Amazónico, a well-known restaurant with locations in Dubai, London, Madrid, and Monte Carlo, will open its first U.S. location in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood. The restaurant has leased approximately 40,000 square feet across three floors at the 800 Brickell office tower on Brickell Avenue. Babak Ebrahimzadeh of Gatsby Enterprises, which owns the building, confirmed the lease. The space includes Amazónico’s nightclub Selva on the top level.
The venues are scheduled to open late next month. According to Ebrahimzadeh, “The restaurant can seat about 700 guests at a time and host at least 1,300 guests per night.” Amazónico was founded in 2016 by Sandro Silva and Marta Seco in Madrid. They lead Paraguas Group, part of London-based hospitality group D.ream International.
Gatsby Enterprises is led by Ebrahimzadeh and Nader Ohebshalom. In 2019, the company purchased 800 Brickell and an adjacent garage for $125.5 million.
In West Palm Beach, DUS Padel plans to open its first facility next year at 2031 Okeechobee Boulevard. The club will occupy a 26,500-square-foot space that features indoor courts as well as wellness amenities such as cold plunges and saunas along with a café. Stream Realty Partners represented DUS Padel in the transaction while Southeast Retail Advisors represented the landlord.
DUS Padel was founded last year by Philippe Urreiztieta. The new club replaces an American Freight store following its parent company’s bankruptcy filing in November.
In North Miami Beach, Pala Mediterranean Kitchen has preleased a 1,400-square-foot space at Aura North Miami Beach—a mixed-use project currently under construction—expanding from its original Hollywood location. Macken Companies announced that Pala will offer both indoor seating and an outdoor terrace at this new site on West Dixie Highway.
Other tenants recently signed at Aura include The Missing Peace (an early childhood occupational therapy center), Sunrisas Dental Miami, Florentin Bakery (2,800 square feet), and Mimi Yoga (2,700 square feet). Aura is being developed by Macken Companies together with Trinsic Residential Group; it will have eight stories containing 373 apartments and roughly 17,000 square feet of commercial space plus a covered retail terrace outside measuring about 9,000 square feet. Construction is expected to finish in the second quarter of next year.
Alan Macken serves as CEO of Macken Companies while Brian Tusa leads Trinsic Residential Group.
Wells Fargo has signed a decade-long lease for a new branch occupying 4,000 square feet at 1207 Southeast 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale according to representatives for both landlord and tenant involved in brokering the deal. This branch will replace Wells Fargo’s existing location on South Andrews Avenue when it opens during the second quarter of next year.
Jake Michels and Joseph P. Byrnes of Berger Commercial Realty/Corfac International represented the landlord; Mike Wilson and Russell Bornstein of Colliers acted for Wells Fargo as tenant representatives.
The property—formerly home to PDQ restaurant—is owned by W D Cordova LLC led by John Thompson Loos III and Amy Mergler; it sits on one acre with drive-thru access.
Minto Communities USA has relocated its headquarters within Coconut Creek but remains local after leasing more than 15% additional office space compared to its previous site where it operated for over two decades—now occupying roughly one-fifth more room for around seventy-five employees at Promenade at Coconut Creek located on Lyons Road according to their news release.
Boston-based AEW Capital Management owns Promenade at Coconut Creek.
Minto is headed by CEO Michael Waters alongside President William Bullock.
