{"id":10838,"date":"2011-01-25T15:05:51","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T19:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=10838"},"modified":"2011-01-25T15:05:51","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T19:05:51","slug":"reaac-event-focuses-on-the-fine-art-of-real-estate-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2011\/01\/reaac-event-focuses-on-the-fine-art-of-real-estate-development\/","title":{"rendered":"REAAC event focuses on the fine art of real estate development."},"content":{"rendered":"

Founded in 2003 by a group of art dealers, artists and curators, Miami\u2019s Wynwood Art District contains more than 70 galleries, museums and collections. On the second Saturday of each month, the neighborhood comes alive with its Art Walk event, during which studios and showrooms open their doors to the public to share art, music and refreshments.<\/p>\n

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Attendees viewed art and learned about real estate during REAAC\u2019s Second Annual Wynwood Real Estate and Art Tour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Recently, the Real Estate Alumni Affinity Council<\/a> (REAAC) of Florida International University (FIU) joined in the Art Walk activities, hosting its Second Annual Wynwood Real Estate and Art Tour.<\/p>\n

According to Dan Berkovitz<\/strong> (BBA \u201910), president, REAAC, more than 20 College of Business Administration students and alumni strolled through the area—with an eye not only to art but also to the real estate opportunities to be found in this thriving community.<\/p>\n

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Dan Berkovitz, Wenceslao Fernandez Jr. (BBA \u201992) and Lissette Gonzalez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Welcome to the SoHo of Miami.<\/em><\/p>\n

The evening began with a networking event, followed with a tour led by David Lombardi, real estate investor with Lombardi Properties.<\/p>\n

\u201cLombardi is an expert in the area—one of its original pioneers,\u201d said Rafael Fermoselle<\/strong> (BBA \u201909), vice president, REAAC, who planned and promoted the event. \u201cHe showed us some of his developments and talked to us about future projects. New art galleries and real estate developments are coming every month. The area is really feeling more like SoHo.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wenceslao Fernandez Jr. (BBA '92)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lissette Gonzalez<\/strong>, an architecture student with a minor in real estate, agrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never been to the Art Walk before until REAAC organized this tour with Lombardi,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s a visionary and an inspiration for the arts and culture. As New York has SoHo, now Miami has the Wynwood Art District.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Galleries and studios in Miami\u2019s Wynwood Art District participate in a monthly Art Walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lawrence Srail<\/strong> (BBA \u201909) is equally glad he attended the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the opportunity to learn about an up-and-coming area in Miami that I had no idea existed, while getting the chance to make valuable contacts in the industry. I am looking forward to the next REAAC event.”<\/p>\n

Interested in upcoming REAAC events?<\/em><\/p>\n

Please contact Berkovitz<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Founded in 2003 by a group of art dealers, artists and curators, Miami\u2019s Wynwood Art District contains more than 70 galleries, museums and collections. On the second Saturday of each month, the neighborhood comes alive with its Art Walk event, during which studios and showrooms open their doors to the public to share art, music […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2212,2215,2228],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}