As the landmark, publicly owned Vizcaya Museum and Gardens starts work on an extensive, long-planned restoration and enhancement of the estate’s historic farm village, the initiative has lured a large gift from billionaire Ken Griffin — and a surprising proposition from the financier that’s sure to draw significant scrutiny. On Friday, Vizcaya’s leaders are set to unveil a revised, detailed master plan for a revamped farm village along with a $20 million donation to the project from Griffin, the founder[...]
Read MoreRelated Group and BH Group submitted a site plan for their joint venture’s proposed mixed-use project in Aventura. The developers plan Icon Aventura as a 26-story tower with 308 apartments, 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and a garage on a 4-acre development site at 2999 Northeast 191st Street, according to an application submitted to the city of Aventura. The assemblage includes an existing office building, Aventura View, that Related and BH plan to renovate. The partnership paid $51 million for[...]
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The former home of Laurenzo’s Italian Market in North Miami Beach could be redeveloped into a mixed-use project with three towers. May NMB LLC, an affiliate of Lakewood, New Jersey-based Accurate Builders, filed a municipal pre-application with Miami-Dade County concerning the 3.03-acre site at 16445 and 16385 W. Dixie Highway, plus 2255 N.E. 164th St. The site currently has 52,120 square feet of commercial space, mostly the old market. Laurenzo’s Italian Market closed in 2019 after 69 years in business.[...]
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A private elementary school in Miami Beach is looking to expand along Washington Ave. John D. Marshall, founder of the mobile security company AirWatch, is seeking approval to build a four-story building to house upper elementary and middle school grades of the Basecamp 305 school, according to filings made to the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board. The investor, who sold AirWatch for $1.17 billion in 2014, founded the private institution so his children could go to school close to where[...]
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An Oklahoma-based investor wants to convert a historic apartment building in Miami Beach into a boutique hotel, according to a filing with the city’s Historic Preservation Board. The Mediterranean Revival-style building, located a block south of the Bass Museum at 337 20th Street, was constructed in 1926 and today functions as a 56-unit rental property. Intervest Properties is seeking approvals to turn the 34,979-square-foot building into a 76-room hotel, eight years after paying $11.8 million for it. The proposed plans[...]
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A limited liability company headed by a tech entrepreneur aims to build a four-story private school in Miami Beach's South of Fifth neighborhood. The proposed plans for BaseCamp305, designed by Miami-based architecture for Arquitectonica, is scheduled to come before the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board (HPB) on Mar. 14. If ultimately approved, it's slated to be built on a 13,000-square-foot parcel adjacent to the present BaseCamp305 school for pre-K through third grade students at 224 2nd St. The expanded school[...]
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