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CLIENT NEWS: How a housing village rising at a Hialeah train station is changing a community

July 1, 2025

As commuters unload from carpools passing through the parking lot of a Tri-Rail station on a recent weekday morning, they’re greeted by a symphony of construction while waiting for their trains. Buzz saws and percussion drills crank up just 10 feet from the train platform, where workers in green vests and yellow safety helmets are building a new housing development. The eight-story residential building, named Metro Station 1, broke ground in May with a target completion by January 2026. The[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Bank plans redevelopment of South Florida branch into office building

February 12, 2020

Safra National Bank of New York wants to redevelop its Aventura branch and office into a 12-story office building. The bank, through subsidiary 3050 Aventura Owner LLC, submitted plans to city officials in December for its 1.31-acre site at 3050 Aventura Blvd. It’s just east of the Aventura Mall and on the west side of the JW Marriott Turnberry Miami Resort & Spa. The property currently has a 3-story office building of 23,539 square feet that was built in 1991. The[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Miami Beach Planning Board Gives Kudos to Urbin Concept but Tells Founder to do More Community Outreach

February 3, 2020

Miami Beach Planning Board members loved what they heard from the founder of Urbin, a global “live, work, wellness” concept proposed for Washington Avenue, but after nearby residents expressed concern about noise from outdoor entertainment areas, they suggested he meet further with the neighbors to try to find a solution. Rishi Kapoor wants to build a co-living, co-work, hotel space on half a block on Washington Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets. He plans to restore a 1961 office building[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Soffer proposes high-density apartments on former greyhound kennels

January 31, 2020

A Hialeah property that formerly house greyhound kennels and racing would be developed into high-density apartments under a proposal by developer Jeffrey Soffer. Soffer, whose family developed the Aventura Mall and the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa, owns 70.9% of Florida Kennels, which owns the 28.3-acre site at 7218 West Fourth Ave. The other owners are the Robert S. Kaiser trust (20%), Brooke Soffer (7.5%), and Dan Adkins (1.6%). It had been a greyhound kennel since 1947. The operations became obsolete after Florida voters[...]

North Miami Beach approves Bizzi & Partners’ mixed-use tower

January 28, 2020

Bizzi & Partners Development scored approval for a mixed-use tower along 163rd Street in North Miami Beach. The developer plans to build a 33-story building with nearly 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and 456 residential units, according to Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes, which represented Bizzi & Partners. The North Miami Beach City Commission OK’d plans, voting 4-2 for the project, last week. Property records show 2101 Aventura Property Owner LLC paid $10.7 million for the development site at 2101[...]

Latigo Group scores $50M loan for Miami Gardens apartments

January 16, 2020

The Latigo Group scored a $50 million construction loan for its apartment project that will be part of a major mixed-use development in Miami Gardens. The Los Angeles-based real estate firm scored the loan from 3650 REIT to construct its 259-unit project at 19279 Northwest 27th Avenue in Miami Gardens. Called the Center at Miami Gardens, the project will have three residential buildings as well as a clubhouse, and will sit on about 10 acres of land. It is adjacent to[...]