Kushner turns heat up on Harvey Hernandez over distressed Fort Lauderdale site

Kushner Companies is looking to put the squeeze on Harvey Hernandez over alleged nonpayment of a $22.9 million loan tied to a Fort Lauderdale development site. New York-based Kushner, led by Laurent Morali and Nicole Kushner Meyer, on Thursday sued Hernandez in Miami-Dade Circuit Court as the personal guarantor of the allegedly defaulted loan.  Kushner has a pending foreclosure complaint in Broward County Circuit Court against an affiliate of Hernandez’s Miami-based Newgard Development Group that owns the 1-acre site at 200 West Broward Boulevard near Fort Lauderdale’s Brightline station. Newgard is planning Natiivo Fort Lauderdale, a 40-story short-term rental-friendly condominium […]

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