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CLIENT NEWS: Billionaire’s $20 million gift kickstarts Vizcaya expansion

November 13, 2025

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[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Developers Unveil Plans For The Gardens at Lincoln Lane

May 10, 2022

Miami Beach commissioners voted last week to move forward with several mixed-use developments to replace surface parking lots serving Lincoln Road in South Beach. One of the development teams also revealed more details of the project they plan to build, to be called The Gardens at Lincoln Lane. The Gardens at Lincoln Lane will be developed by a joint venture between Starwood Capital Group, Integra Investments and The Comras Company, under an entity called Lincoln Road Property Owner L.P. The[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Jon & Vinny’s, milk + honey & more at The Goodtime Hotel

May 10, 2022

The Goodtime Hotel in South Beach, backed by rapper Pharrell Williams and hospitality tycoon David Grutman, scored eight new tenants. They are: Jon & Vinny’s, a Los Angeles restaurant offering Italian food; milk + honey spa; juice and smoothie brand Pure Green; designer vintage eyewear store Vintage Frames Company; gym franchise F45; alternative medicine provider Binske, which offers legal cannabis products; the luxury watch and jewelry store VAULT; and swimwear company Vilebrequin, according to a news release from hotel developers Michael[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Land of development opportunity: Builders bet on south Miami-Dade

May 10, 2022

Miami real estate development duo Jose Hevia and Stephen Blumenthal are not afraid of taking risks, let alone catching heat. While developers’ proposals often anger residents who are fearful of traffic congestion and the loss of green space, Hevia and Blumenthal’s plan is so controversial, it’s on a scale that Miami-Dade County has not seen for almost a decade. The partners envision an up to 9.2 million-square-foot industrial complex outside the Urban Development Boundary, an invisible line that restricts the[...]

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[...]

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[...]