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Michael & Gil Dezer

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

This father-and-son team has used Dezer Properties to form a monopoly over luxury development, hotel, and commercial spaces in New York, Las Vegas, and Miami by managing more than 1,000 oceanfront hotels. They are currently developing the Trump Grande Ocean Resort & Residence in Sunny Isles Beach, and Dezer Properties recently took over Related Group’s …

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Donald Trump

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Everyone is familiar with The Donald’s real estate (and reality television) empire, but they may not be entirely familiar with his South Florida ties. Trump purchased Palm Beach’s Mar-A-Lago estate in 1985 and used the immense palace as his home for a number of years before turning it into one of the country’s most exclusive …

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Don & Jeff Soffer

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Don opened his first shopping mall with his father when he was 24 years old. He then came down to South Florida and purchased almost 1,000 acres of marshland in northern Dade County in 1967, filled the area, and created what is today Aventura. His son Jeff followed in his footsteps into real estate and …

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Marc Roberts

Monday, January 16th, 2012

Roberts’ sports management company, Worldwide Entertainment and Sports, was the first of its kind to go public through an IPO, which afforded him the means to become a real estate magnate. Today, he is working on the 30-acre Miami Worldcenter project, which aims to transform a blighted area downtown into a live-work-play environment with retail, …

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Craig Robins

Monday, January 16th, 2012

From South Beach to Lincoln Road, Española Way to the Design District, Craig Robins can be credited as the visionary behind some of the city’s biggest transformations. His Dacra Development Group combines art and architecture to create avant-garde projects that revitalize neighborhoods and create a lifestyle. In the Design District, Dacra continues to up the …

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