1675-6 Flamingo Hotel ' Bea H0 ,
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For $1 ,500 000
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The "F I a m i n g o., otel,7 Miami I- •l •J �/ y� le
Beach, Ca en phased fora 2 � �45 Fla Ingo
$1,500,000 by a group headed by'
• :.- Gordon Macklin & Co., of Cleve- :For amino
land, Ohio, and John C. Lincoln, n a a �
a'also of Cleveland. .H-Iotel Purchased tiotel Sold
. , . , . • Announcement of the sale, which
represents one of the largest real By Cleveland Group
*" gestate transactions in Miami Beach Sale of the Flamingo Hotel,
- Hs The Associated Press -
slnee the war,
.- was made by the ; 0 i, CLEVELAND—P • ase of the Miami Beach landmark since
-„.i.,..,--,,,„ . I Carl G. F i s h e r ' Y huge Flamingo at Miami 1923, was announced today.
Corp. The deal Beach, Fla., by a group of Cleve-
land negotiated by land investors was announced here` It was bought by the Omarari
J. W. (B i 11 y) Thursday night. Corp. Theprincipals of the cor-
Ware, Miami �.. 1, P P
Beach realtor. The group is headed by Gordon poration are Emil and Lawrence
T h e pr4 perty S. Macklin of the investment se-
- ,.,, _;._ will be managed � 3 curities firm of Gordon S. Macklin Morton, builders and real estate
by Macklin Oper- I & Co., and Joseph F. Lincoln, investors in the New York City
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• ated, Inc., whose board chairman of the Lincoln area: They now operate Morton
f - executive offices vs Electric Co.
*� Brothers Real Estate office at
tare in Cleveland. The sale price was reported to
T h e Flamingo Ware he in the neighborhood of $1,000,- 1101 NE 79th St. Miami.
, Is a ten-story,230- t 000. The 10-story hotel has 230
room hotel. Included in the sale are l rooms and can accommodate 300 The seller was the Flamingo
--* 15 acres of choice waterfront land ' guests.
-.,...,,,,c..'.0.•.-- sk Hotel Club Corp.j •,. • . 11 guest cottages, docks for seago- X The hotel has been owned by The sale price
' ),.ing yachts, an open-air dance pa- the Carl G. Fisher Corp. was not disclosed but the property
wtLon, swimming pool with ca- "I" - ]]] was listed with brokers at
banal, and three championship
., 3.Ctennis courts. There are also a tea -_ ' $1,700,000.
:.�: a.-
house, a putting green and several -
shuffle-board and badminton courts.
l The hotel proper, together with The 11-story hotel is on 131/2- - -. p
— acres f land with th 1,000 feet on
- "- -" - • ithe cottages, provides accommoda -
tions for 300 guests and 200 em- the bay. It was built with 14$
Iployes can be housed in dormitories `"-
rooms. Later 55 rooms and
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dor the grounds.
„� The Flamingo was used during ,. guest cottages were added. About
the war by the AAF and latertwo years ago a pool and cabana
leased•by the navy as a rest cen- - club were built.
ter for returned officers. Since its
--a return to civilian management, .,"
. _4however, it has been completely re- 7 . 1 Sidney Levine, attorney for the
-decorated and rehabilitated. Morton brothers, said that there
The Flamingo is historically
y .'-. 1
1 -- — linked with the growth and devel- ' + are no plans at present for chang-
topment of Miami Beach. When yes in the operation of the hotel.
C-rl G. Fisher made his decision
tt. develop Miami Beach as a na-I
•• tional resort, he is said to havef
planned a hotel that would set a
, - standard of fine living for the en- d r
tire community. The Flamingo was .
'planned, a spokesman for the Fish-'
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