MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Once a gem on Miami Beach’s North Beach, the previous Deauville Beach Resort fell on laborious occasions in recent times.
The celebrated beachfront lodge on Collins Avenue hosted The Beatles for his or her second look on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964.
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Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Tony Bennett, and lots of extra have carried out there. John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan have occupied the presidential suite.
NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 16: Traffic and features type down the road from the Deauville Hotel ready to see The Beatles on THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. Image dated February 16, 1964. (Photo by CBS through Getty Images)
In 2017, it closed after a hearth in its electrical room. The homeowners had been then sued by town for not making the vital repairs.
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Currently present process demolition, the decaying Deauville is about to turn into one other icon of town’s previous. But all is probably not forgotten. Miami Dolphins proprietor and chairman Stephen Ross has introduced that he’s bought the location and plans to develop a world-class, six-star lodge and luxurious residences. The venture will probably be designed by architect Frank Gehry and pay homage to the Deauville’s place in Miami Beach’s historical past.
Ross grew up in Miami Beach and graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School.
“As a native of Miami Beach, this project is personal to me. I know what this site means to the people of Miami Beach, and I know the potential to create a truly special development that honors the history of the Deauville while creating an iconic place for generations to come,” mentioned Ross in a press release.
In addition to his possession of the Dolphins, Ross is the chairman and proprietor of the Miami Open tennis match and F1 Miami Grand Prix. He additionally personally funded a $730 million renovation of Hard Rock Stadium.
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Ross can be recognized for his philanthropic work. Under his stewardship, the Dolphins have raised greater than $45.5 million for native most cancers analysis via the Dolphins Cancer Challenge. In June 2020, Ross and the Miami Dolphins Foundation introduced a year-long Food Relief Program with a $3 million funding and an extra $1 million from the Lennar Foundation. It supplied a thousand meals a day from Centerplate and minority owned eating places to native church buildings, neighborhood teams, and people in want in the course of the pandemic.