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CLIENT NEWS: Ultra-exclusive country club in Miami Beach plans new clubhouse

September 10, 2025

The La Gorce Country Club has submitted an application to the Miami Beach Design Review Board to construct a new 74,000-square-foot clubhouse at its property at 5685 Alton Road. The proposal, which would replace an existing 45,000-square-foot clubhouse, is scheduled to be heard by the board on Sept. 11. According to a letter of intent filed on behalf of the club by attorney Michael Larkin of the Miami-based law firm Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes, the La Gorce requests[...]

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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[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Owner of 37-story Brickell tower proposes new hotel and residence

December 26, 2023

A 37-story building in Miami may be converted into a new hotel and residence if a proposed plan is approved by city officials. One Broadway, a former condominium and short-term accommodation building located at 1451 S. Miami Ave in Brickell, could get a makeover that modernizes the mixed-use property, according to a letter of intent sent to City of Miami Planning & Zoning Departments in late November. The project will be discussed Dec. 20 during an Urban Development Review Board[...]

CLIENT NEWS: New York-based lender provides $34 million loan for Hialeah project

December 26, 2023

A Miami-based developer obtained a $33.75 million construction loan for a mixed-use project near the Tri-Rail/Metrorail Transfer Station in Hialeah. New York-based S3 RE 1025 E25 Funding LLC provided the mortgage to 1025 Hialeah Development LLC, managed by Francisco Alberto Espinosa, Oscar Javier Moreno, Jose Antonio Villegas Velez and Juan Felipe Jaramillo Uribe. The lender assumed a loan granted in 2021 and increased its amount by $30.95 million. The developer purchased the one-acre site at 1025 to 1033 East 25th[...]