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CLIENT NEWS: Celebrity-favorite restaurant from Dubai coming to Miami Beach

December 11, 2024

Gaia, a globally renowned Greek-Mediterranean dining destination from Dubai, is set to debut its first U.S. location in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth community come summer 2025. Conceptualized by British-Nigerian Chef Izu Ani and hospitality entrepreneur Evgeny Kuzin, the restaurant is a flagship of Fundamental Hospitality, with existing locations in Dubai, London, Qatar, Monte-Carlo and Marbella. The upscale eatery, which is named after the Greek goddess of the earth, will open on the ground floor of the Marea Condominium, 801[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Kushner scores approval for luxury apartment project in Surfside

January 17, 2024

The Surfside commission gave Kushner Companies its blessing for a planned luxury apartment development that’s expected to include a synagogue. New York-based Kushner plans a nearly 90-unit residential project with a roughly 1,200-square-foot community or religious center on the 2.9-acre site at 9300 Collins Avenue. The commission voted 3 to 2 to pass a resolution approving Kushner’s site plan and a resolution for religious land use relief. The latter allows the developer to build underground parking to meet the National[...]

CLIENT NEWS: New York hospitality group pushes opening date for Catch Miami Beach

January 3, 2024

A fine dining restaurant that was originally slated to open in Miami Beach this fall will likely get its debut next year. New York-based Catch Hospitality Group updated its website to notify customers that the company’s seafood restaurant Catch is coming in 2024. When ready, Catch Miami Beach will open in the city’s affluent South of Fifth neighborhood at 200 South Pointe Drive. According to the plans revealed in late 2022, the two-floor restaurant will occupy 22,000 square feet and[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Bizzi+Bilgili, partners score $47M construction loan for office building in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth

January 3, 2024

A pair of development firms scored a $47.3 million construction loan for a five-story office building in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth neighborhood. Bizzi+Bilgili — a partnership between Bizzi & Partners and Turkish investor Serdar Bilgili — and Sumaida + Khurana are developing The Fifth Miami Beach. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is a partner in the project. The 60,200-square-foot building, which will include retail and restaurant space, will be at 944 Fifth Street and 411 Michigan Avenue. The Miami[...]

CLIENT NEWS: New owners start $85M renovation of historic South Beach hotel

January 3, 2024

The new owners of Shelborne South Beach are embarking on major renovations at the historic Art Deco-style hotel. Westdale Properties, a Toronto-based real estate developer; King Street Capital Management, a New York-based global investment management company; and Cedar Capital Partners, a London-based real estate investment firm, are putting $85 million into the renovation project, the companies announced in a joint press release. Located 1801 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, the 82-year-old hotel will have its guest rooms, restaurants, lobby, pool[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Wynwood is getting a huge adults-only, ‘eatertainment’ venue — and there’s mini golf

January 3, 2024

You’ll probably never be able to swing, shoot or putt like Rory McIlroy, but you can give it the old college try next month at one of his favorite bars. It’s called Puttery, and it’s set to open next month in the Wynwood area. McIlroy and his Symphony Ventures team invested about $10 million in this so-called eatertainment concept, with locations already in Dallas, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. The 34-year-old Irishman, who helped with the design and selected all the[...]