PROFILEmiami co-founder Demetri Demascus had the exclusive opportunity to sit down with real estate investor the founder and CEO of Black Lion Investment Group, to discuss the South Florida real estate market. We joined Robert at his beautiful home in Miami to discuss how he has taken Miami by storm, successfully investing over $250 million into Miami commercial real estate.
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Black Lion Acquires Miami Beach Office Building For $62.5 Million And Reveals Renderings Of Rockwell Group Luxury Renovation
President of Black Lion, Robert Rivani, the real estate and hospitality visionary who has invested over $250 million into Miami real estate in the past few years, is venturing into the commercial office sector with his largest and most ambitious acquisition to date, the $62.5 million purchase of ‘The Lincoln’ in Miami Beach.
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Robert Rivani Sells Miami Penthouse At The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach
Views of the Bay and Ocean are put directly on display with floor-to-ceiling windows encompassing the entirety of the penthouse. Sleek light toned interiors enhance the setup with thoughtfully curated features throughout. Find a custom eat-in kitchen by Boffi equipped with Gaggenau appliances, marble counters, and a large walk-in pantry.
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Robert Rivani's Black Lion and Mathieu Massa's Massa Investment Group Set To Acquire Former Starwood Capital HQ In Miami Beach For $82 Million
Real estate and hospitality visionaries Robert Rivani, founder and President of Black Lion, in partnership with Mathieu Massa, Founder and CEO of Massa Investment Group, are under contract to acquire one of the most significant office buildings in Miami Beach for $82 million. Serving as the former headquarters of Starwood Capital, the building has been primarily vacant since the company exited in 2022.
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Robert Rivani's Black Lion Set To Bring Mexican-Based Entertainment Restaurant RosaNegra's First U.S. Location To SLS Brickell
Real estate investor and President of Black Lion, Robert Rivani, is set to bring the U.S. debut of internationally-recognized entertainment restaurant RosaNegra to Miami’s Brickell Financial District. The Mexico-based Grupo RosaNegra signed a 10-year lease with Rivani to occupy the coveted ground floor space at SLS Brickell. Fabio Faerman and Sebastian Faerman with FA Commercial represented both sides of the transaction. The SLS Brickell location will be RosaNegra’s flagship outpost in the U.S. and its sixth location worldwide.
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Black Lion's Robert Rivani Lists Penthouse at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach For $8.8 Million
Real estate investor Robert Rivani of Black Lion has listed his penthouse at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach for $8.8 million with Dina Goldentayer of Douglas Elliman. Rivani acquired the penthouse in May 2022 for $7.5 million. The listing comes on the heels of selling his ground floor restaurant space at One Thousand Museum for $7.9 million which he acquired in October 2022 for $6.4 million.
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Robert Rivani's Black Lion Investment Group Acquires SLS Brickell Restaurant Space For $10 Million
Black Lion Investment Group, the Miami-based real estate and hospitality developer led by Robert Rivani, has added yet another trophy property with the acquisition of the trophy restaurant space at SLS Brickell for $10,000,000. The restaurant space is approximately 13,500 SF of indoor / outdoor space and was previously Bazaar Mar by Chef Jose Andres which closed in 2019. The sellers were members of the Qatar’s ruling royal Al Thanis family.
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Robert Rivani's Black Lion To Bring Philippe by Philippe Chow To One Ocean In Miami Beach's South of Fifth
New York-based restaurant Philippe by Philippe Chow has signed a 15 year lease to occupy the coveted restaurant space at One Ocean South Beach which was acquired by Robert Rivani’s Black Lion Investment Group in November 2022. With plans to open the flagship outpost in Q2 2024, Abraham Merchant and Richard Cohn are bringing the brand's legacy of sophisticated Beijing-inspired dining to One Ocean in the heart of the South of Fifth neighborhood.
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Fabel Rooftop Restaurant Opens At Robert Rivani's Wynwood Jungle
Fabel Miami, a new open-air rooftop restaurant and lounge by owner Matthew Rosenberg and his award-winning architecture firm, M-Rad, is now open at Wynwood Jungle, the experiential dining and retail destination transformed by Black Lion’s Robert Rivani. The immersive restaurant, named to provide guests a place to create their own enchanted fairytale, is set to redefine the hospitality industry.
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CATCH Returning To Miami Beach After Signing Lease With Robert Rivani's Black Lion At Continuum Space
Swanky seafood hotspot CATCH will return to Miami Beach after inking a lease at Robert Rivani’s Black Lion Investment Group’s Continuum restaurant space. Led by the powerhouse team behind Catch Hospitality Group (CHG), Tilman J. Fertitta, Mark Birnbaum, and Eugene Remm, CATCH MIAMI BEACH will open in 2023 and will mark the seventh outpost of the highly acclaimed brand, with locations in New York, LA, Las Vegas, and Aspen, with more in the pipeline.
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