Miami Beach, FL – January 15-16, 2014 – It was a night of celebrating the new kid on the block as Lionheart Capital commemorated the grand opening of the sales gallery for The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach. Over 450 guests attended the two-day exclusive broker and VIP preview, which introduced the highly anticipated project designed by renowned Italian architect Piero Lissoni. The sales gallery offers up a unique digital experience through a high-tech media wall created by award-winning design firm, DBOX, which includes holograms, mini models and plasma screens. Welcome salutations were expressed by Carolyn Block Ellert, Co-Owner of Premier Sales Group and Director of Sales George Mato, who lead the onsite sales team, followed by a celebratory toast given by developers Ricardo Dunin and Ophir Sternberg, founding partners of Lionheart Capital. Attendees viewed a short film rendering the creation of the property’s tropical modern design.

During the sales gallery experience, brokers were entertained with live music by a New World Symphony guitar duo, while Latin Reggae Soul Band Xperimento got the VIPS dancing under the stars the following evening. Guests sipped on specialty cocktails, an elaborate spread of hors d’oeuvres and desserts catered by Petit Pois. The Sales gallery highlighted the theme of connoisseurship, as each room in the space was designed to provide a special experience for the guests including a gelato station by Gelato Go, an ice bar of Sakeritas, Hamachi and Fiji Tuna tartare stations, an open deck with lake views, and the opportunity to step aboard a 44’ Riva Rivarama Super watercraft. Attendees included some of Miami’s most notable movers and shakers, top brokers, real estate influencers and VIPs including Commissioner Micky Steinberg, Alicia Cervera Jr., Esther Percal, Ezra Katz, Commissioner Jerry Libbin, Nelson Gonzales, Chad Chad Carrol, and Tom and Katia Bates.

The Residences are Piero Lissoni’s first architectural project in the U.S. and are being designed with award-winning Miami architecture firm ADD Inc. This expansive, amenity-rich and LEED-certified property will feature gardens, pools, entertainment spaces and a private marina for 111 condominium residences and 15 villas. The one-to-five-bedroom homes range in size from 1,700 to over 10,000 square feet, in a selection of over 60 floor plans, with striking interiors also custom-designed by Lissoni Associati.

Carolyn Block Ellert, Sivan Koster, Ricardo Dunin, Catalina Martucci, & George Matto

Alan Araujo, Harvey Daniels, & David Staples

Nancy Batchelor, Pietro Belmonte, & Cathy Strafaci

Brittnie McAninley, Sismai Roman, & Vanessa Ainzuain

Alexis Vrba, Kaila Mardoyan, & Gina Canoniga

Kailia Mardoyan & Alexis Vrba

Ricardo Dunin

Carolyn Block Ellert

Michelle Judd & Michelle Nunez

Michelle Nunez & Scott Fortney

Kathie Smuts & David Haller

Perci Pietro & Ricardo Dunin

Alan Araujo & Maria Mariana

Annie de la Rosa & Wendy Mendoza

Aria Zelnik, David Haller, & Elina Kislyansky

Chris Levitt, Beatrice Clapes, & Dario Stoka

Dario Stoka, Rosemarie Friedman, Silvia Lopez, & Julio Triana

David Haller, Sorah Daiha, George Fraguio, & Jennifer Santana

Florence Quinn, Hadley Henriette, & Yannick Henriette

Harvey Burstein, Dario Stoka, & Ivan Schneider

Maria Mariana, Daniella Fernicola, Marc Sacheli, & Isabella Holguin

Mick Duchon, David Chaplain, Sivan Koster, & Luba Raffoul

Sabine Otamendi, Michelle Judd, Michelle Nunez, & David Staples

Scott Fortney, Illona Bergstrom, & Julio Triana

Silvia Lopez, Chad Carroll, & Rosemarie Friedman

Silvia Lopez, George Matto, & Rosemarie Friedman

Sivan Koster, Luba Raffoul, Gaby Raffoul, Scott Fortney, & Tara West

Tony Rodriguez, Sismai Roman, Brittnie McAninley, David Haller, & George Fraguio

GALLERY SLIDER

Chad Oppenheimer, Alan Ojeda, & Diego Ojeda

David Metalonis & Gary Fitzgerald

George & Ariana Matto

George Matto & Randy Giddens

George Matto, Ariana Matto, & Ryan Kartheiser

Ophir Sternberg

GALLERY SLIDER