Swerdlow backs off bid to have Don Peebles jailed over $800K debt in protracted Overtown site feud

Michael Swerdlow backed off his bid to have Don Peebles jailed over an $800,000 debt tied to their protracted legal feud over an Overtown development site, which has been built out already. The litigation between the developers, both big names in South Florida real estate, over a 3.4-acre property in Miami’s Overtown started in 2020. Peebles affiliates first sued Swerdlow, an entity tied to him and his project partner Alben Duffie, alleging Peebles’ affiliates were swindled out of the land deal, with city of Miami officials sabotaging their redevelopment proposal. The city wasn’t a named defendant.  After a series of […]

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