"Crimericana": Al Capone mansion opens after restoration
MIAMI BEACH - The former winter home of notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone was on display this week following an extensive restoration project, CBS Miami reported.
The nearly 90-year-old property where Al Capone died in 1947 is valued at about $5.6 million, according to county property records.
The home had been in a long decline until its recent purchase by a private investor. Miami-based MB America says the sprawling property will be available for video and photo shoots.
Among those attending the Wednesday open house, was Capone's grandniece, Deidre Marie Capone, his only surviving relative, according to the station.
The property, a nine-bedroom mansion on Palm Island, in Miami Beach, was bought in 1928, during the height of Prohibition. Capone lived there in declining health for several years after his 1939 release from prison on a tax conviction.