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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CLIENT NEWS: Mercedes-Benz plans its 1st North American condo in Miami’s Brickell, prices start in $550,000s

February 27, 2024

JDS Development Group will partner with Mercedes-Benz AG to brand the condos in its 67-story, mixed-used tower in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood. This would be Mercedes' first North American condo project, according to the company. The 791 units in the residential tower will be branded Mercedes-Benz Places and the German automaker’s design team, in collaboration with New York-based SHoP Architects, refined the design of the building based on its “sensual purity” concept. “This philosophy, based on the duality of emotion and[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Related’s Steve Patterson buys waterfront Miami Beach teardown

February 27, 2024

Steve Patterson, president and CEO of a Related Group division, bought a waterfront Miami Beach teardown for $9.4 million. Records show Patterson bought the property at 5141 Pine Tree Drive from Christian Egidio Lamont. Darin Tansey and Lynna Weil of Douglas Elliman had the listing. Jeri Jenkins and Brian Suarez of Coldwell Banker Realty brought the buyer. Patterson is Miami-based Related Group’s president and CEO of Related Development, the firm’s multifamily and mixed-use division, according to its website. In 2021,[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Miami Beach goes shopping for $6.5 million oceanfront house

February 23, 2024

Miami Beach is to buy a single-family home for $6.5 million. The site at 7605 Collins Ave. is surrounded by city-owned land on three sides and is the missing piece needed to complete a city-owned oceanfront block with no use yet decided. The city commission discussed its decision to buy the property this month and is act again to finalize the buy. “We’ll direct the administration to work on the purchase of the property and send the contract and the[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Developers Propose Miami-Dade Mixed-Use Project with 5,000 Apartments

February 13, 2024

Plans for one of Miami’s largest ever developments have been revealed as part of a bid for county property in the Little River and Little Haiti area, according to the Herald. Swerdlow Group is partnering on the bid with AJ Capital Partners, which controls 27 acres in the area. Four Miami-Dade public housing projects, including Victory Homes and New Haven Gardens, would be redeveloped along with the private property (the proposal is in response to a county RFP for the[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Swerdlow proposes $3B project with 5k affordable apartments in Miami

February 13, 2024

Swerdlow Group is proposing a massive, mixed-use public housing project spanning 65 acres along Miami’s Little River and Little Haiti neighborhoods. The development could cost $2.6 billion and create nearly 5,000 workforce and affordable housing units. Coconut Grove-based Swerdlow Group responded to Miami-Dade County’s request for proposals to redevelop and expand four public housing projects, according to the Miami Herald. The entire project would include private land and would be mostly privately financed. It could take nearly a decade to[...]

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