{"id":118556,"date":"2026-01-15T00:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/118556\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T00:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:29:26","slug":"ken-griffin-goldman-properties-partner-on-180m-wynwood-office-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/118556\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Griffin, Goldman Properties Partner On $180M Wynwood Office Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u00a0<a class=\"tag tag-35537\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/citadel\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"35537\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Citadel<\/a>\u00a0founder\u00a0<a class=\"tag tag-35536\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/ken-griffin\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"35536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ken Griffin<\/a>\u00a0is expanding his Miami real estate holdings into the city&#8217;s buzzy arts district.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/placeholder.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n      Courtesy of Blanca Commercial Real Estate\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n      545wyn at 545 NW 26 St.\n    <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Griffin and Miami-based <a class=\"tag tag-43544\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/goldman-properties\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"43544\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Goldman Properties<\/a>\u00a0struck a deal to acquire\u00a0545wyn, a 10-story Wynwood office building, for $180M, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/southflorida\/news\/2026\/01\/14\/ken-griffin-545wyn-wynwood-miami-office-goldman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the South Florida Business Journal reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Goldman Properties, led by Scott Srebnick, will manage the building, while Griffin provided the bulk of the capital for the deal, the SFBJ reported, citing two unnamed sources.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Griffin\u00a0and Citadel previously spent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/south-florida\/news\/construction-development\/plans-revealed-for-citadels-miami-supertall-headquarters-tower-125650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">more than $500M assembling land<\/a> for the company&#8217;s upcoming headquarters in Brickell, planned to be the tallest office building in Florida.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The billionaire&#8217;s latest acquisition, a 298K SF office building at 545 NW 26th St., was sold by Chicago-based <a class=\"tag tag-4287\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/sterling-bay\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"4287\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sterling Bay<\/a>, which Griffin initially tapped to develop the Brickell tower before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/south-florida\/news\/office\/citadel-breaks-up-with-sterling-bay-on-planned-miami-hq-118468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dropping the firm<\/a> from the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sterling Bay bought the land for 545wyn from Goldman Properties in 2018, then developed the building in 2020. It includes an 18K SF private outdoor amenity deck, a 14K SF tenant amenity floor, an indoor-outdoor tenant lounge and covered parking for 441 cars, according to Goldman\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tenants in the building include PwC;\u00a0<a class=\"tag tag-76490\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/sony-music\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"76490\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sony Music<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/south-florida\/news\/office\/sony-music-signs-45k-sf-lease-for-wynwood-office-121204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signed\u00a0a 45K SF\u00a0lease in 2023<\/a>;\u00a0and cryptocurrency firm Gemini, backed by billionaire twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/south-florida\/news\/office\/cryptocurrency-giant-gemini-signs-first-lease-in-miami-128784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">which signed\u00a0a 9K SF\u00a0lease\u00a0in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Citadel, Goldman and Sterling Bay didn&#8217;t respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a class=\"tag tag-382\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/eastdil-secured\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"382\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eastdil Secured<\/a> brokered the sale, the SFBJ reported. A spokesperson for the firm declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Wynwood&#8217;s office\u00a0market has gained traction in recent years as new buildings have delivered and drawn a range of tech and media tenants. It boasts one of Miami&#8217;s highest rents per SF at $80.15, <a href=\"https:\/\/pdf.euro.savills.co.uk\/usa\/market-reports\/miami-mim-office-q4-2025-reviewed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to a fourth-quarter Savills report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Amazon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/south-florida\/news\/deal-sheet\/amazon-expands-wynwoods-largest-lease-to-75k-sf-this-weeks-south-florida-deal-sheet-129793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signed\u00a0Wynwood&#8217;s largest office lease<\/a>\u00a0at Wynwood Plaza last year, less than a mile from 545wyn.<\/p>\n<p>Goldman Properties founder\u00a0<a class=\"tag tag-73740\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/tony-goldman\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"73740\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tony Goldman<\/a>, Srebnick\u2019s father-in-law, is credited with turning the formerly low-slung industrial neighborhood into one of the coolest in the country, thanks to its abundance of eye-catching street art.<\/p>\n<p>The company also owns Wynwood Kitchen and Bar, Joey&#8217;s Restaurant and the Wynwood Garage.<\/p>\n<p>Citadel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/business\/real-estate-news\/article313773336.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">secured final approval<\/a> last month to build\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/south-florida\/news\/construction-development\/plans-revealed-for-citadels-miami-supertall-headquarters-tower-125650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">its 54-story Miami office tower<\/a>, which is projected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamicondoinvestments.com\/miami-news\/2-5-billion-construction-how-citadels-miami-supertall-stacks-up-in-miami-florida-and-the-u-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cost $2.5B<\/a>\u00a0and incorporate a hotel, retail and office space that would be leased to other companies.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin has been an active presence in Miami&#8217;s real estate scene since he announced during the pandemic that he would move his hedge fund from Chicago, where it was founded.<\/p>\n<p>His company\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2022\/08\/citadel-830-brickell-cain-international-oko-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">occupies six floors at 830 Brickell<\/a>\u00a0for its HQ and is <a href=\"https:\/\/robbreport.com\/motors\/marine\/ken-griffin-private-superyacht-marina-miami-1237359499\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">developing a private superyacht marina<\/a>\u00a0in Miami Beach, with space for six yachts and a club with pools, pickleball, a gym, a sauna and facilities for the crew. He also spent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/real-estate\/story\/2022-09-09\/ken-griffin-buys-miami-compound-for-106-9-million-a-new-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">nearly $200M combined<\/a> on homes in Coconut Grove and Star Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billionaire\u00a0Citadel\u00a0founder\u00a0Ken Griffin\u00a0is expanding his Miami real estate holdings into the city&#8217;s buzzy arts district. 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