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: JV pays $100M for Southland Mall, eyes mixed-use redevelopment

May 4, 2022

A joint venture paid $100.3 million for a shopping mall in a Cutler Bay Opportunity Zone, with plans for a major renovation while adding a residential component. North Palm Beach-based Electra America and Miami-based BH Group teamed up to acquire the 808,776-square-foot indoor mall on a nearly 80-acre site at 20505 South Dixie Highway, according to a press release. Avison Young’s Michael T. Fay, John Crotty, David Duckworth and Brian de la Fé brokered the Southland Mall sale. The seller is Wells[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Major Food Group to Unveil New Steakhouse, Dirty French, in the Heart of Miami’s Brickell Neighborhood

May 3, 2022

Major Food Group (MFG), the globally acclaimed hospitality brand that has taken Miami’s restaurant scene by storm, will soon unveil its first-ever project in Brickell, Dirty French Steakhouse, a glamorous, energetic, and extraordinary interpretation of the classic steakhouse. Located at 1200 Brickell Avenue, the restaurant welcomes guests beginning April 29th and is poised to become one of the most celebrated and sought-after steakhouses in America. This new steakhouse from MFG Co-Founders Jeff Zalaznick, Mario Carbone, and Rich Torrisi breathes new life into the storied genre while[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Dezer sells North Miami Beach properties to Ari Pearl and partners for $31M

May 3, 2022

Dezer Development sold an assemblage in North Miami Beach for $31.1 million to a partnership led by Ari Pearl. Dezer sold properties anchored by Nova Southeastern University’s former North Miami Beach campus at 1750 Northeast 167th Street to Pearl, Matt Press of EquiShares and Isaac Khabie of ARK Ventures, according to sources. The buyers plan to build an apartment project on the 8.3-acre assemblage, as multifamily developers continue to bet on South Florida’s rising rents and demand for new apartments.[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Moishe Mana spent $500 million on Miami’s Flagler Street. Can he make his vision reality?

April 25, 2022

On a warm weekday afternoon, billionaire immigrant entrepreneur Moishe Mana, who took control of much of downtown Miami’s tattered Flagler Street district in an eight-year $500 million buying spree, arrives to tour the first of his 70 properties to go into construction — the grandly named Nikola Tesla Innovation Hub — in soft Louis Vuitton loafers, no socks. Mana, who is meeting a reporter and photographer, comes trailing his in-house communications director, a public relations consultant and his own videographer[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Major Food Group, developer detail plan for Miami skyscraper

April 25, 2022

JDS Development Group and Major Food Group have filed detailed plans for a Miami condo that could become the tallest building in Florida. It was first announced in December that The Major would rise 1,049 feet with 259 condos and an assortment of restaurants at 888 Brickell Ave. Recently, 888 Brickell Owner LLC, owned by JDS Development's Michael Stern, filed both zoning and pre-application documents with Miami-Dade County officials that reveal more details on the 82-story project. In addition to the 259 condos,[...]

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