Billionaire Ken Griffin closes on $1B-plus purchase of Mana Wynwood, bringing Carnegie Mellon to Miami

Billionaire hedge funder Ken Griffin closed on his purchase of Mana Wynwood for $1.1 billion, an all-cash deal that has been in the works for roughly three years.  Investor and developer Moishe Mana sold the property, Mana confirmed to The Real Deal in a sit-down interview.  Griffin and Carnegie Mellon University announced plans to open a satellite campus on a 35-acre site in the Miami neighborhood, as part of a $3 billion gift Griffin made to the university. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based university is top-ranked for its artificial intelligence, computer science, engineering and robotics programs. Griffin’s contribution marks the largest single donation […]

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