Inside 'The Rise of Luxury In The Digital Age' Presented By Time & Tonic, PROFILEmiami & Kobi Karp

On Thursday March 3, Time & Tonic, PROFILEmiami & Kobi Karp hosted ‘The Rise of Luxury In The Digital Age’ panel discussion and cocktail party. Guests thoroughly enjoyed an enriching discussion which explored the rising demand and value in the luxury marketplace including collectors watches, cars, real estate, art, NFT’s, etc. The panel featured vintage supercar dealer John Temerian of Curated, early NFT investor and thought leader Avery Andon of ArtLife® and ArtGrails ™, legendary architect Kobi Karp of Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design and watch collector and expert JP Hernandez of Time & Tonic. The panel was moderated by Demetri Demascus of PROFILEmiami and ALTARA Properties. The panelists offered their insights on the booming industries taking over Miami, including real estate, crypto, collector cars and luxury timepieces.

Event attendance was by invitation only and limited to 50 guests, with notable attendees including Ronny Finvarb, Patrick Lee, David Miller, Marco Iacovelli, Ted Taylor and Scott Lawrence Porter, as well as luxury car specialist Stirling Fairman. Additionally hospitality professionals like Abraham Issa and Marine Galy, Crypto industry professionals like Madison Roberts, and Global Women's Advocate Nezah Alaoui.

Time & Tonic is a premium leader in the high-end watch market, bringing a modern and fresh approach to buying, selling, and trading luxury timepieces. Time & Tonic facilitates the consumer shopping journey through their exceptional customer service and digital platform. Visit TimeAndTonic.com. The event was produced in partnership with IHC Agency.

Star Island Spec Mansion Sells For $49.5 Million In Off-Market Deal

22 Star Island has sold for $49.5 million in an off-market deal after making waves through the Miami real estate community with its whisper price of $65 million. The buyer has requested to remain unnamed. The 17,000 SF spec mansion sits on the northern tip of Miami Beach’s Star Island, an exclusive enclave off of MacArthur Causeway on Biscayne Bay. Designed by DOMO Architecture + Design with interiors by Dunagan Diverio Design Group, the home features 7 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms in the modern main house and an additional 2 bedrooms in a 6,000 SF guest house which was originally part of the neighboring historic 1931-era 46 Star Island and moved by the developers to the other side of the 22 Star Island property.

22 Star Island offers the finest finishes throughout and an open floor-plan for unobstructed views of Biscayne Bay. The home features a grand entryway, movie theater, balconies which are convertible to pools off of every bedroom, a massive master-suite with its own private pool, a rooftop terrace with elevator access, two kitchens, gym and bar with wine coolers and refrigeration throughout the room. The 1.7 acre estate home also features a massive pool with cabana, private dock and two Jaume Plensa statues overlooking Biscayne Bay.

22 Star Island was developed by luxury homebuilder Todd Michael Glaser. The property was owned by Stuart Miller and David Miller and David Solomon of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices EWM Realty were involved in the development, marketing and sale of the property.

22 Star Island was revealed in February of this year over Super Bowl LIV weekend hosted in Miami when the home hosted the philanthropic Big Game Big Give fundraiser. The event featured Jamie Foxx, Michael Bay, Aaron Paul, Bryan Cranston, Ray Lewis and Jim Brown, amongst others. Big Game Big Give has raised more than $10 million for worthwhile causes around the world.

Inside The PROFILEmiami Fall Real Estate Showcase & Forum 2018

PROFILEmiami, Miami's leading real estate news platform, hosted its first annual PROFILEmiami Fall Real Estate Showcase & Forum on November 13, 2018. The evening was filled with education and networking, bringing together Miami’s local real estate leaders: top architects, brokers, developers, investors, real estate professionals, luminaries and government officials. The forum featured four informative topic panels including Miami’s Private Use of Public Land, Opportunity Zones, Sustainable Development as well as The Tokenization of Real Estate.

“We choose topics to explore that are having a major effect on Miami real estate today,” said Demetri Demascus, Founder & Publisher of PROFILEmiami. “Our goal is to provide an atmosphere of education where the general public and real estate professionals can learn from some of the leaders in their field as well as have the opportunity to connect with them in person.”

Our panelists for Miami’s Private Use of Public Land featured John Greco, Deputy City Attorney - City of Miami, and Xavier E. Albán, Assistant City Attorney - City of Miami, who explored the process that the city, state and county take when it comes to private developers approaching them about operating on public land.

An Exploration Into Opportunity Zones featured Thomas Volpe, CEO of Sikari Fund, Sheri Colas-Gervais of the Beacon Council, and Miguel Pinto, President & Managing Broker of Apex Capital Realty. The panel introduced the economic incentives of investing in Opportunity Zones in Miami and how to find opportunity zone properties and the tax advantages.

The Sustainable Development panel brought together Jon Cardello, Vice President at Stantec, Martin Pinilla, Managing Partner of Barlington Group, and Jeremy Waks of Oak Ventures and developer of Arbor Coconut Grove, to explore sustainable technologies and design in Miami real estate.

The evening capped off with The Tokenization of Real Estate, which brought together Kim Prior of Shutts & Bowen, Peter Debs of Bitfinance, and Jorge Guerra, President of Miami Association of Realtors; together they explored how tokenizing real estate assets can make access to capital and equity easier, while unlocking secondary liquidity and value for investors. The panels were moderated by Demetri Demascus, Founder & Publisher of PROFILEmiami as well as Katya Demina, Editor of PROFILEmiami.

Thank you to our partners Tesla, Apex Capital Realty, RealDax, BB Capital Group, Hallandale Beacon, Miami Design District, Game Day Skincare and our panelists.