Wynwood’s next era: How Ken Griffin’s “multidimensional” Carnegie Mellon investment will reshape the neighborhood

“Supercitizen” Ken Griffin, as Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava called him, is bringing Carnegie Mellon University to Miami as part of a landmark $3 billion gift. The campus will be transformative for the city, but the real estate purchase that made it possible is already affecting the Wynwood market.  That whale of a deal? Moishe Mana sold Mana Wynwood convention center and surrounding land, a 30-acre property at 318 Northwest 23rd Street, to Griffin for $1.1 billion this week.  Griffin, founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities, has shifted his focus to the Magic City with billions of dollars invested in […]

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