Property sales, leases, foreclosures, and ownership disputes
Plastic surgeon and real estate personality Leonard Hochstein has filed suit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court to strip a construction lien from his Miami Beach home, alleging the company that filed it never set foot on the property.
The owners of the Lennox Miami Beach hotel at 1900 Collins Avenue have filed suit against 11 construction companies, alleging widespread water intrusion and defective work from a 2019 renovation, with damages exceeding $750,000.
Two development companies claim elevation errors and other defects forced a boutique office and retail building to be reclassified as a high-rise, triggering costly delays and overruns.
A Di Lido Drive homeowner claims riparian rights give him a protected sightline to Biscayne Bay and the Brickell skyline — and that his neighbor's landscaping unlawfully destroys it.
A Delaware lender has filed suit to seize commercial units at one of Miami Beach's most prominent retail corridors after the borrower allegedly stopped making payments on a multimillion-dollar SBA loan.
A lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court accuses prominent real estate developer David Martin and members of the Meruelo family of conspiring to fraudulently acquire a 25% interest in one of North Beach's most valuable parcels — the 3.82-acre beachfront site at 6701 Collins Avenue where the former Deauville Hotel once stood — exploiting an 88-year-old woman in the process.
A freshly filed lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court offers a rare, unfiltered window into the gilded frictions of life on the Venetian Islands — where even the "ordinary wear and tear" arguments cost more than most Floridians earn in a year.
A lawsuit filed March 13 accuses RK Rivani LLC of violating tenant rights during a sweeping $40 million building overhaul — just as the City of Miami Beach's Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee prepares to take up a proposed amendment to the city's own lease agreement for the same property.