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GL Homes × Facundo Bacardi - Calusa Golf Course
GL Homes × Facundo Bacardi - Calusa Golf Course
// The Project.
Godart assembled the joint venture, removed the covenant, and delivered 169 acres in Kendall — on a 9-to-3 commission vote.
A thoughtful balance between concept, context, and construction.
Project Scope.
Golf Course Redevelopment · Joint Venture · Master Planned Community
The Opportunity
169 acres at 9400 SW 130th Avenue in Kendall — a closed golf course locked by a restrictive covenant for over a decade, surrounded by affluent communities with no access to new product. The land had value. It had no structure and no path forward.
Our Role.
Assembled the joint venture between GL Homes and Facundo Bacardi, negotiated the partnership terms, and led the covenant removal process before the Miami-Dade County Commission — carrying the vote 9 to 3 and clearing the only obstacle between 169 acres and an approved master plan.
The outcome.
550 homes approved across 169 acres — 3,084 to 5,108 square feet, with multiple lakes, a 75-foot green space buffer, and a 5-acre recreation area.
// Key Highlights
The numbers that defined this transaction.
Here are the key project details you need to know, presented clearly and comprehensively.
2021
120 Days
Year
Undisclosed.
3 Floors
Deal Size
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Press & Media
Advisory · Brokerage
Our Services
Kendall · Miami-Dade County
Location
"The right opportunity. At the right time. With the right capital behind it."
— F. Thomas Godart, Managing Director
Our work begins with listening— to the land, to the climate, to the people who will live inside the walls. Only then do we begin to draw
// Project Gallery
// The Outcome
Every transaction in Godart's record produced the same result: value that did not exist before Godart created the conditions for it.
The land that couldn't be developed — developed. The joint venture that didn't exist — structured and closed. The air rights that weren't on any term sheet — secured. The off-market site that wasn't available — acquired before it ever was.The common outcome is not a closed deal. It is a created outcome — value unlocked from an opportunity that required Godart's specific combination of access, structure, and execution to exist at all.
Every transaction closed. Every opportunity was created before the market knew it existed.
The land that couldn't be developed — developed. The joint venture that didn't exist — structured and closed. The air rights that weren't on any term sheet — secured. The off-market site that wasn't available — acquired before it ever was.The common outcome is not a closed deal. It is a created outcome — value unlocked from an opportunity that required Godart's specific combination of access, structure, and execution to exist at all.
Every transaction closed. Every opportunity was created before the market knew it existed.
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