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CLIENT NEWS: Swerdlow proposes replacing Miami public housing complexes with 5,000-plus apartments with affordable, workforce units

March 12, 2025

Developer Michael Swerdlow wants to develop 5,730 multifamily units with some affordable and workforce apartments, replacing five public housing complexes across Miami. Coconut Grove-based Swerdlow Group’s project also will include 370,000 square feet of commercial space such as offices and a school; 250,000 square feet of open space and amenities and a new Tri-Rail passenger train station, according to Miami-Dade records. The project would replace the existing public housing complexes of Victory Homes at 520 Northwest 75th Street, Newberg at[...]

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Firm Get Rezoning; Client Sells Property

May 20, 2016

‘Unbuildable’ Lot Gets Makeover, Sells for $13 Million A Miami developer in need of extra parking space is walking away with $13 million three years later. In 2013, Lyle Chariff owned the property that housed Cypress Room, now known as Cypress Tavern, an eatery on the edge of Miami’s Design District and across the street from a vacant lot. The president of Chariff Realty Group Inc. saw the empty slice of land as a solution for a parking crunch shared[...]

Developer Wants Miami Beach Marina

May 20, 2016

Fort Partners offers $100M for development rights of Miami Beach Marina site The developers of the Surf Club Four Seasons have big plans for a prime slice of city-owned waterfront property in Miami Beach, but neighborhood residents and city commissioners are skeptical about the proposal to add more residential towers south of Fifth Street. To help the project to move forward, Fort Partners and the operator of the Miami Beach Marina complex are dangling a $100 million offer in exchange for the[...]

Developer and Tow Company Spar

April 22, 2016

Beach Tow has operated illegally for decades, developer in land dispute says Negotiations deteriorated, and Beach Towing allegedly asked for millions to settle dispute After taking a mean turn, a legal battle between a developer and an infamous Miami Beach towing company is suddenly playing out like one of those nasty curbside spats from South Beach Tow. Beach Towing, the company notorious for hooking up motorists’ vehicles under dubious circumstances and then charging a steep fee to return them, may have tangled with[...]

South Beach Building Gains Historic Designation

April 20, 2016

Extensive renovations are planned for the future hotel at 1700 Alton Road The area surrounding West Avenue, 17th Street and Alton Road on South Beach is quickly becoming a “go-to” destination for boutique hotels catering to the thousands of visitors who flock to Lincoln Road. A 116-room Residence Inn recently opened on 17th Street at the northern end of West Avenue and a restored five-story building built in 1922 that was once the second tallest high-rise building on Miami Beach[...]

Client Applies for New Office Building

April 13, 2016

Oppenheim-designed office building proposed in Miami-Dade An office building crafted by Oppenheim Architecutre + Design has been proposed near Aventura. Miami-Dade County officials received an application for the project on April 5 from 2655 Developers LLC. It wants to build a six-story office building at 2655 N.E. 186th Terrace, which is on the west side of the Florida East Coast Railroad and just east of West Dixie Highway. The site currently has an auto repair shop. Although the proposal[...]