Inside The State Of The Sunny Isles Real Estate Market Panel Event Co-Hosted By PROFILEmiami & The Developers of The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Sunny Isles Beach

Local leaders, luminaries and real estate professionals recently converged at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Sunny Isles Beach sales gallery for an in-depth discussion about the state of the Sunny Isles Beach real estate market. Fortune International Group and Château Group, developers of The Residences, hosted the panel in tandem with real estate news outlet PROFILEmiami, spotlighting important insights about the City and its continued growth.   

Demetri Demascus, editor of PROFILEmiami, moderated the May 2 symposium, which included participation by Edgardo Defortuna, President and CEO of Fortune International Group; City of Sunny Isles Beach Vice Mayor Dana Goldman; Jorge L. Guerra Jr., President of the Miami Association of Realtors; and Boris Kozolchyk, Colliers International Executive Vice President and a local expert on growth and retail in Sunny Isles Beach.  

“The events we host in our sales gallery give us the opportunity to be a resource for real estate professionals and homebuyers alike, offering important information about the local market as well as trends in development,” said Edgardo Defortuna. 

“Having a deeper understanding of what is contributing to South Florida’s exponential growth – and the Sunny Isles market, specifically – is key for brokers and their buyers and important for the market as a whole,” said Manuel Grosskopf, CEO of Château Group.

Attendees of the breakfast event were locked in discussion about the strong retail and development growth that has taken hold in Sunny Isles Beach, including an analysis of some of the major factors that have contributed to the area’s recent construction boom.  

“I am delighted that I was able to participate in this special panel, which generated important feedback about the evolution of Sunny Isles Beach and what’s on the horizon for this vibrant market,” added Vice Mayor Dana Goldman. “The event was filled with important input, and the team behind The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Sunny Isles Beach created an unparalleled, elegant experience for myself as well as their guests.”

Designed by Arquitectonica with interiors by Florentine architect Michele Bönan, The Residences -- comprised of 212 luxurious oceanfront condos -- will have a private club level on the 33rd floor, as well as a beach restaurant, pool deck, fitness center, kids club and spa, among other top-tier amenities and services. Residences start at $2.6 million with penthouses offered upwards of $25 million. For additional information, call 305.503.5811 or visit www.theresidencessunnyislesbeach.com. 

More photos can be found @ World Red Eye

G&G Business Developments & The Luxury Collection Celebrate A Fusion Of Art And Fashion At Aston Martin Residences

G&G Business Developments, the developers of Aston Martin Residences in Miami, and The Luxury Collection recently hosted an exclusive event showcasing a fusion of works by renowned Miami-based Argentine artist Griselda Lechini and Miami fashion designer Tammy Apostol of TA Couture. Over a hundred special guests gathered at the Aston Martin Residences sales gallery to view the showcased a fusion of artworks and fashion designs. Aston Martin Residences is located on the Downtown Miami waterfront where the mouth of the Miami River meets Biscayne Bay. The striking 66-story sailboat shaped tower will feature 391 luxury residences priced from the $700,000s to $8.5 million, with penthouses ranging from just over $14 million to $50 million. Construction is now underway and expected to be completed in 2021. 

Check out the newly revealed renderings of Aston Martin Residences amenity spaces

Photos via RodrigoGaya.com

McKENZIE + PROFILEmiami Happy Hour: Come Meet Javier Fernandez, Candidate for Florida House of Representatives District 114

Come join McKENZIE & PROFILEmiami for a special happy hour to meet our friend, Javier Fernandez, Democratic candidate for Florida House of Representatives District 114. Wednesday April 4 @ 6 PM at McKENZIE HQ - 2247 NW 17th Ave.

Inside PROFILEmiami's Art in Public Places Panel Event Featuring Leaders from City of Miami, A+E District, Design District and Wynwood

Real estate news platform PROFILEmiami hosted a thought-provoking symposium about Miami’s Art in Public Places program. The special panel event, which took place in downtown Miami’s Arts + Entertainment District in the CANVAS condominium tower, being developed NR Investments, put a spotlight on future development in the city and explored best practices for the ongoing incorporation of works of art in real estate projects. 

Moderated by PROFILEmiami publisher Demetri Demascus, the event featured a display of autos by Prestige Imports.  Panelists included Jeremy Calleros Gauger, Deputy Director of the Planning Department for the City of Miami; Dacra COO Steven Gretenstein; Wynwood BID Board Member and Chairman of the Planning & Transportation Committee David Polinsky; TILIA Companies Principal Gary Ressler; and NR Investments Principal and A+E co-founder Nir Shoshani. 

Guests, who were treated to cocktails and hors d'oeuvres by PROFILEmiami, additionally had a question-and-answer session with the panelists, getting the opportunity to delve into important topics and gain insights regarding unique initiatives unfolding within the city.  Before the panel began, CANVAS and NR Investments also hosted hardhat tours of the property, showcasing several of the condominium building’s 170-foot interior wall murals – all of which are being painted by urban contemporary artists from around the world.  

Inside Jade Signature's Grand Opening Soirée Hosted by Fortune International Group

More than 500 attendees from across the globe, notable in real estate, design, architecture, the arts, etc., converged in Sunny Isles Beach to commemorate the highly-anticipated opening of Miami's most architecturally extraordinary oceanfront address: Jade Signature. Developed by Fortune International Group and created by Herzog & de Meuron, hundreds were in attendance to celebrate the official opening of the tower, which has been a hot-spot for luxury buyers worldwide
 
The celebration, which took place Friday, March 16, treated guest to an array of festivities, including a performance by Yoli Mayor of "America's Got Talent" fame, 25-person orchestra, booming taiko drummers, and a heart-pounding fireworks show over the Atlantic Ocean. 

VIPs in attendance included developers Edgardo and Ana Cristina Defortuna; interior designer Pierre-Yves Rochon from Paris, France; Jason Frantzen, partner with Herzog & de Meuron from Basel, Switzerland; Miami-based landscape architect Raymond Jungles; City of Sunny Isles Beach Vice Mayor Dana Goldman; Sunny Isles Beach Commissioner Larisa Svechin; Sunny Isles Beach Commissioner Jeanette Gatto; business executive Carlos Mattos; Fran Scola, Chief Financial Officer of OKO Group; Andy Mitchell, President and CEO of The Fairwinds Group; and Marcelo Kingston, Managing Director of Multiplan Real Estate Asset Management. 
 
“Being surrounded by our collaborators, colleagues, clients, family and friends for this long-awaited celebration was an amazing honor,” said Edgardo Defortuna.  “We have worked tirelessly to bring this property to the market.  Seeing Jade Signature completed -- along with the tremendous praise by our buyers -- gives me an enormous sense of pride.”

Jade Signature was developed under the leadership of husband-and-wife team Edgardo and Ana Cristina Defortuna of Fortune International Group, designed by the Pritzker-Prize winning architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, in collaboration with Parisian interior designer Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR) and landscape architect Raymond Jungles, and financing provided by HSBC. Sales and construction began in 2013. 95%+ of the 192 residences have been purchased by an array of buyers spanning the U.S., Latin America and Europe. 

CHECK OUT THE STUNNING DRONE IMAGES OF THE NEWLY DELIVERED, HERZOG & DE MEURON-DESIGNED JADE SIGNATURE IN SUNNY ISLES BEACH

Check out the stunning drone images of the Herzog & de Meuron-designed Jade Signature

Photos via World Red Eye and Avant Garde

PROFILEmiami Presents Miami's Art in Public Places Program | March 28 @ 7 PM

RSVP (FREE): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/miamis-art-in-public-places-program-a-panel-discussion-tickets-44163577449

OKO Group Celebrates Launch of Una Residences in Style With Fireworks Show in Brickell

OKO Group, the Miami-based development company founded by real estate magnate and prolific international developer, Vladislav Doronin, recently celebrated the launch of its second project, Una, a monumental 47-story, waterfront condominium tower designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG). The evening capped off with an electrifying fireworks show and musical entertainment by a Latin jazz ensemble group. The event was hosted in a stunningly appointed sales gallery located atop the existing 11-story building that took OKO Group over a year to assemble unit-by-unit. 

OKO Group COO, Oktay Cini, and CFO, Fran Scola; Edgardo Defortuna, president and CEO of Fortune International Group; and Miami-Dade County Commissioner and longtime Brickell resident, Xavier Suarez, joined the city’s top real estate brokers, local influencers and members of the media for a sunset toast amid a stunning Biscayne Bay backdrop.

It has also been reported that in the short amount of time that sales have been live 25 units have gone under contract. 

Una will offer 135 bay view residences ranging from two to five bedrooms that have flow-through floorplans. They offer private elevator entry, 10’8” ceilings, chef’s kitchens with Gaggenau appliances, master suites with his and hers wings, laundry rooms with washers and dryers, and expansive 180 degree terraces featuring seamless floor-to-ceiling doors with “effortless lift and glide” glass balcony doors, glass balcony railings, and panoramic views of Key Biscayne, Downtown, Miami Beach, and Coconut Grove.

Amenities include a private marina, three pools, a state-of-the-art fitness center with yoga and personal training areas, a spa featuring indoor and outdoor private massage treatment rooms, three levels of subterranean parking, a cinema, and 24-hour concierge. Una's location on a waterfront urban park setting will be further enhanced with a private bayside garden by Enzo Enea’s award-winning landscape architectural firm Enea Garden Design, Inc. Residents will also have access to the Grand Bay Club on Key Biscayne. 

Una is expected to be delivered by Q4 2020. 

Check-out PROFILEmiami's coverage of the official announcement of Una and renderings

Two Roads Development Hosts "Meet-and-Greet" With Jean-Louis Deniot at Elysee Miami

Miami’s top brokers gathered at the Elysee Miami Sales Gallery in East Edgewater for an intimate cocktail ‘Meet-and-Greet’ reception celebrating the luxury project’s world-renowned designer Jean-Louis Deniot hosted by Two Roads Development. Over the last decade, the Parisian interior design architect has secured himself at the forefront of the international design scene. Now, he’s bringing a slice of the French Mediterranean to Miami at Two Roads Development’s Elysee tower for his first stand-alone condo design project in the U.S., now under construction along the shores of Biscayne Bay.

Elysee is located at 700 Northeast 23rd Street in Miami's Edgewater neighborhood. The tower will rise 57-stories and was designed by architect Bernardo Fort-Brescia of Arquitectonica. Elysee will feature 100 half-floor and full-floor residences priced from $1.5 million to $14 million. The tower will feature 3-tiered telescoping shape will provide direct 180-degree bay and city views from every residence. Luxury residences at Elysee will include floor-to-ceiling glass windows and sliding doors, private elevators and foyers, 10' to 12' ceilings, designer finishes and fixtures, premium appliances, top-of-the-line Italian cabinetry, as well as two expansive east/west-facing terraces with 180-degree sunrise and sunset views. Interiors were designed by Paris-based interior architect and designer Jean-Louis Deniot. The 7th floor will feature an amenity deck which will include a resort-sized lap pool with a poolside refreshment bar, outdoor summer kitchen and barbecue terrace; waterfront fitness center and yoga studio; spa facilities with private sauna, steam and massage rooms; children’s lounge; and a blow-dry bar. The 30th-floor will feature an Owners Sky Lounge with Grand Salon lounge area and full bar; a Grand Dining Room with seating for up to 30 guests; a professional-grade chef’s kitchen and chef’s table; and a library/private theater, game room, and wine room. Cervera Real Estate is the exclusive sales team for Elysee. Delivery is expected for 2019. 

Check out PROFILEmiami's coverage of the December 2017 groundbreaking of Elysee

Photos via World Red Eye

Jade Signature Continues To Power Towards Completion, Reveals Permanent Snowman Installation "Bonhomme Universe"

Just days after the installation of a massive 65,000-pound, 38-year-old kapok tree at the base of Jade Signature in Sunny Isles Beach, the tower and Fortune International Group celebrated the unveiling of “Bonhomme Universe,” their new gemstone snowman, a whimsical piece is by Romania-born artist Daniel Knorr which was commissioned by Fortune International Group President and CEO Edgardo Defortuna. The sculpture will be accessible to the public, a potential future social media icon for Sunny Isles Beach. The unveiling was celebrated with a fashionable beachfront luncheon, guests included Edgardo Defortuna, and his wife, Ana Cristina; the artist himself Daniel Knorr, co-host Sarah Harreslon, founder of CULTURED magazine; Jason Frantzen, partner of Herzog and de Meuron; Raymond Jungles, founder of Raymond Jungles Inc.; Vice Mayor Dana Goldman of the City of Sunny Isles Beach; and former U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios. Defortuna spoke about his passion for art and the ability of sculpture to enliven and embellish outdoor spaces (December 8, 2017).

“We are thrilled to be able to share this unique sculpture with the world – one that celebrates Miami’s diversity, its beauty, soul, and welcoming atmosphere,” said Defortuna.

Daniel Knorr added, "This fantastic building that challenges architectural standards, like three stories of parking under the beach, inspired me to the idea of the snowman and his impossibility to melt under the strong Miami sun. Like the house that hosts inhabitants of 25 countries, the snowman is decorated with gemstones coming from various places in the world. It shows the good soul of mankind and its close connection to nature."

Knorr first began creating these sculptures when he became fascinated by the conceptual possibility of a snowman existing without snow. In Bonhomme Universe, he re-locates this cold-climate object to a sub-tropical environment, releasing it from the material it was once reliant on. Bonhomme Universe stands 10.5' tall and 5.57' wide at the base. The "snowman" crafted around a metal grid of stainless steel, topped with concrete which is adorned with 28 different types of precious and semi-precious stones that have been polished and treated for durability, including green quartz, red jasper and moonstone. The vibrant gemstones chosen are inspired by the colors of the Miami landscape yet sourced from around the world. These natural materials reflect the diverse mesh of buyers at Jade Signature, a testament to Miami’s unique cultural identity. Instead of the typical broom for an arm, this snowman has a palm tree, fashioned from stainless steel. This extended arm serves as a friendly wave to passersby, but also has the deeper visual reference, with the palm tree an ancient symbol of peace, victory, and eternal life that originated in Near East and Mediterranean culture. 

Jade Signature is located at 16901 Collins Ave. and was designed by Herzog & de Meuron, interiors by Parisian interior design firm PYR, led by Pierre-Yves Rochon, and landscape architecture by Raymond Jungles. The tower feature 192 flow-through units with pricing ranging from $3.9 million and 1,581 SF for a 1 bedroom + den with 2 baths to $33 million for a 5 bedroom, 6,407 SF penthouse. Jade Signature will also features lush, landscaped grounds with beach access, a beach grill, resort style amenities including a lagoon style pool, fitness center and spa, wine cellar, library, teens lounge, 24 hour concierge and valet along with more five-star amenities that buyers demand in such a high-end, luxury building. Jade Signature features views of the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Intracoastal Waterway. Check-out PROFILEmiami's coverage of Fortune International Group reporting over $51 Million in sales in Q1 2017 at Jade Signature in Sunny Isles Beach. 

SHOMA Group Celebrates Unveiling of The Sales Gallery at Eleven On Lenox With South Beach Soiree

Sales are officially underway at SHOMA Group's luxurious Eleven on Lenox in South Beach after the developer hosted a swanky South Beach-style Soiree to officially open the on-site sales gallery (November 2, 2017). SHOMA Group is one of South Florida’s most prolific real estate development firms with a nearly three-decade track record of successfully delivering developments. More than 200 of the Miami’s leading real estate brokers and VIPs joined Masoud Shojaee, President and Chairman of SHOMA Group, in commemorating the luxurious coastal retreat, comprised of 11 beach-inspired homes in the heart of South Beach.
 
Guests at the Eleven on Lenox sales gallery premiere enjoyed VIP treatment, which included an exotic, living wall step-and-repeat, champagne bottle service and tunes by resident South Beach DJ YSL. The event also provided a first look at the project’s refined finishes designed by five-time Architectural Digest’s Top 100 Interior Designers, Charles Allem and scale model created by internationally recognized firm, Zyscovich Architects. The developer announced that brokers will receive 50% commission immediately after the rescission period, which was followed by a champagne sparkler parade and confetti shower, which closed the event in true South Beach style.