Rumble Fitness, Laser Away are taking space at South Beach mixed-use property
Dublin-based AerCap, a commercial aircraft owner and lessor, will open its first U.S. headquarters at 830 Brickell.
AerCap leased the entire 50th floor at the 55-story tower under construction, according to a news release from the project’s developers and leasing brokerage. AerCap will have 50 employees in 20,000 square feet of space.
AerCap, led by Aengus Kelly, has offices throughout the U.S., including in Los Angeles and Seattle, according to its website. The Brickell office will be the company’s regional base for the Americas.
Vlad Doronin’s OKO Group and Jonathan Goldstein’s Cain International are developing 830 Brickell, which has captured much of the influx of technology and financial service firms to Miami.
Canada’s CI Financial will open its U.S. headquarters at the tower on two full floors, first leasing 20,000 square feet in 2021 and then doubling its space in January.
Also in 2021, private equity firm Thoma Bravo leased 36,500 square feet, and tech giant Microsoft inked a deal for a roughly 50,000-square-foot space for its Latin American regional headquarters.
Brian Gale and Ryan Holtzman of Cushman & Wakefield represented Oko and Cain in the AerCap deal. Scott Goldstein and Keith Edelman of CBRE represented AerCap.
Law firms, publisher and others I Little River | Miami
Two months after Adventurous Journeys (AJ) Capital Partners became the majority owner of MVW Partners’ portfolio in Miami’s Little River neighborhood, the duo signed eight retail and office tenants for the real estate.
Zine publisher and art bookstore Dalé Zine opened in a 1,000-square-foot storefront with a gallery at 7395 Northwest Miami Place; and handcrafted jewelry brand éliou doubled its office space to 2,400 square feet at 181 Northwest 71st Street, according to an AJ-MVW news release.
Other tenants include vintage clothing and furniture seller Casa de Barcelona, which will be opening a 1,000 square-foot boutique at 210 Northwest 73rd Street; and Italian products company Selezione Interiors, which designs, sources, delivers and installs its furnishing, and leased 1,600 square feet at 7291 Northwest Second Avenue.
Two law firms also inked deals. Boutique firm Caldera Law leased 1,600 square feet at 7293 Northwest Second Avenue, and Benmeleh Law leased 1,250 square feet at 7292 Northwest First Court, according to the release.
Also, Canada-based project delivery company SAJO leased 5,000 square feet at 7140 Northwest Miami Court, and Raymond Nicolas Interiors inked a deal for 1,500 square feet at 7500 Northeast Fourth Court, Unit 103.
In November, AJ Capital Partners bought the majority stake in the 24-acre, 320,000-square-foot portfolio. Miami-based MVW Partners, led by husband-and-wife Matthew Vander Werff and Ashley Melisse Abess, assembled the properties and remains a partner.
Nashville-based AJ Capital, led by founder and CEO Ben Weprin, focuses on Opportunity Zone projects, and the Little River portfolio is in an Opportunity Zone. The federal program
Little River is following in the footsteps of other Miami neighborhoods, such as Wynwood, where shuttered warehouses have been converted into retail and offices.
AJ Capital and MVW are investing into adaptive reuse of their properties and plan a multifamily project in partnership with New York-based Ray, which focuses on creating homes inspired by art, culture and community. Dasha Zhukova is founder of Ray.
Existing Little River tenants include restaurants La Natural and Sunny’s Steakhouse. The area also is home to ecological educational provider Center for Subtropical Affairs. The Oolite Arts campus is building its $30 million headquarters on the site of the former ArtCenter/South Florida in Little River.
Rumble Fitness, Laser Away I 17 West | Miami Beach
Aesthetic dermatology provider Laser Away and high-end Rumble Fitness leased space at 17 West, the mixed-use South Beach building anchored by Trader Joe’s.
Laser Away, which provides tattoo removal among other laser services, opened in a 2,201-square-foot space in December, according to a news release from the landlord’s broker, Inhouse Commercial.
Rumble Fitness is opening its first Florida location in a 2,631-square-foot space at 17 West later this year, according to the release.
Jared Robins of Inhouse Commercial and John Ellis of Newmark represented the landlord in the deals.
The developers include Rock Soffer of Turnberry Associates, Elion Partners and members of the Sredni family.
Craig Fetherston of The Shopping Center Group represented Laser Away, and Irma Figueroa of Comras Company represented Rumble Fitness.
The 185,388-square-foot, five-story 17 West includes apartments and a 193-space garage, according to the release. Other retail tenants include Suntrust Bank, BB&T Bank and Verizon. A 1,146-square-foot space is available for lease.
Lidia Dinkova, TheRealDeal
