South Florida Real Estate
S2 Development is a South Florida–based real estate company specializing in development, investment, and deal structuring. From iconic luxury residences to large-scale diversified portfolios, S2 brings deep expertise, elite partnerships, and a proven track record across some of the region's most celebrated projects — built on one simple philosophy: Find the Opportunity, Maximize the Return.
Our Capabilities →From conception to turnover, S2 Development guides projects through all phases — land acquisition, permitting, construction, sales and marketing, closing coordination, and association turnover. Our principals have overseen landmark South Florida developments including Ocean Pointe (the region's first condo-hotel), Uptown Marina Lofts (South Florida's first upscale loft community), and Artech Residences — a $210-million architectural masterpiece by Carlos Ott.
S2 manages companies holding ownership in over two million square feet of investment property — a deeply diversified portfolio spanning a fifty-room oceanfront hotel in Palm Beach Shores, over 100,000 sq ft of Aventura warehouse space, a commercial office building in downtown Miami, one million-plus sq ft of multi-family housing across South Florida and Georgia, and 90 pristine oceanfront acres in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
S2 has participated in many large-scale transactions as an advisor, bridge equity coordinator, and capital stack architect. Most notably, S2 managed the sponsorship equity required to acquire fractured condo units in the Veer Towers at CityCenter Las Vegas — structuring a deal with Ladder Capital resulting in a capital stack exceeding $100M. S2 also connects high-net-worth equity with exclusive LP and JV opportunities in the South Florida market.
"It is Simple. Find the Opportunity,
Maximize the Return — and Do It Again."
Miami, FL
Dania Beach, FL
Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
Miami, FL
Miami, FL
Miami, FL
Founder / Chief Executive Officer
With 38 years of success as an entrepreneurial businessman in Latin America and the United States, Claudio Stivelman has built a portfolio anchored by landmark South Florida developments. His work includes Artech, a $210-million architectural landmark designed by Carlos Ott, and Uptown Marina Lofts, the city's first waterfront loft community with marina. Prior to S2, Stivelman founded Planinvest Inc. and co-developed Ocean Point Resort — Miami's first county-approved condo hotel. He is an active member of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce of Florida and serves on the board of the Shul of Bal Harbor.
Founder / President
A Cum Laude graduate of Florida International University College of Law, Marc Schmulian has coordinated and managed a $2 Billion business portfolio since joining S2 in 2004. He supervised the completion of both Uptown Marina Lofts ($103M) and Artech ($210M), and in 2010 conceptualized an Income Property Fund with over $1 Billion of purchasing power. Schmulian holds a JD from FIU and a BBA from Florida Atlantic University with a focus in finance and entrepreneurship, and serves as the company's lead legal liaison and deal structuring advisor.
Concrete has been poured through 60 of the building's 100 floors on the 1,049-foot supertall, with the team averaging one new floor every ten days.
Read ArticleS2 Development's landmark joint venture with PMG and Greybrook hits another construction milestone on Florida's first supertall skyscraper.
Read ArticleConstruction on the 100-story Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences — co-developed by S2 Development — crosses a major milestone in its rise above the Miami skyline.
Read ArticleSales launch at the converted 124-unit luxury community in Dania Beach, with residences priced from $500,000 and interiors by Steven G.
Read ArticleThe Aventura-based firm paid $36.7 million for the 99-year ground lease on the 124-unit Atlantica at Dania Beach, with plans to sell units as condominiums.
Read ArticleThe Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences Miami — co-developed by S2 Development — secured the largest construction loan ever recorded for a residential condo development in Florida.
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