Michael Comras is planning a major renovation of a Lincoln Road portfolio his namesake firm acquired for $140 million. Comras declined to confirm the purchase price, which was provided to The Real Deal by a source familiar with the transaction. Miami Beach-based Comras Company bought 11 storefronts at 600, 719–737, 741, 801–821 Lincoln Road and 723 North Lincoln Lane, a press release states. The firm financed the purchase with a $117 million loan from San Francisco-based Acore Capital. The seller,[...]
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The Homestead Commission is discussing a large development which will be known as Sandero Landing. This is set to have 1,100 units, along with restaurants and stores. The development will be located on 90 acres of land. The project in question will be built on 90 acres on South 328th Street. The goal is to create a place where many people can live, work and play. There will be office spaces designed for people who live in the apartments. People[...]
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A 52-year-old office building in Miami's Brickell Financial District was sold to the developer who plans to replace it with a Dolce & Gabbana-branded tower. The 888 Brickell Ave. building, on 0.52 acres, was acquired by a subsidiary of Michael Stern's JDS Development Group on April 23 for $61.23 million, according to a report from Vizzda, a Tempe, Arizona-based real estate data provider. The seller was Alphatur Inc.. headed by Mashud A. Mezerhane, which acquired the building for $6.3 million[...]
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Robert Rivani’s Black Lion hunted down its biggest purchase in South Florida to date, but will have to compete with other heavy hitter developers in Miami Beach’s office market. The Miami-based commercial real estate investment firm paid $62.5 million for a Miami Beach mixed-use building, The Real Deal has learned. Black Lion is paying at a 42 percent discount off the previous sale price seven years ago. Black Lion acquired the ground lease for The Lincoln, a six-story building with[...]
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Developer David Martin acquired a minority stake in the site of the former Deauville Beach Resort, a property that billionaire developer Stephen Ross had under contract two years ago. Deauville Associates, led by the Meruelo family, sold a 25 percent interest in the 3.8-acre oceanfront property at 6701 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach for $12.5 million. TMG 67 Communities LLC, a company tied to Martin’s Coconut Grove-based Terra, purchased the stake, records show. A spokesperson for Terra said the firm[...]
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A retail strip and some apartments in Miami Beach could be replaced with a seven-story hotel. The city’s Planning Board will consider the application for the 0.63-acre site at 1509 and 1515 Washington Ave. on April 25. It currently has an 11,458-square-foot retail building that was constructed in 1959, plus a 13-unit apartment complex that was built in 1948. Recent tenants include Playa Café, Charlotte Bakery, Cheese Burger Baby, and 123 Liquor. Current property owner Washington Gardens MB LLC, co-owned[...]
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