South Florida report

The Carillon Hotel & Spa at 6801 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach
The Carillon Hotel & Spa at 6801 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach

Canyon Ranch no more

Miami Beach’s Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa got a new name and management firm when Z Capital Partners bought the oceanfront property.

Reverting to its former name, the Carillon Hotel & Spa, at 6801 Collins Avenue, is now managed by a joint venture led by Thomas Wicky of Z Capital, who previously ran the Breakers in Palm Beach. Other members of the joint venture include Adrian Zecha, founder of Amanresorts and GHM Hotels and Jonathan Breene, developer and creator of the Setai South Beach.

The Carillon will continue to provide the amenities previously offered, including spa facilities, fitness classes and restaurants. Z Capital, which paid $21.6 million for the property, also said it will retain current employees and instructors.

soccer

The proposed outdoor soccer field at Paramount Miami Worldcenter

Gooooaaaaalllll!!!!

Paramount Miami Worldcenter is bringing a different amenity to luxury condo living: An outdoor soccer field, geared to appeal to Latin American buyers.

Daniel Kodsi, developer of Paramount Miami Worldcenter, revealed plans to The Real Deal for the 60-story project, which will also include tennis courts, pools and a running course, all part of an outdoor sports complex on the condo tower’s ninth floor recreation deck. Twelve Balinese-style, two-story villas surrounded by pools and other water features will also occupy the floor.

Inside on the ninth floor, residents can work out in a fitness center or boxing studio or rock out in a “jam room,” complete with drums, guitars, a piano and a recording studio.

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On the roof of the curved building, Kodsi and interior designers IDDI have designed a multi-story amenity space, which will include an indoor lounge with 180-degree views. Above it will be an outdoor pool area with a yoga deck and fire pit.

“The main goal of our design is [to offer] unique features,” Kodsi told TRD.

The Shore Club

The Shore Club

Shore Club going condo

New York-based HFZ Capital Group scored $185 million in refinancing for its plan to turn the storied  Shore Club into a five-star hotel and condominium.

Cartlon Group arranged the funding through Carlo Slim’s Banco Inbursa. HFZ founder and chairman Ziel Feldman told The Real Deal the 309-room hotel at 1901 Collins Avenue will be recast into 100 hotel rooms and 75 residences.

The developer brought in Isay Weinfeld, a Brazilian architect and designer, to lead the revamp, his first large-scale project in Miami. Enzo Enea will oversee the landscaping.

Feldman said he plans to announce a deal soon to bring in a “five-star hotel brand” to elevate the 1938 oceanfront property. Sales, with 1-bedrooms starting at $2 million, kicked off during Art Basel Miami Beach.

HFZ paid $175.3 million for the three-acre Shore Club in December 2013.