Speakeasy | Miami Beach
The h.wood Group is partnering with Rivani to open a speakeasy in South Beach.
Los Angeles-based h.wood Group will open a 2,000-square-foot exclusive speakeasy on the third floor amenity level at The Rivani building next summer, according to a Rivani news release. The speakeasy hasn’t been named yet.
Robert Rivani is working on a $40 million renovation of the seven-story mixed-use The Rivani at 1691 Michigan Avenue in Miami Beach. The building has been marketed as “Class X” to denote the high caliber of the building once it’s finished.
The speakeasy will be Tokyo-inspired, the release says. Rivani, who moved his eponymously named firm (previously called Black Lion) from Los Angeles to Miami in 2022, has said in a previous interview with The Real Deal that Japan is his “favorite place in the world.”
Rivani made a splash in August, announcing that PLBY Group, the Los Angeles-based publicly traded company that owns Playboy magazine, its website and its trademarks, will move its headquarters to The Rivani. Also, Monarch Athletic Club leased 8,000 square feet at the building, where it’s expected to open next year.
Hill House Home | Palm Beach
An apparel, home goods and accessories store will open in Palm Beach.
Hill House Home leased at The Royal Poinciana Plaza at 340 Royal Poinciana Way, according to The Royal Poinciana Plaza’s news release. The store will be at The Current, a retail center in the historic Hibel House at the plaza.
The lease follows Swedish candy store ScandyCandy and British childrenswear boutique La Coqueta opening at Royal Poinciana Plaza.
The 192,000-square-foot plaza was originally developed in the 1950s and includes retail space, gardens and two courtyards. Boston-based WS Development owns the leasehold of the plaza. The property is owned by a trust led by Sidney Spiegel, according to records.
Royal Poinciana Plaza declined to provide the square footage Hill House Home leased.
Le Specialità | Miami
A Milanese trattoria opened in the Miami Design District, marking its first U.S. restaurant.
Spicy Hospitality Group, led by founder Andre Sakhai, opened Le Specialità, according to the hospitality firm’s news release. The 3,100-square-foot restaurant is at 40 Northeast 41st Street in Miami.
Spicy Hospitality also is the firm that opened The Joyce in Miami Beach at 448 Española Way.
Records show the Miami Design District building is owned by an affiliate of Miami Design District Associates, a partnership among Craig Robins’ Miami-based Dacra; Greenwich, Connecticut-based L Catterton Real Estate; and New York-based Brookfield Properties.
Lily’s Handmade Ice Cream | Boynton Beach
Lily’s Handmade Ice Cream opened in Boynton Beach.
The ice cream shop –– owned by Ronen, Ori and Tal Gilinsky –– leased 700 square feet at 3837 West Woolbright Road at the Village Square at Golf shopping center, according to the tenant’s news release.
The opening follows Lily’s Handmade opening a 1,050-square-foot ice cream shop this summer at 14871 Biscayne Boulevard at the Biscayne Commons shopping plaza in North Miami Beach.
Records show the Village Square at Golf is owned by DRA Advisors, which paid $31.1 million for the shopping center last year.
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