How South Florida became a foreign investment hot spot

Miami has long been the investment gateway to Latin America. But now developers are finding capital in even farther-flung places, bringing the whole world to South Florida. The Real Deal is bringing top developers together at the South Florida Real Estate Forum on Thursday, Nov. 9, to find out where the money is coming from next. 

Three of these developers —Michael Shvo, Gil Dezer and Isaac Toledano — are spearheading some of the region’s most ambitious, and creatively financed, projects. TRD will find out what they’re building today, and where they think the markets will be tomorrow.

Shvo, who has three ongoing developments on Miami Beach alone, and is working with Deutsche Finance and a group of German institutional pension funds to redevelop the Raleigh, South Seas and Richmond hotels at 1751, 1757 and 1775 Collins Avenue into a 60-key hotel and a 42-unit condo building.  

Dezer, meanwhile, is responsible for some of Miami’s most iconic projects, like the Porsche Design Tower. Dezer is well known for seeking out buyers from around the globe, bringing European money into Miami before it was cool.

And Toledano, whose BH Group has burst onto the South Florida scene with a spate of major projects and partnerships with the likes of the Related Group, tapped into financing from Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi (who will headline this year’s Forum). That has allowed his group to jump-start projects like the redevelopment of North Miami’s long-closed White House Inn and the Transit Village mixed-use project in West Palm Beach.

Hear from these developers and more. Grab tickets today and join us on Nov. 9 at Mana Wynwood.