WGM: Pura Vida Scores Big, Ken Griffin Goes Big, & Heat Tear Out Knicks Heart
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On My Mind: Creating Value
Miami has always run on one quiet truth: the right idea can change everything. In a city built on reinvention, great ideas don’t just inspire, they shift perception, reshape neighborhoods, create culture, and turn overlooked corners into the next big thing. From hospitality to real estate to the creative class redefining what Miami can be, value here is created out of pure imagination. It’s why the city feels alive, electric, and slightly ahead of the rest of the world. This week, we tap into that current.
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Beach Business
Pura Vida Miami Scores Major Private Equity Boost
TPG invests in our homegrown health food mega brand. Go Jen & Omer!!
Ken Griffin Erects the Tallest Office in Miami
Let’s be honest: Ken Griffin isn’t trying to blend in.
Tracy Anderson Lands in Miami
Miami clearly didn’t have enough reformers or glute bands.
Miami Heat tear the Knicks Hearts Out
Fuck the Knicks. Blow New York, Blow New York, Blow.
Hospitality: Local Insider
Buzz is Building on Daniel’s Steakhouse
Daniel’s isn’t trying to imitate Miami’s steakhouse scene; it’s raising the bar.
Yamashiro Opens in Miami — And Honestly… Who Cares?
A collective shrug… followed immediately by everyone making a reservation.
Papi Steak Reopens and the World is OK
A Miami without Papi Steak was starting to feel… unnatural.
Real Estate: Luxe Listings We Love
$200 Million Dollar Listing Breaks the Diamond Ceiling
27,889-square-foot mega-mansion is the most ambitious trophy estate to date.
BEACH BUSINESS
PURA VIDA SCORES MAJOR PRIVATE EQUITY BOOST
Miami’s all-day café phenomenon just got a major upgrade: Pura Vida, the lifestyle-focused brand known for acai bowls, cold-pressed juices and sun-lit interiors, has secured a significant private-equity investment, fueling its push beyond South Florida’s palm-tree-lined brunch game. Founded in 2012 by Jennifer and Omer Horev, Pura Vida has grown from a single location to more than 20 cafés, establishing a strong local footprint and a loyal following among health-conscious consumers. In recent years the brand attracted outside capital and hospitality-backed investors to accelerate expansion and amplify operational scale, positioning itself as more than just a café. It’s becoming a wellness lifestyle play.
What this means for Miami: This isn’t just a deal. For Miami’s hospitality ecosystem, the Pura Vida deal demonstrates that local F&B brands with strong identity and scalability are now serious investment plays. It bridges wellness, design, community and growth, and signals harder bets being made on hospitality in our market. As Pura Vida leverages this new capital to open more locations, refine its brand experience and push into new territories, it feeds the larger narrative of Miami evolving from seasonal trend-spot to major national food-and-beverage launchpad. For What’s Good Miami, this is exactly the kind of story at the intersection of culture, hospitality and business worth tracking and one our audience will want to watch unfold.
KEN GRIFFIN ERECTS THE TALLEST OFFICE IN MIAMI
Ken Griffin Isn’t Just Building a Tower. He’s Marking Territory.
Let’s be honest: Ken Griffin isn’t trying to blend in. He’s making a play to own the city, and he wants everyone to know it. The man believes in Miami harder than most people believe in their own kids and we’re basically helping him manifest whatever version of the future he’s dreaming up. When he’s finished, this city is going to look very, very different.
So here we go: Citadel’s $2.5B supertower at 1201 Brickell Bay Drive is officially in motion. Aiming for 1,049 feet, designed by Foster + Partners, backed by a financial empire that’s acting like Miami is its personal sandbox. Office space below, a luxury hotel literally sitting on top of it, a vertical flex if there ever was one.
This isn’t a building. This is a statement piece. A “Miami isn’t the satellite office anymore. Miami is the office” moment. And if Ken wants to show us he’s… standing tall? Listen, this is Miami. Showmanship is part of the dress code.
The impact?
Massive.
This thing is going to redraw Brickell Bay, pour gasoline on the neighborhood’s transformation, and shove Miami even deeper into its Wall Street South era, the one where finance, culture, hospitality, power, and ego all fuse together into one skyline-defining silhouette.
For a city allergic to limits, this tower isn’t surprising. It’s inevitable.
TRACY ANDERSON LANDS IN MIAMI
Because Miami clearly didn’t have enough reformers, glute bands, or HIIT, Tracy Anderson has officially landed in Coral Gables with the most expensive one.
She didn’t open a studio, she built a 5,500-square-foot fitness lab with infrared heat, humidity-controlled rooms, and those patented CardioFly® spring-loaded floors that sound like NASA tech for people who “don’t get sore.”
Classes are done with zero talking. Instructors just silently demonstrate like a ballet of pain while you try not to dislocate something important.
Members get personalized movement plans from in-house specialists, which feels extremely on-brand for a city where everybody already thinks they need a custom training protocol.
It’s the brand’s tenth global studio, and Miami gets the full lineup: muscular structure classes, high-intensity dance cardio, and the kind of full-body conditioning that makes you question your life choices.
So yes, Miami got another fitness studio.
But this one?
It might actually transform you. Or break you.
Either way, the photos will look incredible.
MIAMI HEAT TEAR THE KNICKS HEART OUT
The Heat pulled off a gutsy 115–113 win over the Knicks, closing it out in the final second without Bam Adebayo or Tyler Herro available. New York made a furious late push, cutting a double-digit deficit to one in the final half-minute, but Davion Mitchell iced the game by hitting one of two free throws with just over a second left. It was one of those grind-it-out Miami performances where the rotation got thin, the game got chaotic, and the Heat found a way anyway. Fuck the Knicks.
HOSPITALITY: LOCAL INSIDER
THE ROUND UP: Buzz is Building on Daniel’s Steakhouse
After the original Fort Lauderdale location was named the best steakhouse in Florida, the Miami outpost has arrived with real momentum behind it. Early diners are already calling out the elevated service, the precision in the kitchen, and the sense that Daniel’s isn’t trying to imitate Miami’s steakhouse scene—it’s trying to raise the bar.
Inside the velvet-lined, softly lit space, the menu swings big: Australian Margaret River Wagyu tomahawks, Florida-sourced ribeyes, house pastas, and a dessert program that brings in playful touches like a build-your-own sundae. Even the bar menu has range, with things like a double-patty smash burger earning its own fan base. Between the premium sourcing, the refined ambiance, and the early word-of-mouth, Daniel’s is shaping up to be the next steakhouse everyone in Miami is talking about.
Yamashiro Opens in Miami — And Honestly… Who Cares?
Yamashiro, the legendary Hollywood Hills restaurant with 100 years of history and a million influencer photos, has officially landed in Miami.
And Miami’s response?
A collective shrug… followed immediately by everyone making a reservation anyway.
It’s another reprint of the same restaurant:
Japanese-inspired everything, bonsai trees posing for photos, koi fish wondering how they ended up in downtown, lantern-lit walkways, and a skyline view engineered to make you post a Story before you sit down.
The menu?
Exactly what you think: wagyu tomahawks, yuzu-air-kissed crab, sushi towers tall enough to need their own elevator permit, and cocktails that are basically Tokyo technique wrapped in Miami attitude.
Is it groundbreaking?
No.
Is it necessary?
Also no.
Will Miami pack it out every night because we love a rooftop, a vibe, and a chance to pretend we’re in a movie?
Absolutely.
Yamashiro Miami:
The sequel nobody asked for…
that will somehow become impossible to get into by Friday.
Papi Steak Reopens and the World is OK
A Miami without Papi Steak was starting to feel… unnatural.
Like New York without the Empire State Building.
Like L.A. without traffic.
Like Bal Harbour without someone pretending not to look at your watch.
We held it together, sure. But deep down, the city was running on fumes — no sparklers, no soundtrack, no perfectly seared kosher-style cuts served proudly in a completely non-kosher environment. Miami was out of rhythm. The pastrami wasn’t being smoked tableside. No one was yelling “Papi!” with that perfect mix of joy and light delusion. Club promoters were wandering the streets with no natural habitat. It was dark times.
But now?
Papi is back.
The ritual returns.
The sparklers.
The steaks.
The people ordering the 55 oz. like it’s a side dish.
The pastrami theatrically fogging up your sunglasses table-side.
It’s all here. Louder, shinier, and somehow even more Miami than before.
If Sammy’s Roumanian had a glow-up, moved to South of Fifth, and developed a bottle-service complex, it would look a lot like this.
So welcome back, Papi.
You weren’t just missed. You were necessary.
Miami feels whole again.
REAL ESTATE: LUXE LISTINGS WE LOVE
$200 Million Dollar Listing: Billionaire Bunker Indian Creek Breaks the Diamond Ceiling Again
On one of the world’s most coveted addresses. Indian Creek, Miami’s 41-home “billionaire bunker”, a new 27,889-square-foot limestone mega-mansion has emerged as the city’s most ambitious trophy estate to date. Set on an 80,000-square-foot lot with 200 feet of pristine Biscayne Bay frontage, the property is asking $200 million, aiming to break the all-time Miami-Dade record.
Envisioned by world-renowned designer Ferris Rafauli, the estate is a study in sculptural beauty and modern mastery. From its grand limestone façade and monumental architectural proportions to its meticulously curated interiors, every detail reflects uncompromising craftsmanship. A sweeping staircase rising beneath a 38-foot skylight creates a dramatic centerpiece, pulling natural light into the heart of the home and setting the tone for the residence’s classical-yet-contemporary aesthetic.
The amenities are as extravagant as the address: a 135-foot yacht dock, a 60-foot fire-lined pool, hidden passageways, a 1,500-gallon aquarium dividing the kitchen and dining room, plus a full private spa, steam room, and an intimate jazz lounge. Every space is designed for seamless indoor-outdoor living, total privacy, and a sense of enduring sophistication.
This isn’t just a home. It’s a statement. Each time Indian Creek pushes into a new price stratosphere, it recalibrates Miami’s entire luxury market. When one estate flirts with $200M, developers reconsider the ceiling, buyers reimagine what “waterfront” really means, and the city inches closer to the global-capital status it’s been chasing. In a place where lifestyle is the ultimate currency, this is Miami reaching its summit.
1840 S Bayshore Ln, Miami, FL 33133
Yours For: 200,000,000
Closing Thoughts
Miami rewards the bold, the ones who see value before it’s obvious and imagine possibility before the rest of the world catches up. That’s the game here: shifting perception, creating momentum, and building the future in real time.
As we wrap up this week in Miami, remember: one great idea can tilt the whole city. And the next one might just be yours. That’s what’s good.
Keep your SPF high and your standards higher.
See you at the beach.
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