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CLIENT NEWS: Miami Beach’s vanished, iconic Deauville Hotel is poised for an ‘even better’ return

March 24, 2025

The improbable return of Miami Beach’s iconic Deauville Hotel, demolished by implosion in 2022, has come one big step closer to becoming reality. And for North Beach residents and preservationists still reeling from the loss of the historic MiMo hotel, best known as a launching pad to fame for the Beatles, it’s like they can’t believe their luck. In a public hearing that might well be described as a love fest, Beach residents and city commissioners ardently embraced an unusually[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Kolter, BH seek redevelopment approval for Miami Beach oceanfront site they listed for $110M

March 12, 2025

Kolter Group and BH Group are pursuing a redevelopment plan for an oceanfront hotel that the joint venture recently listed with a whisper price of $110 million. Delray Beach-based Kolter’s hospitality division and Aventura-based BH submitted a site plan application with the city of Miami Beach to tear down the Crystal Beach Suites Miami Oceanfront Resort at 6985 Collins Avenue, as well as a neighboring historic Art Deco property, Normandy Plaza Hotel at 6979 Collins Avenue. A 19-story boutique condominium[...]

CLIENT NEWS: 13th Floor, LeFrak and Related take over Shoma dev site in Miami

March 12, 2025

Shoma Group is abandoning plans to redevelop a shuttered car dealership, selling the 2.5-acre site for $35 million to a group that includes Richard LeFrak’s eponymous firm. An entity managed by Arnaud Karsenti, principal of Coconut Grove-based 13th Floor Investments, acquired the property at 3650 Bird Road, records and real estate database Vizzda show. 13th Floor partnered with New York-based LeFrak Organization and Coconut Grove-based Related Group, led by Jorge, Jon Paul and Nicholas Pérez, to purchase the site, Karsenti[...]

CLIENT NEWS: $2.6B project with 5,720 apartments proposed in Miami-Dade

March 12, 2025

A company led by developer Michael Swerdlow is seeking a 99-year land lease with Miami-Dade County to redevelop numerous public housing sites in Little River with 5,720 affordable and workforce apartments. The Miami-Dade County Housing Committee will consider the ground lease with SG Little River Holdings LLC, led by Swerdlow, on March 11. It would require approval from the full County Commission at a later date, tentatively on April 1. The county issued a request for proposals (RFP) in 2023[...]

CLIENT: Hialeah to consider 3 major apartment projects

March 4, 2025

Hialeah officials will review plans for three major development projects with a combined 636 apartments proposed. The City Council will consider the three items on first reading on the evening of Feb. 25. They are the latest projects amid a development boom in the working-class city. In the biggest project on the agenda, Metro Parc West LLC, an affiliate of Coral Gables-based MG Developer, has proposed an eight-story building with 420 apartments and 6,390 square feet of commercial space on[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Historic preservation board greenlights Keyah’s plans for new Miami Beach hotel

February 24, 2025

The Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board is keen on Keyah Real Estate Group’s plan to reshape nearly an entire Art Deco block between Washington and Collins avenues. On Feb 11, the board unanimously approved by a 5-0 vote a new 262-key hotel project by Aventura-based Keyah and Grup Peralada, a family office based in Barcelona, Spain. The planned redevelopment entails the partial demolition of the historic Haddon Hall hotel at 1500 Collins Avenue, as well as completely tearing down a[...]