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Alex Samoylovich to Join Miami Leaders at Bisnow’s Little River and Little Haiti Forum

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On April 23, 2026, Alex Samoylovich, co-founder and managing partner of CEDARst Companies, will take the stage at Bisnow’s South Florida forum, The Future of Little River & Little Haiti, in Miami — joining civic, legal, investment, and real estate voices gathered to examine what responsible growth looks like in one of the country’s most closely watched urban corridors.

The event, hosted at Hagerty Garage in Miami’s upper northeast district, begins at 8:00 a.m. EDT. Bisnow has framed the forum around two core conversations: the cultural and economic momentum shaping Little River and Little Haiti, and the capital, policy, and development forces behind what organizers describe as a billion-dollar transformation underway in Miami’s northern urban core. Samoylovich joins a speaker roster that includes leaders from Swerdlow Group, GAIA Real Estate, Moderno Development, Plaza Equity Partners, Day Pitney, Gridline Properties, the City of Miami, and the Little Haiti Revitalization Trust.

"South Florida remains one of the most consequential urban growth markets in the country because it is not only attracting capital, but forcing a deeper conversation about what durable development should look like. In neighborhoods like Little River and Little Haiti, the real question is not whether growth is coming. The question is whether capital, design, operations, and civic alignment can work together in a way that expands housing, respects neighborhood identity, and creates long-term value that is economically sound and socially credible."

ALEX SAMOYLOVICH ON SOUTH FLORIDA GROWTH
Alex Samoylovich speaking at Bisnow South Florida forum on Little River and Little Haiti development, April 2026
Alex Samoylovich, co-founder of CEDARst Companies, will speak at Bisnow’s April 23, 2026 South Florida forum on the future of Little River and Little Haiti in Miami.

Why Little River and Little Haiti Are Drawing National Attention

Little River and Little Haiti represent a defining test case for how 21st-century urban investment can coexist with existing community fabric. Bisnow’s event framing makes this explicit: the forum addresses affordability, displacement, infrastructure, and cultural continuity alongside the more conventional development topics of zoning flexibility, land availability, and transit access.
For Alex Samoylovich and CEDARst Companies, the South Florida market reflects a broader thesis on where multifamily development creates durable value. Miami’s northern urban core sits at the intersection of transit-oriented density, workforce housing demand, and neighborhoods with genuine identity — the combination that has historically produced the most defensible long-term assets in CEDARst’s portfolio strategy.
Bisnow’s agenda highlights projects already in motion across the corridor, as well as the growing concentration of institutional capital evaluating entry. The forum’s structure — pairing investment and development panels with policy and community voices — reflects the complexity of getting growth right in a submarket where the stakes for existing residents are real.

Integrated Execution as a Development Philosophy

Samoylovich’s participation at events like the Bisnow South Florida forum is grounded in an operating philosophy that separates acquisition strategy from execution reality. CEDARst Companies describes itself as a vertically integrated multifamily developer and operator — meaning the firm controls underwriting, construction, finance, management, and marketing within a single organizational structure rather than relying on a fragmented vendor network.
That integrated model is particularly relevant in high-complexity markets like Miami, where local zoning dynamics, community stakeholder requirements, and labor market conditions require tight coordination across functions. CEDARst has reported developing and acquiring more than 10,000 residential units with total asset value exceeding $4 billion across eight states, with active operations in South Florida, the West Coast, and the Upper Midwest.
As founder and executive chairman of Livly — a multifamily PropTech resident operating system — and founder and executive chairman of ProperXPM, a national third-party property management platform, Samoylovich brings a vertically complete perspective to development conversations: how buildings are designed, financed, and built is inseparable from how they are operated and experienced by residents over time.

Event Context: Bisnow South Florida Forum

Bisnow’s The Future of Little River & Little Haiti forum is structured around practitioner and stakeholder panels rather than presentation-only formats. The agenda is designed to surface real market intelligence: where capital is flowing, which projects are moving forward, what obstacles remain, and how civic and cultural institutions are responding to development pressure.

Samoylovich’s role within the development-focused programming aligns his voice with those directly engaged in financing, constructing, and delivering projects in and adjacent to the corridor. The event format creates an environment for candid exchange between public and private sector participants — the kind of dialogue that shapes submarket trajectories over multi-year investment cycles.

Event NameBisnow South Florida: The Future of Little River & Little Haiti
DateThursday, April 23, 2026
Time8:00 a.m. EDT
VenueHagerty Garage, 355 NE 71 St, Miami, FL 33138
OrganizerBisnow
Alex Samoylovich’s RoleFeatured Speaker — Development Panel
Co-Panelists (Partial)Swerdlow Group | GAIA Real Estate | Moderno Development | Plaza Equity Partners | Day Pitney | Gridline Properties | City of Miami | Little Haiti Revitalization Trust
Event Registrationbisnow.com/events/south-florida
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Executive Q&A

Alex Samoylovich is a real estate developer and entrepreneur focused on multifamily investment, development, and operating execution. He is co-founder and managing partner of CEDARst Companies, a vertically integrated national multifamily developer with more than $4 billion in total asset value across 10,000+ residential units. He is also founder and executive chairman of Livly, a PropTech resident operating system, and ProperXPM, a national third-party property management platform.
The Bisnow South Florida forum centers on issues that sit at the heart of current urban development strategy in South Florida: housing delivery, capital alignment, neighborhood identity, public-private coordination, and long-term execution in rapidly evolving submarkets. Samoylovich’s integrated development and operations background is directly relevant to these questions.
Bisnow describes it as a conference aligning community, policy, and investment to shape Miami’s next urban core, with specific focus on the cultural and economic evolution of Little River and Little Haiti and the development wave underway there. The forum brings together civic, legal, real estate investment, and development voices in an active panel format.
CEDARst Companies is a Chicago-based vertically integrated multifamily development and acquisition firm co-founded by Alex Samoylovich. The company has developed and acquired more than 10,000 residential units representing more than $4 billion in total asset value, operating across eight states with offices in Chicago, San Diego, and Miami.
Yes. CEDARst Companies lists South Florida as one of its active markets and maintains a Miami office. The firm’s development philosophy — transit-oriented design, operational efficiency, and neighborhood integration — is particularly well-suited to the complex urban growth dynamics defining the Miami corridor.

Full biography, portfolio context, and thought leadership content are available at alexsamoylovich.com/about. CEDARst Companies’ development activity is documented at cedarst.com.

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