Rumor Mill: SaltBae To Open A Second Steakhouse In Miami!
It looks like Miami Beach is about to get a lot saltier, in a good way. Just as Miamians are finally able to digest the fact that we really have a Nusret Steakhouse in Brickell, rumors are swirling that a second location is in the works!
According to whispers in the commercial/retail real estate world, the internet sensation chef has taken the retail space below South of Fifth’sOne Ocean building at 1 Collins Avenue, a newly opened development where condos range from $3.7 million to over $15 million. Given Nusret’s menu, this location would give direct competition to South Beach staple, Prime 112.
Since its opening a week ago, Nusret Miami has been packed non-stop and received rave reviews from all around. In addition to the Brickell and South Beach eateries, locations will be added in Manhattan and Los Angeles.
Anybody Want to Buy The $20M Penthouse Jorge Perez Said He Was Going to Retire In?
When the Related Group’s One Ocean was under development, company President Jorge Perez declared he would be moving out of his large family home (in Coconut Grove, if I remember correctly) into the premier penthouse of this building. The kids were all grown up, so he and the wife were doing what empty nesters do, looking forward to retirement, and moving into a $20 million condo by the beach.
Then he changed plans. The building was completed, and fully sold out, and for some reason Mr. Perez decided to swap the unit for a place one tenth of the price at another project he’s developing, Auberge, in Fort Lauderdale. Or at least that’s the official story, because as anybody who knows anything about anything knows, it could all be marketing, baby. And $20 million is $20 million, even for a billionaire workaholic who has built half the condo buildings in Miami, like Perez.
The unit, which has been officially on the market for about a month comes with 3,500 square feet of indoor living space, four bedrooms, five and a half baths, wrap around balconies, and a rooftop terrace with hot tub. Gorgeous views of South Beach, the ocean, and some of Perez’s South Pointe developments from past real estate booms are complimented by white marble in the kitchen and baths, and Dutch wood floors.
Jorge Perez Trading One Ocean Penthouse for Condo at Auberge FTL
Auberge FTL
Developer Jorge Perez has placed his $20 million One Ocean penthouse on the market, in South Beach, and at the same time gone into contract on a $2.4 million unit at Auberge Fort Lauderdale, according to a Related Group publicist. He is developing both buildings. When Mr. Perez announced he would be moving into the One Ocean unit he was ostensibly downsizing for retirement, and a $20 million unit in the most expensive part of South Beach made sense for a billionaire’s retirement pad. Has Jorge Perez, who isn’t exactly known for modest architecture, all of a sudden want a quiet, peaceful existence out of the hubbub of Miami, or could the Auberge ‘purchase’ just be another marketing push?
