A Rare Miami Real Estate Deal: Jim Meadlock Buys $19M Bear’s Club Home
Jim Meadlock, an Apollo engineer with IBM, has bought a million mansion in Jupiter’s Bear’s Club for off-market. This rare Miami real estate deal offers valuable context for buyers and sellers navigating the local market.
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Records show Meadlock bought the house at 146 Bear’s Club Drive from Alain Bedard and Johanne Dean, executives with the Canadian trucking company TFI International.
Mark Griffin with Bear’s Club Sotheby’s International Realty represented the sellers, and Vince Marotta with Illustrated Properties brought the buyer. Marotta declined to comment on the deal and the identity of the buyer.
Meadlock was an engineer with IBM and worked on the Apollo space program for 12 years, according to published reports. After leaving Armonk, New York-based IBM, he founded the firm now known as Intergraph, one of the earliest CAD software companies. In 2010, it sold to Stockholm, Sweden-based Hexagon AB for $2.1 billion, according to a press release.
Bedard is the president and CEO of TFI, and Dean is vice president of marketing and communications for TFI. They bought the 1.6-acre Bear’s Club estate for $4.6 million in 2012, according to property records.
The 10,400-square-foot mansion was built in 2001 by Vincent Marotta Sr., the late creator of the Mr. Coffee drip coffee maker, records show. The house has five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, two half-bathrooms, a theater and a pool, according to previous listings.
Bedard and Dean listed it for $24.8 million in February, and pulled it from the market in June.
The Bear’s Club is one of South Florida’s premier gated golf communities, known for large estates and high-profile residents like Michael Jordan and Rory McIlroy. In February, former Patrón Spirits CEO Edward Brown sold his Bear’s Club mansion for a record $48 million to Frank and Dolores Mennella. In December, music producer Matthew Resnicoff sold his mansion for $15.3 million. Also last year, investor and metals executive Daniel Rifkin dropped $17.7 million on a home.
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Jupiter’s Bear’s Club for $19 million in an off-market deal.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eRecords show Meadlock bought the house at 146 Bear’s Club Drive from Alain Bedard and Johanne Dean, executives with the Canadian trucking company TFI International.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eMark Griffin with Bear’s Club Sotheby’s International Realty represented the sellers, and Vince Marotta with Illustrated Properties brought the buyer. Marotta declined to comment on the deal and the identity of the buyer.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eMeadlock was an engineer with IBM and worked on the Apollo space program for 12 years, according to published reports. After leaving Armonk, New York-based IBM, he founded the firm now known as Intergraph, one of the earliest CAD software companies. In 2010, it sold to Stockholm, Sweden-based Hexagon AB for $2.1 billion, according to a press release.u0026nbsp;u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eBedard is the president and CEO of TFI, and Dean is vice president of marketing and communications for TFI. They bought the 1.6-acre Bear’s Club estate for $4.6 million in 2012, according to property records.u0026nbsp;u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eThe 10,400-square-foot mansion was built in 2001 by Vincent Marotta Sr., the late creator of the Mr. Coffee drip coffee maker, records show. The house has five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, two half-bathrooms, a theater and a pool, according to previous listings.u0026nbsp;u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eBedard and Dean listed it for $24.8 million in February, and pulled it from the market in June.u0026nbsp;u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eThe Bear’s Club is one of South Florida’s premier gated golf communities, known for large estates and high-profile residents like u003ca href=”/miami/2024/04/03/michael-jordan-pays-17m-for-second-jupiter-fla-mansion/”u003eMichael Jordanu003c/au003e and Rory McIlroy. In February, former Patrón Spirits CEO Edward Brown sold his Bear’s Club mansion for a u003ca href=”/miami/2025/02/20/ex-patron-ceo-sells-jupiter-mansion-for-record-48m/”u003erecord $48 millionu003c/au003e to Frank and Dolores Mennella. In December, music producer Matthew Resnicoff sold his mansion for u003ca href=”/miami/2024/12/06/music-producer-sells-bears-club-mansion-in-jupiter-for-15m/”u003e$15.3 millionu003c/au003e. Also last year, investor and metals executive Daniel Rifkin dropped u003ca href=”/miami/2024/10/15/investor-buys-bears-club-mansion-in-jupiter-for-18m/”u003e$17.7 millionu003c/au003e on a home.u003c/pu003en”,”noAds”:false,”alternativeHeadline”:{“subheadline”:”Sellers Alain Bedard and Johanne Dean bought 10K sf home for $4.6M in 2012″,”__typename”:”AlternativeHeadline”},”updatedPost”:{“updated”:false,”date”:”2025-11-26T21:01:00+00:00″,”__typename”:”UpdatedPost”},”aiSummary”:{“summary”:”u003culu003ernu003cli style=”font-weight: 400;” aria-level=”1″u003eu003cspan style=”font-weight: 400;”u003eEngineer Jim Meadlock, who worked on the Apollo space missions, purchased a mansion in Jupiter’s exclusive Bear’s Club for $19 million in an off-market deal.u003c/spanu003eu003c/liu003ernu003cli style=”font-weight: 400;” aria-level=”1″u003eu003cspan style=”font-weight: 400;”u003eThe sellers were Alain Bedard, president and CEO of TFI International, and Johanne Dean, vice president of marketing and communications for TFI, who bought the 10,400-square-foot estate for $4.6 million in 2012.u003c/spanu003eu003c/liu003ernu003cli style=”font-weight: 400;” aria-level=”1″u003eu003cspan style=”font-weight: 400;”u003eThe mansion, originally built in 2001, features five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, two half-bathrooms, a theater and a pool. 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Mark Griffin with Bear’s Club Sotheby’s International Realty represented the sellers, while Vince Marotta with Illustrated Properties brought the buyer. The deal marks a significant transaction in Jupiter’s Bear’s Club, one of South Florida’s premier gated golf communities.
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