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Fortune
Fortune
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

A billionaire and an A-list actor found refuge in a 37-home Florida neighborhood with armed guards—proof that privacy is now the ultimate luxury

Aerial view of a huge mansion and tennis court near waterways (Credit: Daniel Petroni)

A quaint, 37-home neighborhood an hour from Miami is attracting moneyed residents, including actor Mark Wahlberg, despite not having a private golf club or coastline. Instead, its major selling point is privacy and a well-trained security staff of former military and police.

Stone Creek Ranch, located in Delray Beach, Fla., is one of the hottest new neighborhoods for the ultrarich, but it didn’t always start out that way. The development was created in the early 2000s a stone’s throw away from the marshy land of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

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