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: Construction Permit Submitted For 893-Unit Tower At Miami Worldcenter

October 11, 2023

A construction permit application was submitted this morning for a massive apartment tower at Miami Worldcenter. The new filing states that a 52-story tower is planned to be built, with the following specs: 893 multi-family (rental) units 17,188 square feet of retail Coastal Construction is listed as the contractor. WG 700 North Miami LLC, C/O The Witkoff Group, is listed as the contact. The specs are similar to a June UDRB filing for the first phase of a project at[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: MG, Baron score $18M loan to acquire Hialeah homes for apartment project

October 3, 2023

MG Developer and Baron Property Group snagged an $18 million loan to acquire a block of Hialeah single-family houses to be redeveloped into a multifamily project. New York-based RMWC provided the financing for the planned bulk purchase, according to a press release. Ayush Kapahi with HKS, and Jeffery Donnelly and Dmitry Levkov with Colliers arranged the loan. Coral Gables-based MG and New York-based Baron plan to acquire about 20 homes on East 26th Street between East Ninth and 10th avenues in Hialeah,[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Mikael Hamaoui Scores Approval for 70-unit North Bay Village Condo Tower

October 3, 2023

North Bay Village has another luxury condo project in the works. The North Bay Village Planning & Zoning Board recently approved Miami-based Riviera Horizons’ proposal for a 26-story, 70-unit condo tower. The approval marks at least the seventh planned condominium underway for the long-overlooked island community. Riviera founder and CEO Mikael Hamaoui said all the new development will mark a change for North Bay Village, after many years as “a diamond in the rough.” Hamaoui declined to share pricing for units at the[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Total Demolition Permit Filed For Fire Station At 1 Southside Park Megaproject In Brickell

October 2, 2023

A total demolition permit has been applied for at Brickell’s Fire Station No. 4 to make way for the 1 Southside Park megaproject. Earlier this year, city commissioners approved a plan for a temporary modular fire station in Southside Park, which was being constructed in early summer. The relocation would expedite construction of the project, including the delivery of the new fire station, a city resolution said. The demolition permit application was filed with Miami-Dade County on September 27. Permitting[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Surfside approves Damac’s plan for collapse site

October 2, 2023

Damac Properties scored a key approval for its luxury condo project in Surfside, though it has to try to move a controversial garbage loading dock away from the planned collapse memorial. The Surfside Commission voted 3-2 in favor of the project on the Champlain Towers South collapse site, capping a contentious nearly six-hour meeting on Wednesday evening that included Mayor Shlomo Danzinger having two people escorted out and members of the commission repeatedly speaking over each other. At the center of[...]

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