WG Weekly: Padel PE $$$, Delano's Return, & Maple & Ash Reviewed

Real estate power moves, a hospitality legend returns, and a steakhouse from the future, this is what’s good right now.

In This Issue of What’s Good Weekly 7.28.25

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Beach Business
Shoma’s Time is Running Out, $1.5M Extension in North Bay Village
A high-stakes permit, a ticking clock, and a penthouse the developer wants to live in.

$25M Raised to Fuel the Padel Explosion
Sunrise Padel Capital goes all in on the fastest growing sport in the U.S.

The Prodigal Son Returns
Ben Pundole Is Back at Delano, Returning Late 2025 (Supposedly)
The hospitality heavyweight behind Edition and Surf Lodge is now steering the Delano revival. Confidence restored.

Hospitality Local Insider
Maple & Ash: Miami’s Wildest New Steakhouse
A night out that felt like time travel, luxury mall limbo, and a disco-ball dinner party. Come for the seafood tower, stay for the surrealism.

Real Estate: Luxe Listings We Love
The Last Penthouse at Five Park
6,000 square feet of Meyer Davis-designed interiors, ocean views, and membership to a private beach club. $21M and it’s yours.

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BEACH BUSINESS

Shoma Buys (for Million’s) Much Needed Time in North Bay Village

Masoud Shojaee isn’t giving up on North Bay Village just yet. His ambitious project, Shoma Bay, just got a crucial extension from the city commission after missing a key deadline. The vote was four to one, and now Shojaee has until Halloween to pull the master permit—or risk losing momentum on a tower that’s already behind schedule.