More than 500 attendees from across the globe, notable in real estate, design, architecture, the arts, etc., converged in Sunny Isles Beach to commemorate the highly-anticipated opening of Miami's most architecturally extraordinary oceanfront address: Jade Signature. Developed by Fortune International Group and created by Herzog & de Meuron, hundreds were in attendance to celebrate the official opening of the tower, which has been a hot-spot for luxury buyers worldwide
The celebration, which took place Friday, March 16, treated guest to an array of festivities, including a performance by Yoli Mayor of "America's Got Talent" fame, 25-person orchestra, booming taiko drummers, and a heart-pounding fireworks show over the Atlantic Ocean.
VIPs in attendance included developers Edgardo and Ana Cristina Defortuna; interior designer Pierre-Yves Rochon from Paris, France; Jason Frantzen, partner with Herzog & de Meuron from Basel, Switzerland; Miami-based landscape architect Raymond Jungles; City of Sunny Isles Beach Vice Mayor Dana Goldman; Sunny Isles Beach Commissioner Larisa Svechin; Sunny Isles Beach Commissioner Jeanette Gatto; business executive Carlos Mattos; Fran Scola, Chief Financial Officer of OKO Group; Andy Mitchell, President and CEO of The Fairwinds Group; and Marcelo Kingston, Managing Director of Multiplan Real Estate Asset Management.
“Being surrounded by our collaborators, colleagues, clients, family and friends for this long-awaited celebration was an amazing honor,” said Edgardo Defortuna. “We have worked tirelessly to bring this property to the market. Seeing Jade Signature completed -- along with the tremendous praise by our buyers -- gives me an enormous sense of pride.”
Jade Signature was developed under the leadership of husband-and-wife team Edgardo and Ana Cristina Defortuna of Fortune International Group, designed by the Pritzker-Prize winning architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, in collaboration with Parisian interior designer Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR) and landscape architect Raymond Jungles, and financing provided by HSBC. Sales and construction began in 2013. 95%+ of the 192 residences have been purchased by an array of buyers spanning the U.S., Latin America and Europe.
CHECK OUT THE STUNNING DRONE IMAGES OF THE NEWLY DELIVERED, HERZOG & DE MEURON-DESIGNED JADE SIGNATURE IN SUNNY ISLES BEACH
Check out the stunning drone images of the Herzog & de Meuron-designed Jade Signature
Ana Cristina Defortuna
Carmen Casadella, Edgardo Defortuna, Sara Colombo
Edgardo Defortuna, Ana Cristina Defortuna, and Carlos Mattos
Fabia Castro Delgada
Jade Signature's Sales Team
Giulietta Ulloa, Silvia Bermudez, and Karen Reiter
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Tany Horruitiner, Jaime Montalvan, and Maria Jose Duarte
Yoli Mayor
Commissioner Larisa Svechin, Vice Mayor Dana Goldman & Commissioner Jeanette Gatto
Bruno Ricci and Elizabeth Garcia
PYR Design Team, Pierre-Yves Rochon (center)
Photos via World Red Eye and Avant Garde