The Morgan Group, Inc., a Houston-based developer, hopes to turn the Macy’s into a residential housing community. Plans show that developers intend on moving forward with 356 apartments.
Ken Griffin’s Citadel, a multinational hedge fund and financial services firm, signed the largest office lease to date at the under construction 830 Brickell, a 55-story Class A-Plus office tower that just recently topped off in Miami’s Brickell Financial District. The firm is taking up 90,000 square feet of space across six floors at the 724-foot-tall tower, which is designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gil Architecture with interiors by Iosa Ghini Associati and developed by Vlad Doronin’s OKO Group and Jonathan Goldstein’s Cain International. Construction is expected to complete later this year, anticipated to yield nearly 640,000 square feet of space. Civic Construction is managing construction with Ant Yapi.
Property Markets Group (PMG) and Greybrook Realty Partners recently hosted an unveiling event to celebrate the launch of The Elser Hotel & Residences, a 49-story new construction luxury condominium tower at 398 Northeast 5th Street. Set in the heart of Downtown Miami with unobstructed views of Biscayne Bay, guests enjoyed a live band, experiential performances and endless champagne. Remarks were given by Ryan Shear, Managing Partner of PMG, and the PMG Residential sales team, Alejandra Castillo, Christian Tupper, Daiana Quiceno, Aura Aragon and Karine Carvalho. Designed by Sieger Suarez Architects with interior architecture and design by Cotofana Designs, The Elser Hotel & Residences will deliver the only new, fully furnished and move-in-ready residences to Downtown Miami this summer. The property will allow owners to enter a short-term rental program with daily rental options through The Elser Hotel & Residences Owners Program, managed by industry-leading management company Highgate.
Make no mistake––Grande Pointe and Pointe Grande Apartments are not the same housing community. We recently reported on Pointe Grande Apartments, a multi-family complex offering 300 units in Palm Coast, Florida. Grand Pointe, on the other hand, is a planned housing development slated for Gifford, Florida.
Miami-based developer Shoma Group completed it’s two-tower multifamily rental community at 445 Hialeah Drive in Hialeah known as Shoma Village. They began welcoming in the first residents to brand new apartments on August 1, with leasing activities managed by KW Property Management & Consulting and the property managed by Shoma MGMT. The development is comprised of two 8-story buildings with 304 residences in a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedrooms. 65% of units are already rented and the remaining inventory is expected to be fully leased by the end of summer. Shoma Village was designed by Kendall-based MSA Architects, and Suffolk Construction served as the general contractor along with KD Construction of Florida, LLC as the shell contractor.
