Coral Rock Development Group scored a $54 million construction loan for a Live Local Act project in Miami’s Allapattah. Developers across South Florida have seized on the state workforce and affordable housing law by filing a flurry of proposals, but few have advanced their projects to the financing and construction stage. Coral Gables-based Coral Rock plans to start construction in the first quarter on the eight-story, 227-unit Dulce Vida apartment building on a 1.3-acre site at 1785 Northwest 35th Street,[...]
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Multiple properties in downtown Miami have been sold to Moishe Mana in the past few weeks, according to a press release and other reports. The following properties were sold to Mana during December: 100 N Miami Avenue 173 NE 1st Street 124 NE 2nd Avenue Those properties were purchased by Mana for a combined $25,375,000. They include a combined 50,197 square feet of building space, and 28,750 square feet of land. Colliers Urban Core Division Executive Managing Director Mika Mattingly[...]
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Shorty’s BBQ has been approached “tons of times” over the years by developers seeking to buy the restaurant’s original location in Miami. The response was typically quick: No, said CEO Mark Vasturo. But the barbecue eatery finally said yes, after roughly a year of negotiations with buyers Atlantic Pacific Companies and Florida Value Partners. The developers completed a sale-leaseback with Shorty’s for the legacy site at 9200 South Dixie Highway. The sale closed just before the end of the year[...]
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Developers 13th Floor Investments and Adler Group have revised plans to build two 39-story towers next to a Metrorail station. The twin proposed towers, which are part of the Link at Douglas megaproject, could become the tallest south of Brickell. A submittal in August showed them topping off at 444 feet above ground. The previous tallest south of Brickell was also at the same development – a 36-story, 393-foot tower called CASCADE, which has topped off. A 22-story tower in[...]
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The flow of money from New York to South Florida continues. Silverstein Capital Partners provided Dan Kodsi’s Royal Palm Companies with a $340 million construction loan for Legacy Hotel & Residences, a mixed-use condo and hotel tower planned for Miami Worldcenter in downtown Miami. The financing marks the third largest construction loan ever in Florida, following two others for projects in Miami-Dade County, according to a press release. The two others were: a $558 million loan for the construction of the Estates at Acqualina[...]
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It appears that the former Arena site at Miami Worldcenter may be getting office space. On November 19, Worldcenter’s master developer amended a restrictive covenant to allow for office to be developed on the property, county records show. It isn’t clear if the new project will also have other uses. However, it will be a “high density” development, according to a July statement by Witkoff Group and Monroe Capital, who own the property. Miami Worldcenter representative declined to comment on[...]
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