Jeffrey Cohen Application packageCITY OF MIAMI BEACH
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419 Arthur Godfrey RoadMiami BeachFL33140
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Received in the City Clerk's Office by:Date: / /2013Control No.Date: / /2013
Name of Deputy Clerk
Jeffrey M. Cohen
Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell, Inc. a Berkshire-Hathaway Affiliate
Real Estate Enterprises & Management
Commercial Real Estate Broker
419 Arthur Godfrey Road, Miami Beach, FL 33140
305-534-5333 Office 305-534-9805 Fax
Mr. Cohen moved to Miami Beach in 1957, where he attended North Beach
Elementary School, Nautilus Junior High School and Miami Beach Senior
High. He graduated from Northeast Louisiana State College with a degree
in Building Construction. He has extensive experience in develop
building and operating income-producing properties for himself and other
investors. Beginning in 1970, when he became the youngest licen
general contractor in the State of Florida, he served as Vice Pr
Cohen-Ager, Inc., a major South Florida construction and development
firm. In 1986 he became one of the pioneer developers of South Beach,
redeveloping numerous Art Deco structures. Mr. Cohen owned and
operated the world famous China Club in the Warsaw Ballroom and
Tropics Jazz Club on Ocean Drive in the Edison Hotel as Miami Beach
developed into a destination resort in the early 90Ès
Mr. Cohen is a Florida Certified General Contractor, and a licen
estate broker. He was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Real
Estate Enterprises until Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell acquired his company.
He has specialized in hotel sales in Miami Beach for the past 25ars and
has sold hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate assets. His leadership
has provided new and creative approaches to real estate acquisition,
resolution of capital, investments, and management needs in today's
business environment.
Always eager to share his knowledge of the business with others,
Cohen has been a real estate columnist and frequent real estate speaker and
lecturer. He served on the unsafe structures board of Dade County and was
a member of the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board. He is also a past
Director of the Miami Beach Development Corporation, as well as a past
President of the Miami Beach Association of Realtors and the Commercial
Board of the Realtors Association of Greater Miami & the Beaches
Mr. Cohen has lived and worked in Miami Beach for the past 50 years,
promoting the betterment of the city for most of his life.