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The Halal Guys Opening 2 Miami Restaurants

MIAMI, FLORIDA (PRWEB) JUNE 29, 2017

The countdown to the best chicken and gyro combo platters in Miami is on! The Halal Guys will open its newest restaurants in South Miami near the University of Miami at 5966 South Dixie Highway. Soon to follow will be their second location at 1010 Brickell Avenue.

Miami-based investment real estate firm Mattoni Group is excited to welcome the famed NYC eatery as one of the first retail tenants in the building. “Since Brickell is a growing metropolitan residential community, the area has a high density of residents, making it a desirable location for retailers,” said Mattoni Group Founder and President Ricardo Caporal.

There will be more fun than falafel at the Grand Opening events, both slated for Fall 2017. The first 100 people to enter the restaurant get a special The Halal Guys tumbler, which earns them free drink refills for LIFE! Throughout the day, the crew will be serving up more than their specialty sandwiches and platters – lucky diners will have the chance to get The Halal Guys t-shirts and sunglasses, plus exclusive rewards cards that include free food prizes!

The Halal Guys legend began nearly three decades ago in New York City, when the three founding business partners learned there was a huge demand from New York cab drivers looking for American Halal food. An immediate success, The Halal Guys is well known for their famous chicken and gyro over rice platter and signature white and hot sauces. Even today, diners across the world will wait in long lines just to enjoy their unique and delicious food.

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Neighbors want Miami commission to scuttle part of Avra Jain and Mattoni’s Bayside Motor Inn redevelopment

UPDATED May 9, 6:15 p.m.: Miami activist Elvis Cruz and the Morningside Civic Association are hoping to put the kibosh on Avra Jain and the Mattoni Group’s plans to demolish a building tied to the redevelopment of the Bayside Motor Inn site.

Cruz and the association are asking the Miami City Commission to overturn a February vote by the Miami Historic and Environmental Protection Board that authorized tearing down a 6,430-square-foot structure at 5125 Biscayne Boulevard.

The appeal was scheduled for the commission’s planning and zoning agenda on Thursday, but it has been pushed back to May 25.

The developer 5101 RE CO LLC, a partnership between Mattoni Group and Avra Jain, wants to replace the existing building with a new three-story building totaling 18,994 square feet that would have ground floor retail and offices on the top two floors. The board also approved the renovation of the three-story hotel at 5101 Biscayne Boulevard. Both parcels are located next to one another in Miami’s MiMo neighborhood.

“Avra Jain has an amazing track record at preserving and redeveloping in the MiMo Historic District,” said 5101 RE CO lawyer Iris Escarra. “Mr. Cruz’s appeal, in our opinion, is unwarranted and violates the settlement agreement entered into in 2014 when Avra agreed to build in accordance with the current regulations and give up the 8 Story vested project.”

In an email, Cruz said he was too busy to comment immediately.

At the February preservation board meeting, Jain also explained to the board members that the 5125 building had sustained significant fire, water and termite damage, necessitating the teardown. “I can tell you without a doubt that the building is not worth saving,” she said at the time.

Jain bought the properties in 2013 and sold them in June of last year for $4.05 million to Mattoni Group’s 5101 RE CO, but has remained on board as a co-developer. The Bayside Motor Inn was built in 1952 and has 40 rooms in a 13,511-square-foot building. The partnership plans to convert the ground floor into restaurants, enhance the courtyard and keep a small number of hotel rooms on the second floor.

Historic Miami redevelopments: Jain proposes changes to MiMo hotel, revamp for Design District building

Developers for two major redevelopment proposals will seek final approval for their projects before the Miami Historic and Environmental Preservation Board on Feb. 7. One partnership aims to build a hotel redevelopment in MiMo with neighborhood pioneer Avra Jain and another applicant wants convert a building near the Design District to full retail.

The MiMo (Miami Modern) neighborhood along Biscayne Boulevard north of downtown Miami has attracted new restaurants and retail as older properties, such as Jain’s Vagabond Hotel, have been revamped. Now she wants to take the Bayside Motor Inn at 5101 and 5125 Biscayne Blvd., which has been closed for several years, and reinvigorate the site with retail, restaurants and offices.

Built in 1952, the two-story hotel totals 13,511 square feet and previously had 40 rooms. A company controlled by Jain sold the 29,360-square-foot site in June 2016 for $4.05 million to 5101 RE CO LLC. The owner is a partnership between Ricardo Caporal-led Mattoni Group and Jain.

Urban Robot Associates designed the MiMo project.

Under the plans, the 6,430-square-foot building on the northern part of the site along Northeast 52nd Street would be torn down, as the city considers it a non-contributing structure to the historic building to the south. That building is in really bad shape, Jain said.

In its place, the developer would build a three-story building of 18,994 square feet. The new building would have 4,908 square feet of retail on the ground floor and 14,086 square feet of offices on the top two floors.

“They want more activity for neighborhood and office is a really nice fit,” Jain said. “People are there during the day and supporting the restaurants and local businesses.”

Jain recently converted the South Pacific hotel in MiMo to office space and her group owns the 5555 Biscayne Blvd. office building. She said office tenants like MiMo because it’s easier to access than Brickell and many restaurants that are attractive to employees.

The developer would provide 60 parking spaces, including 37 in a new underground garage. While the underground garage would be expensive, Jain said it was important to provide enough parking so the project doesn’t negatively impact the neighborhood.

“Because of the rents and demand for retail and office in the neighborhood, the market has told us it supports spending the money,” Jain said. “Given the demand for Biscayne Boulevard, a lot more things are economically feasible to do.”

As for the existing Bayside Motor Inn building, Jain said she would convert its ground floor to restaurants, enhance the courtyard, and keep two or three hotel rooms on the top floor. That building previously had 18 hotel rooms.

“You can’t really run a hotel with 18 rooms,” Jain said. “The fixed costs are too high. That is why a lot of motels lend themselves to adaptive reuse.”

Attorney Iris Escarra represents 5101 RE CO LLC.

Building near Design District could be converted to retail

A building in the Buena Vista East Historic District, on the northern end of the Design District, could be almost completely revamped for retail use.

Luxury retailers have flocked to the Design District as Craig Robins’ Dacra has redeveloped much of the neighborhood. The district has some of the highest rents and property values in Florida.

In April 2016, 4141 Design LLC, owned by Remy Jacobson, paid $10.5 million for the 15,901-square-foot office building at 4141 N. Miami Ave. The three-story building was built on the 9,700-square-foot lot in 1961. In November 2016, the developer started interior demolition of the building, according to county records.

The application seeks to lift a restriction that the building have no more than 4,000 square feet of commercial use so that it could be completely retail in use.

Under the plan crafted by Shulman + Associates, the developer would remove the building’s existing masonry and replace it with glass panels, leaving only the “turning forks” that line its walls. A rooftop terrace would be built for open-air events. The stairs at the main entrance would be removed and the doorway would be lowered to ground level. Behind the building on the east side, the developer would add two entrances, new windows and balconies and a garden patio. On the south side of the building, the developer would install a window spanning all three stories.

Essentially, the enclosed office building could become a glass-encased retail space.

Miami attorney Ryan Bailine, who represents 4141 Design LLC in the application, declined comment.

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