Al Capone’s Miami Beach mansion available for film, TV shoots

The current owners of the old Miami Beach mansion that once belonged to gangster Al “Scarface” Capone opened its doors on Wednesday to show off a major renovation and invite film and television producers to use it as a shooting location.

The restored twostory house, located on tony Palm Island, has regained “its original glamour,” real estate investment firm MB America, the property’s new owner, said.

The mansion, built in 1922, has a guest house, private beach with views of Biscayne Bay, seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, beautiful palm trees, lush grounds, a grand entrance and a dock that measures more than 30 meters (98 feet).

The white mansion, whose waterfront lot features tropical gardens, has an 18meter (60foot) by ninemeter (30foot) pool.

The mansion, one of the oldest in Miami Beach, originally belonged to beer mogul Clarence Busch, who controlled AnheuserBusch, the largest brewer in the world.

Capone, who amassed a huge fortune selling liquor during Prohibition, bought the mansion from Busch in 1928.

The ailing gangster lived at the mansion after his release in 1939 from California’s Alcatraz prison, where he served time for tax evasion.

Capone died at the Miami Beach mansion on Jan. 25, 1947, at the age of 48.