The Related Group is a privately-owned, real estate development company based in

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, with projects and/or offices in Orlando, Tampa, Atlanta, Texas, Arizona, Las Vegas, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Panama. The company founder is Jorge M. Pérez.

History

The Related Group was launched in 1979 as a builder of affordable housing. Pérez teamed up with New York developer Stephen Ross in 1979 to start the company, and over the following decades, expanded to developing mixed-use luxury condominiums, hotels, commercial spaces and rental apartment buildings incorporating extensive amenities and museum quality art into sophisticated living and working environments. Pérez was an economic development director with the

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before he entered the development business."Related’s Jorge Perez puts his stamp on the skyline"
''The Real Deal''. Retrieved 2019-06-26. The firm became the largest affordable housing builder in Florida by the middle of the decade and subsequently one of the largest multifamily, luxury residential developers in the

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. Related Group has built projects in Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Uruguay and Mexico."Condo king goes west: Related’s Jorge Perez opens office in Dallas"
''The Real Deal''. Retrieved 2019-06-26. The company has many completed skyscraper condo projects including

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, Icon South Beach,

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and Paraiso Bay. In 2017, the company commenced work on a 400-unit luxury apartment project in

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, and also plans to build more than 700 units in West Florida. The Related Group opened an office in 2017 in

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with plans to build apartments in

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, Phoenix, and other major Texas markets. The Related Group opened Icon Midtown, a high-rise apartment in the Midtown section of

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, in 2018.

Art collection

The Related Group owns an art collection which consists mostly of international contemporary art. Currently, at over 700 objects, the pieces in the collection, including drawings, paintings, sculptures and installations, range in scale from intimate to large format. The Related Group acquires art specifically for placement within its condo projects. The company often puts original works in prominent locations while selecting less expensive lithographs for secondary locations. Art is included in the common areas of projects in every division of the company: condo, apartment and urban.“Art Life.” ''Key Biscayne Magazine'', December, 2018.

References

External links

The Related Group
Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Related Group Companies based in Miami Real estate companies established in 1979