A new 2-acre padel club is set to open at a $2 billion mixed-use development in Midtown Miami, marking what developers say will be the largest padel venue in the United States. Ultra Padel’s Ultra Club Midtown pop-up will feature 11 outdoor courts, three children’s courts, a food and beverage component, and community programming. The venue is scheduled to open in December.
The Midtown Park project is being developed by Carlos Rosso’s Rosso Development and Alex Vadia’s Midtown Development on a nearly 5-acre site at 3055 North Miami Avenue. This site was previously proposed as the location for a Walmart, which led to controversy years ago. The first phase of the project includes the 28-story Midtown Park Residences by Proper condo tower with 288 units and 40,000 square feet of amenities. Proper Hospitality from Santa Monica is partnering on the development.
Ultra Club Midtown’s pop-up will be located on land that will eventually house the second phase of Midtown Park. Once construction is complete, Ultra Padel plans to operate a permanent eight-court Racquet & Padel Club at the site. Guillermo Barragan leads Ultra Padel, which also has locations in Aventura and Little Haiti.
In Coconut Grove, an Italian restaurant called La Sponda is set to open in Vita at Grove Isle, a luxury condominium developed by CMC Group. Gioia Hospitality Group of Miami will run La Sponda in a 4,500-square-foot space above Vita at Grove Isle Club after the condo building opens later this year. Gioia operates other South Florida restaurants including Daniel’s Miami and Daniel’s, A Florida Steakhouse in Fort Lauderdale. La Sponda will serve Mediterranean coastal cuisine with interiors designed by Martin Brudnizki Design Studio.
Vita at Grove Isle will have 65 condos ranging from three- and four-bedroom units to bi-level penthouses. Prices start around $8.4 million, with penthouses beginning at about $21.5 million.
In Hallandale Beach, Atlantic Village has signed leases with three tenants: The Wagyu House restaurant and Meat N’ Bone butcher shop (2,700 square feet), Murano by Ferraro fine dining (2,600 square feet), both opening in September; and Tee Box indoor virtual golf facility (5,300 square feet), opening early next year. These businesses are part of Atlantic Village’s third phase at 601 North Federal Highway.
Grupo Eco developed Atlantic Village and represented most parties involved in these leases. The company has operated for over four decades since its founding in Mexico City and now develops projects locally as well as internationally. The Atlantic Village complex includes retail spaces totaling 118,000 square feet plus two six-story office buildings on North Federal Highway between Northeast Sixth Street and Atlantic Shores Boulevard.
By year-end, Atlantic Village will become home to the Americas headquarters for FIBA (International Basketball Federation). FIBA purchased three office condos spanning 6,400 square feet on the 11th floor at 800 North Federal Highway for $3.9 million according to public records and Grupo Eco’s Daniel Chaberman. FIBA is relocating from its previous office in Coconut Grove after five years there.
Puttshack will open its second South Florida mini-golf location at Dania Pointe in Dania Beach on August 27. The new venue features four nine-hole tech-driven courses using Trackaball technology to monitor scores; it also includes Challenge Hole suites for private sessions as well as bars and event space within more than 25,000 square feet at 1825 Way Pointe Place. Dania Pointe was developed by Kimco Realty of Jericho, New York; it spans more than one million square feet with hotels, residential buildings, Spirit Airlines’ headquarters and entertainment options near I-95 and Stirling Road.
Bluebird Kids Health pediatric care provider plans to open September 3 in Tamarac after leasing about 4,000 square feet at 7801 Northwest 57th Street; ShopOne Centers REIT recently acquired this shopping plaza for $36.4 million last month.
At Promenade at Coconut Creek shopping center owned by AEW Capital of Boston, Lèlior home fragrance boutique opened recently while pop-up art gallery 33 Contemporary Gallery—founded by Sergio Gomez—will begin operations next month offering artist exhibitions along with mindfulness and educational programs.
