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publisher’s note For our tennis players in Cocoplum Hebrew name meaning “God delights who are interested in playing with in you.” We send a special thanks to other residents but may not know the Islands of Cocoplum Home Own- who to call, we will be featuring a ers Association for sending us deli- Hello Cocoplum Tennis Players Page in the cious cookies for the new baby! magazine. We want to thank resident and Islands of Cocoplum Board Mem- Also, big thanks to all of our spon- Residents of ber, Matt Martinez for spearheading sors that make this publication a big this initiative. The page will include success. They are the ones that make Cocoplum, names and player levels so that resi- this all possible! dents can find a playing partner who The Summer is almost upon us and we hope plays on the same level. Thanks again for reading and sup- porting this publication and I wish you’ve had a wonderful 2016 so far. Look My wife and I had a beautiful bundle you and your family a wonderful forward to many more community events such of joy that was born on March 2. We April! God Bless! as Art Exhibitions, Family Movie Nights at the had a traditional home birth, which park, community Tennis tournaments and the was such an incredible experience Daniel Lerin Cocoplum Yacht Club fishing tournament com- that we will never forget. Our daugh- Cocoplum Living Magazine ing up May 7. As always, we extend a special ter weighed 7lbs 10 ounces and was 19 786-390-2633 thanks to all of the Cocoplum families who inches long. We named her Hephzi- [email protected] help us make this publication a success! bah (Pronounced Hevsiba), which is a 10 Cocoplum Living • April 2016 April 2016 • Cocoplum Living 11 meet your neighbor

Martina in The Himalayas many of the UNESCO World Heritage sites including: the Red Fort, the immense Jama Masjid mosque, Humayun’s Tomb, Lotus Since Martina Arrosa was a young girl, she Temple, and the soaring Qutub Minar tower. Martina tells the always had a love for art and a love for story of one afternoon when she was walking around New Delhi Martina Arrosa travel. As a senior in Westminster Christian for one of her photography assignments, “It was a little scary School, she has won multiple art awards because as I was strolling through the streets taking pictures Travels Through India and accolades. So last summer, when the for my assignment, people would crowd around me. They were opportunity arose for her to fuse the two actually stopping me to take pictures. I felt like a movie star. I things she loves most, there was no hesitation, even had moms that would give me their newborn babies to take FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S even if it meant she was going to travel with pictures with them!” complete strangers, to visit one of the most For the next seven days of the trip, the group headed up to India’s STUDENT EXPEDITIONS PROGRAM remote places on earth – The Himalayas. northernmost region – the Himalayas. While it remains the least populated region of India, Ladakh has become the cultural center I’ve always dreamed of going to program that requires students to The expedition began in New Delhi, of Tibetan exiles, as thousands of ethnic Tibetans have resettled Blind Music Teacher at Local School “India, so when I got into high fill out an application, including two where the group spent two days here. The influence of Tibetan Buddhism is visible in prayer community service project at the school, where they would join school I began looking for different recommendation letters, and written exploring the incredible sites of the flags, the red of monks’ robes, and the intricate architecture of the daily routine, cooking meals, tending gardens, and helping programs that would take students an essay describing why they would city. Meandering through the maze shrines and temples. the school maintain its solar energy system. Most Indians there. Unfortunately, most of the like to attend the program. If selected, of streets in Old Delhi, Martina felt don’t eat meat, so meals at the school were vegetarian dishes. programs I found were a bit sketchy. students have to chose between a like a movie star of sorts. “There The assignment for the group was to visit a remote community There was a small main room at the school where people would But when I stumbled upon National Photography or Cultural Geography were places I would go in New Delhi school near the lively trade town of Leh, which was over 11,500 gather to have conversations, drink tea, play the guitar, wash Geographic’s Student Expeditions to track and experience what it’s like where I was almost traumatized. feet in altitude. “It was like a mini college campus and many the dishes, and it was always full of people. “It’s where we India, I felt a little more at ease and to be on assignment for National Since I was a westerner and looked of the Ladakhis children in nearby towns would travel long would spend most of our time,” says Martina. The school’s so did my parents,” explains Martina. Geographic. Since Martina has a love so different, there were often crowds distances to get there,” explains Martina. The school was a place music teacher was someone that Martina will never forget. The National Geographic’s Student for photography, she decided to delve that would gather around me,” where Ladakhis would prepare for college entrance exams. As “The first day I arrived at the school I introduced myself to the Expedition is a highly competitive further into that area of focus. explains Martina. The group visited part of the program, Martina’s group was involved in a weeklong music teacher as ‘Tina,’ and I quickly realized she was blind. 12 Cocoplum Living • April 2016 April 2016 • Cocoplum Living 13 Martina’s Picture of a Buddhist Monk Local Gardener

Martina’s Photo of The Taj Mahal

cities. On a bicycle tour one day, our After that first encounter, every from village to village. “Hiking tour guide made me put my bottle time I would walk into the room the through the Himalayas we would of water in a locked cooler, because teacher would recognize me and stop in little towns. One of the if the monkeys saw my bottle they say ‘Tina, Tina!’ At first I thought it days we went to a town and broke could possibly attack us,” explained was because she heard me having a up into groups to do an assignment. Martina. Then the group headed conversation with someone outside Our job was to try to collect as east towards the Taj Mahal in Agra before I came in; but no matter how much information about people and the fortified Mughal ghost city of quietly I would walk into the room, as we could, and since we didn’t that didn’t have much flavor. But we were all so Fatehpur Sikri. In a nearby elephant the teacher would know that it was me speak their language we had to hungry, that the raw potato really tasted amazing!” sanctuary, the group learned about its and would call out ‘Tina, Tina!’ It was use hand signals and gestures to mission to rescue and protect these amazing how perceptive she was!” communicate,” explains Martina. At For the final leg of the trip, the group headed gentle giants. The journey concluded the guesthouses the residents would southwest of New Delhi to Rajasthan. The locals in New Delhi, where the group After the group’s visit at the school, prepare a lunch for the group before are warm and the dress is colorful, as women are wrapped up their assignment projects they joined professional guides on a they would continue on their hiking draped in yards of vibrant fabrics, and men don and shared them with the group three-day trek from Likir to Hemis journey. Martina tells us about the bright turbans. Elephants amble through town before flying home. Shukpachan. During the hike, meals they prepared, “Most of the and monkeys scamper over the polished marble of the group would stay overnight in lunches consisted of a raw potato, a Hindu and Jain temples. “They gave us a special family-run guesthouses, and walk hard-boiled egg and a strange bread training about the wild monkeys that lived in the Map of Martina’s Travels Through India Martina’s Picture of The Taj Mahal From a Window 14 Cocoplum Living • April 2016 April 2016 • Cocoplum Living 15 Some calm for you and mom. Give mom the gift of massage. Let her experience the calming and comforting benefits of an Elements Massage™ session to show her how much you appreciate her. Better yet, share in the relaxation and join her with a massage of your own.

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Lu Chengxiang’s finely tuned, and detailed ink paintings fuse the Old World imperial aesthetic, with a modern sense of humor and point of view. Graduating from South Jiangxi Fine Art Academy, Sponsored by Mavroleon Real Estate Group, Art Lexïng Gallery, Lu was nominated as an Artist to Watch in 2007 at Beijing's BS1 Eric’s Outboards and Global Capital Financial Services, the art Contemporary Art Museum. His work has also been featured in exhibition included works from renowned Chinese photogra- group exhibitions in Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Los Angeles, and Chinese Art pher Quentin Shih, and internationally acclaimed painters Ye Southampton, New York. Lu’s ink paintings subtly introduce the Hongxing and Lu Chengxiang. restlessness of modernity into traditionally inspired scenarios with Exhibition At ancient Chinese symbolism, freely flowing throughout his work. Photographer Quentin Shih is widely recognized for his indi- Noteworthy are his use of cranes, symbols of immortality and the vidual artistic style, which utilizes vast sets and dramatic lighting Taoist "xian," who could fly between worlds seen and unseen. Jux- 104 Paloma Dr. to engage in emotional narratives. A self-taught photographer, taposed with his figures of contemporary men, schoolchildren, and his works have been collected by American museums, such as limousines they stand as stark reminders that fantasies cannot last On Saturday, February 20, and Thursday, the Danforth Museum of Art, the Worcester Art Museum, the Art as long as the mythologies they're founded on. February 24, the beautiful villa at 104 Paloma Museum of Los Angeles County and the Mint Museum. In 2007, Drive hosted an incredible Chinese art exhibition Quentin was named “Photographer of the Year” by Esquire Maga- Painter Ye Hongxing, is one of the most relevant and successful We make homemade cookies and bars, using Specializing In Custom celebrating the Chinese New Year in 2016. The zine (China), and in the last few years his interests have shifted stars of the contemporary Chinese art scene. Previously selected the best ingredients, natural Gourmet Gift Baskets 6,576 square foot waterfront home featured to commercial and fashion photography. He has produced work as one of the top 20 contemporary Chinese artists by the curator sugars, organic options available and all made with We Deliver delicious Asian inspired hors d’oeuvres, beautiful for top commercial clients such as Adidas, Microsoft, IBM, Ya- of California’s Asia Art Museum and the director of Art Cologne, no preservatives. Contender fishing boats, and some of the finest hoo, Sony, Siemens, Christian Dior, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Ye’s large-scale canvases dazzle the viewer with their dizzyingly contemporary artist on the Chinese art scene. Esquire, winning numerous prestigious international advertising busy compositions and joyously psychedelic palette. Her work is Sarah Price (407) 257-7868 Email: [email protected] and photography awards. Quentin’s photographs that were ex- 18 Cocoplum Living • April 2016 April 2016 • Cocoplum Living 19 Sponsors Danilo Gomez, Juliette & Sophie Mavroleon, Lexïng Zhang

a commentary on the swift development of China’s social system. York), PULSE (New York), Art Asia (Miami), Art Stage Singa- Ye’s sticker mosaics juxtapose traditional Chinese imagery such pore, and the India Art Fair (New Delhi), where her installation as mandalas, Buddhist symbols, and tigers, with modern objects was labeled one of the fair’s highlights. Ye currently resides in of kitsch including pop culture symbols, cars and kittens. She Beijing, China and her artwork can be found locally at Art Lexing represents an unsettling contrast between the sacred and the pro- Gallery in the district. fane, the respected elite and the trashy commercial. Her works have earned her popular acclaim worldwide and Ye has exhibited The 7 bedroom and 6 ½ bathroom home at 104 Paloma Dr. boasts internationally at fairs including Art Cologne, Scope (Basel, New of a 75-foot dock, which can accommodate most yachts and fish- 20 Cocoplum Living • April 2016 April 2016 • Cocoplum Living 21 SOPHIE G. MAVROLEON, P.A. JULIETTE S. MAVROLEON ing boats. For the events, Eric’s Out- (305) 725-7566 (305) 761-6102 board brought two 35-foot Contend- [email protected] WWW.MAVROLEONPROPERTIES.COM [email protected] ers fitted with pink and blue FLO LED strips. And Danilo Gomez, owner of SELLER FINANCING AVAILABLE & NEW PRICE UNDER $700/SQFT Global Capital Financial Services, helped sponsor the exquisite hors d’oeuvres from Miami’s newest upper- east-side Asian bistro.

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22 Cocoplum Living • April 2016 April 2016 • Cocoplum Living 23 The MV Group Staff The MV Group Staff Alongside The Wallace Family

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ocoplum resident Manny Angelo Varas who Homes during Blitz Build 2016. The Clives in Caoba Court with his wife Dr. Brianna event was held in West Perrine on Varas and their beautiful newborn baby boy has a properties within a 3-block radius, Manny Varas desire to help improve the lives of underprivileged the dedication ceremony was held on families in our South Florida community. As a Saturday February 27, 2016 at 1 p.m. sion,” stated Miami Habitat CEO, Ma- notable developer, general contractor and Harvard located at 10345 S.W. 182 Street. rio Artecona.” It’s always a wonderful University alumnus of the distinguished Graduate thing to see a major construction School of Design, Varas’ company MV Construc- “We were thrilled to bring out our company take the time to engage in tion & Development Group is one of the country’s team to complete our Habitat home for their local community by rolling up top building and design firms. the Wallace family during Blitz Build their sleeves and being a part of what 2016. We were honored to contribute will become an affordable home for On February 29, MV Construction & Develop- to the ongoing development of the one of our great partner families.” ment Group chose Habitat for Humanity of Greater West Perrine area, and truly enjoyed Miami as a charity partner and sponsored the build being a part of the Habitat family. We This partnership marked a milestone of the Wallace family home for a Habitat family in look forward to many more years of in MV Group’s commitment to the need. Varas was accompanied by his MV Group being part of Habitat,” said Varas, CEO South Florida community. We are team, Congresswomen Ileana ros Lehtinen, Rep- and President of MV Group. extremely proud to feature long-time resentative Carlos Curbelo, Commissioner Dennis Cocoplum resident Manny Varas mak- Moss, and nearly 500 volunteers as they celebrated “We were delighted to have MV ing a difference in this April issue of the dedication ceremony of 10 newly built Habitat Group helping us further our mis- Cocoplum Living. 24 Cocoplum Living • April 2016 April 2016 • Cocoplum Living 25 Good Samaritan Cleaning Services Top to Bottom, Corner to Corner Guarantee!

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26 Cocoplum Living • April 2016 April 2016 • Cocoplum Living 27 INTERSECTIONS, Art Basel 2015 INTERSECTIONS, Art Basel 2015

Artist Philippe Dodard, Haiti

Bill Dunlap Show, Art Basel 2014 Bill Dunlap Show, Art Basel 2014 Nick With Friends INTERSECTIONS, Art Basel 2015 cocoplum young achievers 23 Year Old Nick Swerdlow Artist Greg Robin, Miami born, Berlin based FOUNDS HIS OWN ART COMPANY AND BECOMES VICE CHAIRMAN INTERSECTIONS, Art Basel 2015 FOR THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN NORTH MIAMI Artist, Maximo Caminero and Friends Nick Swerdlow has been living in Cocoplum since he was 4 years old, “My house in Cocoplum was full of great art books and paintings. My parents have always really appreciated art, so even back when I was in a stroller, before I could remember, I know that my mother Sherie would take me to all of the great museums,” recants Nick. But it wasn’t until Nick was 9 years old, that he began really discovering and understanding art for the first time, “I remember I was around age 9 when I was fascinated with Van it was. That class really made everything click for INTERSECTIONS, Art Basel 2015 Bill Dunlap Show, Art Basel 2014 Bill Dunlap Show, Art Basel 2014 Bill Dunlap Gogh. I discovered a love for art and I would spend afternoons flipping me and immediately I knew what I wanted to do with through art books trying to draw Van Gogh’s paintings.” During Nick’s my career.” It didn’t take him long to sign his first about 50 works from Bill Dunlap. It was really en- to be involved in the election process In the last year, the company has teenage years he attended Ransom Everglades and an interest for the artist, “At a gallery in London I discovered the artist couraging because the show turned out to be quite at all.” The meeting took a turn when grown tremendously, as Nick expand- sciences and medicine replaced his enthusiasm for art. When Nick finally Bill Dunlap. I really enjoyed his work and I bought a successful,” explains Nick. the vote for Vice Chairman came up, ed from one artist to about 15 artists, graduated in 2011, he toyed with the idea of studying medicine before painting of his, which became the first painting I ever “A woman stood up and nominated me which he represents today. “I had a settling for a degree in Economics at Vanderbilt University. bought!” Soon after, he reached out to Bill Dunlap At the time, the Director of the Museum of Contem- for Vice Chairman, and everyone else show last December during Basel at personally and they quickly became friends. porary Art of North Miami (MOCA), Babacar M'Bow, in the room quickly agreed. Before the same space in Miami Ironside. But during his first semester at entrepreneurial possibilities related took notice of Nick invited him to attend one of their I even knew what was going on, the But it was a completely different type Vanderbilt, Nick had a life changing to the art market and soon realized The following summer in between junior and board meetings. What happened next blew Nick Mayor had smashed the gavel down of show than the one we did the year epiphany. “I took an Intro to Art His- that his interest for economics and art senior year Nick began working at Gagosian Art completely away, “Here was this 22 year old show- and suddenly I was on the board with before. This was a really Internation- tory class that first semester, and I just could complement each other. Gallery, and Bonhams Auction House in New York ing up to the board meeting, while everyone else at MOCA at North Miami.” It has opened al exhibition. We had an artist from remembered how much I loved art,” City. After gaining some experience working with the meeting was nearly twice my age. So I was just a lot of doors for Nick to say the least. Berlin, one artist from Madrid, an explains Nick. Although he had recap- In his sophomore year, Nick went to a gallery and auction house, Nick reached out sitting around enjoying the buffet, when the Director His connections with MOCA have artist who is a Jamaican that actually tured his profound passion for art, in London and studied an “Art and its to Bill Dunlap and proposed putting an art show put me on the spot and asked me what I think about enabled him to meet hundreds of art- lives in Beijing, a Dominican painter, the back of his mind Nick wondered if Markets” class at Sotheby’s Institute of together during Miami’s Art Basel week in 2014. Miami as an art hub. I ended up speaking for about ists, especially Latin American artists. an artist who lives in Bogota and then it was realistic to think he could make Art. His experience there opened his That semester Nick founded Swerdlow Art Group 10 minutes in front of all the members.” Shortly af- “Through MOCA I’ve been able to an American artist as well. The title a good living focusing his career on the eyes, “I didn’t know about the kinds and decided to invest his savings to get the com- ter Nick’s speech the meeting began, “They said ‘Ok meet many Latin American artists liv- of the exhibition was ‘INTERSEC- arts. Throughout the next few years at of opportunities that existed in the art pany going. “I ended up having my first show at lets have the elections for the board of trustees now.’ ing here in Miami as well as in Central TIONS – Trans-Cultural Expressions.’ Vanderbilt, Nick began discovering the market and what a booming industry Miami Ironside during Basel 2014 and we showed You know I’m a young guy, I really wasn’t expecting and South America,” explains Nick. 28 Cocoplum Living • April 2016 April 2016 • Cocoplum Living 29 The Secrets of My Angels – Sergio Payares

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It was a wonderful global show and thankfully the artists were very well received as it turned out to be a great success.”

Ransom Alumn & Photographer, Calen Bennet Tormenta – Sergio Payares The goal for Nick and Swerldow Art Group is to represent artists from all over the globe and show or national identity, and what they’ve with his business savvy entrepreneur- the unique ways that they are expressing themselves. been going through as an artist. I ial ambitions, we look forward to see- “I work with artist from the ages of 23 – Kids who believe we’re past the Post Modern ing Nick continue to make his mark on are my age that just graduated from school and are period and coming into a totally the Miami art scene for years to come. really gaining a lot of momentum now – to artists globalized free for all of sorts.” that are in their 50’s. So it’s a very wide array of We are honored to feature Nick multinational artists,” explains Nick. Nick wants his Trying to help its artists get the best Swerdlow’s new art gallery, Swerd- lineup of artists at Swerdlow Art Group to represent exposure possible is Nick’s vision for low Art Group, in this months issue the global direction that the art world is moving Swerdlow Art Group. “At the end of of Cocoplum Living Magazine. If towards. “To me the program that I have going with the day, it’s not just about the money. you would like more information these artists sort of represents what’s going on in I love the arts and I love to promote, on Swerdlow Art Group please the art world right now. There’s no real school or show and support the artists that I visit www.swerdlowartgroup.com, direction that art is heading in. They like to say work with. Ideally we’d like to help Artsy.net/swerdlowartgroup/, or like we’re in a Post Modern period, but a lot of the world our artists get their work into muse- Swerdlow Art Group on Facebook. hasn’t become modern yet, such as, Africa, certain ums and in the hands of influential parts of Latin America, parts of the Middle East and collectors.” In 2016, Nick is already Lookout for Nick’s next exhibition, Asia. So the Post Modern term doesn’t really apply working on his next Art Basel show where he will be showcasing the work to the global art trend.” For Nick it’s important while he finishes his last semester at of Cuban painter Sergio Payares right to explore how artists are expressing themselves Vanderbilt University. He plans to here in Cocoplum. Details will follow in different areas of the world, and to display the come back to Miami to keep searching in a future issue of Cocoplum Living. If unique styles, techniques and particular mediums for up-and-coming, talented, Inter- you’d like to receive any email updates they use. Nick explains, “Right now, it’s kind of national artists that he can add to the about future events in Cocoplum, like a free for all period, where the art is about the Swerdlow Art Group Lineup. Having please email Daniel.Lerin@n2pub. individual artist, their surroundings, their regional been able to fuse his passion for art com for more details. 30 Cocoplum Living • April 2016 April 2016 • Cocoplum Living 31 Consistent Track-record as Proven Reputation Among Customers and Real Estate Colleagues Cocoplum Market Leaders! REPEAT CUSTOMERS BUSINESS AS A MEASURE OF OUR SUCCESS! CONSUELO STEWART Master Brokers Forum Legacy Award 2015 305.216.7348 TERE SHELTON BERNACE Master Brokers Forum Advisory Board Member 305.607.7212 TERESITA SHELTON Master Brokers Forum Legacy Award 2014 305.775.8176 ELBA FERNADEZ Master Brokers Forum 305.799.7972

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32 Cocoplum Living • April 2016 April 2016 • Cocoplum Living 33 A Conversation With when you would see homes selling for upwards of $3.5 million the demand for a central location is becoming more and more and getting into the $6 and $7 million range. important. This trend will not be reversing anytime soon, so as Consuelo Stewart the years go by, Cocoplum’s value will likely continue to increase But if you look carefully today, you’ll find that the market has simply due to its centrality. ABOUT COCOPLUM’S shifted upward. No matter what the state of the home is, it’s getting pretty difficult to find a home in Cocoplum today for Consuelo, I’ve noticed that each year you have several homes REAL ESTATE MARKET less than $2.5 million. So the market has taken all of these where you have brought together the seller and the buyer. What years to bounce back, but I think we’re finally seeing Co- is your secret to consistently achieving that level of success? Consuelo Stewart has been living coplum real estate prices reflecting the true value of the com- in Cocoplum since she bought her munity and the location we have. My partners and I have been selling real estate in Cocoplum first lot in 1974. Since then, she has since before the homes were built on the land. So we have been a Cocoplum Civic Association Consuelo, what are your thoughts on the demographics of been able to build a name in Cocoplum for many years. A lot board member and one of the most Cocoplum in the last few years? Are you seeing more families of our sales come from previous Cocoplum clients calling us successful realtors in the history of purchasing homes or are you finding more retired couples that are directly because they trust us. settling down? Are you seeing a trend of local buyers or is there a Cocoplum. We sat down with Consuelo trend towards International buyers? It’s amazing but as I look back there are a few families, which to pick her brain about recent trends we have helped move over 6 times, just here in Cocoplum that she saw in 2015 and what she is I’m finding that there are so many young families moving into the alone. There are other families, which were our clients, and seeing in the market today. community. In fact, in the last few days I was showing Cocoplum now we’re helping their children buy a home here in Cocoplum homes to a few different families. One family has 2 children and as well. Sometimes I drive by homes where I remember sell- the other has 3 children. What they’re telling me is that Miami ing the original lot, and then selling the same house 3 or 4 The global economic recession is getting so busy that they need a more central location that is additional times throughout the years. Cocoplum is a place I in 2008 significantly affected closer to their offices and their children’s schools. Our amenities have loved for many years, and I truly care about my commu- real estate prices in Cocoplum. are also a great draw for families. Phase 1 offers tennis courts nity and the people that live here. At the end of the day, that Looking back at 2015, do you and a roaming patrol. Islands of Cocoplum Phase 2 offers more is my biggest recipe for success. think that Cocoplum real estate amenities than any other Coral Gables gated neighborhood – Ten- prices have bounced back to nis, basket ball, beach volley ball, gym, lap pool, play ground and prerecession levels? clubhouse – for a lower fee than the other Gables neighborhoods. It’s a great value for a great lifestyle. You know, there are many factors that affect the price that a home On the other hand, I’m finding that there are many empty nesters is sold for in a luxury market looking to downsize. Sometimes it’s a family that I sold their like Cocoplum. But when you home to 20 years ago, but their kids have graduated and got- really sit down and look at the ten married, so they feel like they don’t need such a large home numbers, I think we have truly anymore. You find that these couples are looking to move into seen a resurgence. condos near the water.

Because Cocoplum was devel- Another interesting fact is that we’re seeing a trend of foreign oped in the 1970s and 1980s, buyers moving in. I mean, in Cocoplum we’ve always had many PROVEN REPUTATION AMONG many of the homes were built Central and South American buyers, but what you’re seeing now CUSTOMERS AND REAL ESTATE COLLEAGUES over 20 years ago. So when you is more international buyers. For example, last year my partners would find homes that sold in the and I sold a home to a couple from Aruba, another family from low $2 million range or below, France and so on. These buyers are relocating to the U.S. and it was typically due to the fact they love the fact that there is a heightened level of security and that the architecture and interior convenience that comes with living in the Cocoplum community. Consistent Track-record as Cocoplum Market Leaders! design had not been significantly 8 out of 18 Sales January - November 10, 2015 updated since the home was There is a factor that I have to highlight because I’m hearing this 4 on both sides, Buyer and Seller, 2 Pending Sale. built. On the other hand, when so often from prospective buyers. Remember that we have some you would find homes that had of South Florida’s best private and public schools in the area. been renovated to reflect a more Traffic is bumper to bumper in Miami at 8 a.m. no matter where modern design, the price per you are, so families are taking that into consideration more than WWW.SHELTONANDSTEWART.COM square foot would sell at a sig- ever when buying a home. This is very good for Cocoplum home- nificantly higher price; and that’s owners in the long run. Cocoplum’s location has always been a Shelton and Stewart Realtors, LLC I 6301 Sunset Drive desirable quality, but as the Miami population continues to grow, Suite 202 I South Miami I FL 33143 I 305.666.0669 34 Cocoplum Living • April 2016 April 2016 • Cocoplum Living 35 Mike and Vanessa Mesa

cocoplum toys spec with 300-horsepower, to a bored out 3.4-liter motor with We hope that Mike will enjoy his collection of Porsches for many years 420-horsepower. Also, the car has an aftermarket intercooler to come, and we are honored to have featured his personal favorite and a modified fuel injection system was installed, so it’s fairly 1982 Porsche 911 Turbo (930) in this issue of Cocoplum Living! Make At his Vertex Automotive showroom, legal in the states. It was an awesome advanced from what it would have been original from the factory. sure to say hi next time you see Mike riding around Cocoplum in one Mike houses one of his most coveted car because it was very unique, well It has Recaro racing seats in it, as well as a roll bar and a quick of his collectors edition Porsches… if you can catch him... MIKE MESA Porsche models, the 1982 Porsche 911 maintained and had low miles. release racing steering wheel. This is one of the cars that we fre- Turbo (930). We invited our friends quently take to shows and competitions. Tells Us About His from Exotic Go Mobile Luxury Detail- What is your favorite Porsche ing to spruce up the classic car and we 911-generation Mike? How fast does it accelerate from 0 to 60mph? Classic 1982 interviewed Mike about what makes this particular model one-of-a-kind. My favorite 911-generation would After all the modifications, this Porsche can do 0 to 60mph Porsche 911 Turbo (930) probably have to be the 911 SC built anywhere between 3.5 and 3.7 seconds. It’s probably topping Mike, you’ve been a Porsche fanatic between 1978 and 1983. The reason is off at a speed of around 180mph as well. If it came straight from For this issue of Cocoplum Toys, we met with since you could remember, so when that the car has truly classic German the factory it would have done the 0 to 60mph in a little over 4.9 Cocoplum resident Mike Mesa to talk about you finally bought your first Porsche, engineering; it handles spectacularly, seconds. This is a very driver involved car and it’s not for the his love for Porsches as he shares one of his what model was it? and the way it feels when you drive is faint at heart. You really have to drive the car because there is no unlike most other of the 911’s. In my power steering, the clutch is cable driving, and you have a heavy favorite classics in his collection, the 1982 Believe it or not, my first Porsche was opinion, it’s one of the most sought rear end. Rear engine cars are known for dramatic over steering Porsche 911 Turbo (930) European Spec. Mike also a 911 Turbo converted into a Kre- after classics in the market because it so when you’re coming to a turn you’ve really got to make sure is the Co-founder of Vertex Automotive, they mer 935 DP. This body style was very has the 3-liter air-cooled engine with you’re in control or you’ll over steer pretty easily. specialize in Porsche parts and also have famous for winning races in Le Mans, a 915 5-speed transmission. Sebring and Daytona in its era. This Why do you think the Porsche 911 model from this time period is a full service facility near Merrick Park. His one in particular I had imported from Tell us a little bit about this 1982 911 so coveted in the car collector world? company has been operating for over 30 years Germany back in the late 1980’s. The Turbo (930) Porsche that we’re photo- and has expanded to Porsche sales in addition car had a Eurospec 3.3 liter engine that graphing today. This might sound cliché, but one of the reasons that classic to servicing most luxury European vehicles. was modified with a bigger K-27 turbo- Porsches retain and increase their value so well is that they just Mike and his brother have been avid Porsche charger and an aftermarket intercool- This one is a 1982 European ver- don’t make them like this anymore. Porsches in the 1980’s were er, European headlights and taillight sion that has been heavily modified practically hand made. If you look at videos from the Porsche aficionados since they were teenagers, so lenses. I wanted it to be different, the mechanically to fit racing specs. The factory in 1982, the cars were being put together through a con- we picked Mike’s brain a little bit about what specs were completely European with body of the car has all its original ventional assembly line. You’ll see the workers taking the doors, makes these classic Porsches such a special an odometer that was in kilometers, factory components, but the brakes mounting them on the car and hitting them with a mallet to adjust gem for car collectors all over the world. and all the gauges were in German. and suspension have been modified them. The engines were assembled by hand as well, so the level The car had to have some modifica- for a racing environment. The motor of craftsmanship was incredible. This makes the classic Porches tion’s done in order to make it street was modified from a 3.3-liter factory very special and really one-of-a-kind. 36 Cocoplum Living • April 2016 April 2016 • Cocoplum Living 37 SEBASTIAN EILERT ARCHITECTURE CUSTOM HOMES · HIGH END RESIDENTIAL · LUXURY CONDOMINIUMS ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS · INTERIOR DESIGN SERVICES

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