Limoncello, Eye Culture | Doral
An Italian restaurant and an optical boutique opened at Downtown Doral.
Limoncello, owned by the Mingrino and LaSpada families, leased 4,100 square feet, and Eye Culture, which offers eyewear and eye care, leased 1,100 square feet, according to a Downtown Doral news release. Both tenants are at 8550 Northwest 53rd Street in Doral.
This marks Limoncello’s second Miami-Dade County outpost, after its restaurant at 1334 Washington Avenue in Miami Beach.
Coral Gables-based Codina Partners, led by father-daughter team Armando Codina and Ana-Marie Codina, developed the 250-acre Downtown Doral with more than 40 shops and restaurants; 660,000 square feet of offices; and over 5,000 residential units, including condos, townhomes and single-family homes, according to the release. Downtown Doral also has a charter school and a city government center.
Motek | Miami
Eastern Mediterranean restaurant Motek opened in Midtown Miami, as it expands in South Florida and beyond.
Motek –– a Miami homegrown kosher-style café by Happy Corner Hospitality and led by Charlie Levy –– moved to a 5,700-square-foot space at 3255 Northeast First Avenue, according to a news release from the tenant and its spokesperson. The site is a multifamily building with ground-floor commercial space.
Motek, which is Hebrew for “sweetheart,” first opened in 2020 in downtown Miami’s Seybold Building. Since then, it has launched outposts across South Florida, including in Aventura, Boca Raton, Brickell, Coral Gables and Miami Beach. Motek also is expanding in New York, opening in the Flatiron District last fall, with cafés planned in West Village, 57th Street and Williamsburg, according to the restaurant’s website.
Records show the Midtown Miami building is owned by an entity led by Gregory, Michael and Todd Katz, as well as Richard Wilpon of Sterling American. Sterling paid $154.4 million for the 24-story, 400-unit apartment building in 2020.
City of Coral Gables | Coral Gables
Coral Gables’ administrative offices will move during a renovation of the city’s historic government center building.
The city of Coral Gables leased nearly 10,500 square feet at Florida East Coast Realty’s building at 2020 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, consisting of a 3,600-square-foot space on the ground floor and a 6,900-square-foot space on the 12th floor, according to an FECR news release.
Donna Abood and Peyton Dowd of Savills lease 2020 Ponce on behalf of the landlord.
The leases are for the duration of the planned renovation of Coral Gables’ city hall at 405 Biltmore Way, a Mediterranean Revival building completed in the 1920s and in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Brickell-based FECR, led by the Hollo family, completed the 14-story 2020 Ponce in 2009, according to property records. It’s designed in a modern Mediterranean style.
Rosie Assoulin | Palm Beach
A luxury womenswear brand opened a boutique at The Royal Poinciana Plaza in Palm Beach.
New York-based Rosie Assoulin, named after its founder, leased at 340 Royal Poinciana Way, according to the landlord’s news release.
The Royal Poinciana Plaza, a 180,000-square-foot open-air retail center with gardens and courtyards, was developed in the 1950s and designed by the late architect John Volk. Boston-based WS Development, which owns the leasehold of the plaza, unveiled the renovated Royal Poinciana Playhouse within the plaza with retail, restaurants, a theater and civic center.
The property is owned by a trust led by Sidney Spiegel, according to records.
The square footage Rosie Assoulin leased wasn’t provided.
Barolo, Pulp & Press, more | Fort Lauderdale
Gateway Shopping District in Fort Lauderdale landed three new tenants and one lease renewal.
Northern Italian restaurant Barolo and coffee shop Pulp & Press each leased 1,500 square feet at the retail center at 1900 East Sunrise Boulevard, according to a news release from the landlord’s broker.
Also, artisanal perfumes store De la Fontaine Naturals, which started in South Africa as a boutique natural perfumery, leased 1,000 square feet.
Stretch Zone renewed its 1,000-square-foot lease at Gateway Shopping District, the release said.
Native Realty CEO Jaime Sturgis and his team represented the landlords.
Entities of Native Realty and Sturgis own Gateway Shopping District.
G.O.A.T Foods | Palm Beach County
A South Florida baked goods, snacks and confections company moved its headquarters, though it stayed in Palm Beach County.
G.O.A.T. Foods leased 68,000 square feet at 205 Sansburys Way in an unincorporated area of the county, according to a news release from the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County. The company, which previously had its headquarters in Delray Beach, will retain 75 existing jobs and hire 150 additional employees.
The BDB issued its news release last year, and the South Florida Business Journal reported last week that the relocation was completed.
Co-founded by Jonathan Packer, G.O.A.T.’s portfolio of online brands includes Licorice.com, Pretzels.com, Caramels.com and Chocolate.com.
Records show the Palm Beach County industrial complex is owned by an entity managed by Christopher Vecellio of West Palm Beach-based Vecellio Group.
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