent military operation led by the Trump administration took place on January 3 and resulted in the detention of Maduro and Flores. U.S. fighter jets and bombers targeted Venezuelan air defenses before the raid.
“It is too soon to measure the full scale of the impact of the capture and Trump’s vague plans for the U.S. oversight of Venezuela.”
Venezuelans make up an important group of homebuyers in Miami-Dade County, with Doral known for having one of the largest Venezuelan communities in the United States.
After many Venezuelans lost their deportation protections last year under actions from the Trump administration, Doral saw an increase in housing vacancies and rents dropped to their lowest point in three years.
“More Venezuelan-related listings could be in the future,” said appraiser Jonathan Miller on his Substack “Housing Notes.” “But Maduro’s capture did little to rattle U.S. consumers and the housing market nationwide.”
