Miami Beach resident sues Jeffrey Soffer’s Fontainebleau over controversial water park 

When Florida lawmakers passed a bill this spring, creating a loophole for billionaire Jeffrey Soffer’s controversial Miami Beach water park to proceed, a massive legal war was widely expected. The city was angered over being preempted from voting on the project, while residents decried the project’s expected effects.  Yet, months later, just one lawsuit has been quietly filed by a single Miami Beach resident.  Richard Simring sued Soffer’s Aventura-based Fontainebleau and its resort ownership entity Fontainebleau Florida Hotel over the state legislation’s provision that allows the project to bypass a city vote. Although the clause isn’t specifically tailored to the […]

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