• Focus, Group Fox land $250M construction loan for Brickell Starlite,Kate Hinsche

    Focus, Group Fox land $250M construction loan for Brickell Starlite

    Focus and Group Fox scored a $250 million construction loan for their planned multifamily tower Brickell Starlite.  Affinius Capital provided the financing for the project slated for the site of the former Starlite Motel at 128 Southwest Seventh Street in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood.  The 39-story

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  • Fort Partners sells oceanfront penthouses for $69M amid rush of year-end closings,Kate Hinsche

    Fort Partners sells oceanfront penthouses for $69M amid rush of year-end closings

    Nadim Ashi’s Fort Partners sold a penthouse in Seaway at the Surf Club for $54.9 million. It was part of a pair of deals tied to billionaire Pablo Legorreta and his wife, Alumdena Legorreta. Records show Legoretta’s business entities bought PH-10A and PH-10B at 9149 Collins Avenue in Surfside for $5

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  • Miami real estate consultant who provided ethics training busted for embezzlement,Francisco Alvarado

    Miami real estate consultant who provided ethics training busted for embezzlement

    Andreina Monserratte, a self-styled real estate trainer who built a following by pitching herself as a compliance and ethics guru to brokers and agents in Miami-Dade County, allegedly stole nearly $90,000 from a home inspection company that hired her less than two years ago. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s dep

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