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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: Spotify to Open a Headquarters Office at the Oasis in Wynwood, Which Will Open Later This Year

March 5, 2020

The developers of The Oasis in Wynwood have announced that Spotify will anchor the project with a new headquarters office. The Oasis is under construction. It is scheduled for completion in late 2020, developers announced last week. The project will include an outdoor food hall featuring multiple food and beverage concepts around a 35,000 square foot heavily landscaped courtyard. There will also be a stage with nightly live music, and a bar. A 75-foot tower will feature rotating art installations.[...]

CLIENT NEWS: These architects designed an 84-story tower in NYC. Now they’re coming to Brickell.

March 4, 2020

SHoP Architects will design a 62-story tower with 1,000 luxury condo units and 200 hotel rooms on the western edge of downtown’s Brickell area, according to Michael Stern, founder and managing principal of JDS Development. SHoP will collaborate with Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design on the project. JDS, the New York developer behind the Jean Nouvel-designed Monad Terrace in Miami Beach. SHoP — designers of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center — also worked with JDS on New York’s 84-story Steinway Tower,[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Developer could rebuild Brickell fire station with 62-story project

February 25, 2020

JDS Development Group is looking to assemble property in Brickell, including a city of Miami fire station, to build a 62-story project. The New York-based developer, led by Michael Stern, would build a new fire station for the city within its mixed-use project, and contribute millions of dollars to the city. The project would be directly west of the Brickell Metrorail Station, where the city wants to foster more development to encourage ridership. A similar, but smaller deal, for the fire[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Miami board approves major mixed-use, multifamily project

February 24, 2020

The Miami Urban Development Review Board approved a slate of mixed-use and multifamily projects that could add nearly 2,000 new apartments and more than 700,000 square feet of office and retail space between the Miami River in downtown Miami and North Miami Avenue in Wynwood. One development, Block 55, initially faced derailment, however, when the first board vote ended in a tie. But it was later approved. A partnership between The Swerdlow Group and Terra is proposing the mixed-use project featuring 402[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Fontainebleau Miami Beach reveals proposed addition

February 20, 2020

Jeffrey Soffer wants to build a new garage at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, with top-floor ballrooms. The proposed garage will be strictly for employees, which means hotel guests will continue to valet at the entrance of the storied resort. Miami Beach’s land use committee on Thursday recommended the project after hearing details about the new structure, which would be built on an existing surface employee lot on Collins Avenue between 43rd and 44th streets. The new building would connect to the[...]