A Canadian vocational school, Skilled Trades College, has signed a lease for 30,000 square feet at Genting’s Omni Offices in Miami’s Arts & Entertainment District. The campus is expected to open late next summer. Kevin Gonzalez and David Preston of Colliers represented the landlord and tenant, respectively. Skilled Trades College, headquartered in Vaughan, Ontario and led by CEO Ralph Cerasuolo, provides pre-apprenticeship training in electrical work, plumbing, HVAC systems, and home renovation.
The Omni Offices property is part of a 14.6-acre site that Malaysian casino company Genting acquired in 2011 for $236 million. Genting originally planned to develop a casino on the land but did not receive the necessary license.
Brooklyn Chop House will launch its first location outside New York at the Moxy Miami Wynwood hotel on November 11. The restaurant leased 20,000 square feet across two penthouse floors of the eight-story hotel. Brooklyn Chop House is owned by Robert “Don Pooh” Cummins and David Thomas; Stratis Morfogen’s company serves as culinary manager and chef Erick Melendez will lead the Miami kitchen.
Ownership of the Moxy Miami Wynwood includes DolphinBay Hospitality and Turkey-based Süzer Group. In January, Süzer Group purchased a majority stake in the hotel for $99 million and secured a $35.5 million loan from Synovus Bank to support operations (https://therealdeal.com/miami/2024/01/24/suzer-group-pays-99m-for-majority-stake-in-moxy-miami-wynwood-hotel/). DolphinBay Hospitality is a partnership between Baywood Hotels and Dolphin Capital Partners.
The new Brooklyn Chop House location replaces Casa Madera at the Moxy hotel; Sparrow Italia remains another dining option at this address.
In downtown Miami, law firms Boies Schiller Flexner and Boyd Richards Parker & Colonnelli have renewed their leases at Miami Tower. Boies Schiller extended its lease for 18,300 square feet while Boyd Richards renewed for 12,400 square feet at the building located at 100 Southeast Second Street. Zachary Talbot (Cresa) and Josh Hartman (Network Realty Partners) represented Boies Schiller; Talbot also worked with Alex Gerome (Cresa) for Boyd Richards. Gordon Messinger and Randy Carballo acted on behalf of landlords CP Group (Boca Raton) and DRA Advisors (New York).
Louis Vuitton plans to open a boutique exceeding 4,000 square feet at 222 Worth Avenue in Palm Beach. The opening may be delayed after local officials allowed interior construction work to continue into early next month despite seasonal restrictions on Worth Avenue construction activities.
The property owner is an entity managed by Michael A. Goldstein from Rye, New York.
Additionally, luxury furniture brand Achille Salvagni Atelier will debut its third flagship gallery at 243 Worth Avenue in Palm Beach this January. The Rome-founded company already operates galleries in London and New York. CS Ventures—owned by Spencer Schlager and Charles Rosenberg—owns this property as part of last year’s acquisition of six luxury storefronts on Worth Avenue for $30.3 million.
