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#492 Miami Beach Marina 1985__ h eu~5 ~edr'sconer 9~'liami I~each PU[3LISHED [3Y: THE MIAMI [3EACH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (305) 538-0090 SUMMER, 1985 PROFESSIONAL TEAM TENNIS COMES TO MIAMI BEACH A hot summer of professional tennis is on tap for South Florida as a new team tennis franchise will be based on Miami Beach. The team known as the Miami Beach Breakers, joins the inaugural 8 city World Team Tennis League of which Billie Jean King serves as Commissioner. All seven home dates of the 14 match season will be played at the recently constructed 5,000 seat Abel Holtz Stadium in Flamingo Park's Capital Bank Tennis Center. MIAMI REACH The Breakers feature one of professional tennis' finest rising stars on their roster, Gabriella Sabatini. Ms. Sabatini, 17, was the number one ranked junior player in the world for 1984 and is the youngest person to ever win a round at the U.S. Open. She is the reigning champion of the Orange Bowl Junior Tennis Tourna- ment and has victories over such top pros as Carling Bassett and Pam Shriver. The team also features South Florida product Steve Meister, considered one of the better mens doubles players. Other top players participating in the league include: Butch Waltz (San Diego); Rosie Casals (Chicago); Vince Van Patten (LA); and Andrea Leland (Boston). The Abel Holtz Stadium and Capital Bank Tennis Center in Flamingo Park was completed in late 1984. $800,000 of this more than one million dollar project was paid for and donated to the City by Capital Bank. The facility includes: 3 championship clay tennis courts, 5,000 aluminum and steel bleacher seats; two electronic scoreboards; and a TV network lighting system. The tennis center is the home for the Annual Orange Bowl Junior Tennis Tour- namentwhich has been a showcase for young professional players such as John Mc Enroe, Chris Evert, Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg. The home schedule for the Miami Beach Breakers is: July'~6 -Boston Aug.1-Chicago July 18 -San Antonio Aug. 2 -Los Angeles July 20 - St. Louis Aug. 3 -Oakland July 28 -San Diego Bass ticket outlet. For ticket information call 361-3353 or your local HIGH FASHION RETURNS TO LINCOLN ROAD ~:~~~ ~ Stylish designer clothes made a formal debut once again on Lincoln Road Mall with a festive Mother's Day Fashion Show, sponsored by the South Florida Art Center. The occasion also marked the grand opening of the chic new boutique, Jilli, Billi and the Pea at 811 Lincoln Road, which features the art-to- wearclothes of well-known designer Jillian Bos. Once known as "the Fiffh Avenue of the South", Lincoln Road in its heyday was home to the most fashionable clothing styles. Now, artistic fashion is emerging once again on the mall with this new stylish boutique, the high fashion creations presented by the Weaver's Guild (in cooperation with local designers) and the working galleries and studios of the South Florida Art Center. All this activity is taking place in the 800, 900 and 1000 blocks of Lincoln Road. The fashion show, itself, featured the latest in one of a kind designer clothes ranging from hand-painted silks and leathers to hand-dyed and woven wear, complete with a full array of decorative accessories. The work presented by Ms. Bos included a colortul collection of contemporary clothing designed for tropical elegance. It featured the finest Italian and Japanese silks, French cottons, Italian and Belgian linens, all selected for comfort, fluidity of movement and their classic look. Others taking part in the show were Leslie Fortney, Annette Nelesen and Florette Semigram of the Weaver's Guild; Claire Kern and Martha Harrison, local designers working with the Guild; Betty Kjelsen,a hat designer, and Marlene Byer and Matt Willing, designers of jewelry and accessories. :REATIONS OF DESIGNER JILLIAN [30S ARE NOW ON DISPLAY AT HER [30UTIQUE JILLI, N LINCOLN ROAD. SOUTH POINTE FACTS MIAMI NEWS PHOTO 4Y JIM WITMER. PROJECT UPDATE: SOUTH POINTE PARK IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG ON SCHEDULE TOWARDS ITS ESTIMATED SEPTEMQER '85 COMPLETION DATE. PHASE (CONSTRUCTION -WHICH COVERS PARKING AREAS, ROADS AND WALKWAYS, TREE PLANTINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS LIGHTS AND SPRINKLERS - IS OVER 70% COMPLETED. PHASE II CONSTRUCTION HAS ALSO STARTED AND IS ADOUT 25% FINISHED. THIS IN- CLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF THE AMPHITHEATRE AND SUPPORT STRUC- TURES, OQSERVATION TOWERS, PICNIC SHELTERS AND QOARDWALK OVER THE DUNE AND FINAL LANDSCAPING. SOUTH POINTE ~%~~` ~~-~, GENERATES F'1REWORKS i~~ Between a highly successful developers confer- ence and major ground-breaking event, fireworks have recently lit the sky over South Pointe creating an increased awareness of this exciting development scenario. Positive reviews of the area have been coming in from interested developers and investors, and City officials are predicting a continued upswing in development interest, Both out-of-town and local developers des- cendedupon South Pointe, from March 14-17, for the first intensive conference held on this development area. The initial goal of the seminar, hosted by the City of Miami Beach in conjuction with Dade County and the City of Miami, was to make investors from all over the Country aware of the vast development opportunities available on the southern tip of Miami Beach, Charles Cheezem, head of Cheezem Develop- mentCorporation, asserted that'"the best real estate values on the Atlantic seaboard can be found on Miami Beach;' while Glenn Johnston, Project Manager for their South Pointe Development assured attendees that "the water's fine, Come on in.' At a roundtable "feedbacl~' session which ended the weekend's activities, Jerome Rappaport, Sr, Board Chairman of Boston's Charles River Properties - one of New Englands major residential and commercial developers -stated; "Extraordinary opportunities for in- vestmenthave been unwrapped at this conference, Miami Beach is one of the best kept secrets in the Country. A few days following this conference, the Cheezem Development Corporation held a spectacular event to mark the groundbreaking of the first of four 200 unit con- dominiumtowerstheyare planningto build on a 19-acre tract in South Pointe. Not just your ordinary shovel and dirt ceremony, this groundbreaking extravaganza featured laser lights, fireworks, and a bonafide U,F.O, (the sister ship to the one featured during the ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles), It was an invitation only, catered affair, that was attended by VIPs from throughout South Florida, The fireworks display in conjunction with laser lights would have been the envy of most any July 4th celebration, PROJECT UPDATE: WITHIN 30 DAYS, THE MIAMI aEACH MARINA WILL HAVE NO APPEARANCE OF ANY CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE ACCORDING TO DEVELOPER, IRWIN MASON. ALL THE 386 SLIPS ARE COMPLETED AND MORE THAN 95% OF THEM ARE HOOKED UP TO WATER AND ELECTRICITY. THE MAJOR SHOPPING AND SERVICE QUILDING IS 95/° FINISHED AND ALL READY FOR TENANTS TO aEGIN INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS. LEASING IS PROGRESSING QUITE WELL AND THEY ARE CLOSE TO SIGNING A RENTAL AGREEMENT WITH A MAJOR NATIONAL RESTAURANT CHAIN. FOR ADDI- TIONALLEASING INFORMATION CALL 673-6000.