MISSION

To build and empower a community that evolves and rewrites history on how we live, work, play, learn, and give back — together.

What we Do

Creating a leading model for the future of Miami

Our goal is to build a master-planned community that transforms how Miami lives, works, and creates. A mixed-use destination with the future in mind. World-class commercial, residential, retail and greenspaces, will unite people through art and innovation.

By bringing together leading AI companies, strategic capital, talent, and Fortune 1000 industry players in one location, Magic City creates powerful network effects that accelerate innovation and drive sustained demand across office, residential, hospitality, and retail. This integrated model positions the Innovation District as a global hub for applied AI and next-generation enterprise and community transformation.

Rooted in the heritage of Little Haiti, the District champions local identity while connecting the neighborhood to a wider creative and economic network — giving rise to a place where progress is shared, ideas are accelerated, and the future is forged together.
THE VISIONARIES

The Team Shaping the District

Dragon Global Team
Dragon Global is a leading, AI-powered, private investment firm focused on venture capital and real estate investments. The venture capital strategy focuses on investing in leading companies across Consumer Tech, Deep Tech, Enterprise, and Sustainable Energy. The firm makes a small number of large, concentrated venture capital investments in AI-enabled businesses with addressable markets above $100 billion in winner-take-most and winner-take-all opportunities led by Superhuman Founders and Builders with proven track records of building enduring enterprises at scale.

Over three decades, Dragon Global’s Founder & CEO, Bob Zangrillo, has been a Founder, Chairman & CEO, and Investor in twenty-four (24) companies that have surpassed $1 billion in market value, including eleven (11) companies above $10 billion, five (5 ) companies above $100 billion (including Uber, Anthropic, and xAI), and two (2 ) companies above $1 trillion (Meta and SpaceX).

Dragon Global’s same conviction shapes the firm’s real estate strategy: building Magic City Innovation District, an AI-native, mixed-use community designed to build and empower a community that evolves and rewrites history on how we Live, Work, Play, Learn, and Give back — together. This 7.8-million-square-foot mixed-use development, located in the heart of Miami, is organized around four pillars: Health & Wellness, AI-native Technology, Sustainability & Resiliency, and Art, Entertainment & Culture. As the Founder of the Magic City Innovation District, Dragon Global is bringing this vision to Miami, where technology, culture, and community converge to define the next generation of urban living.
Plaza Equity Team
Plaza Equity Partners is a Miami-based, full-service real estate development, finance, and project management firm with over 35 years of leadership experience in identifying and executing transformative real estate opportunities. The firm specializes in emerging markets and undervalued assets, delivering visionary master-planned developments through integrated services that span land acquisition, adaptive reuse, community infrastructure, and new construction.

Plaza Equity’s disciplined, hands-on approach and deep market insight enable it to deliver high-quality, sustainable projects that generate long-term value for investors and the communities it serves, exemplified by its role as a development partner in the Magic City Innovation District.
Partners in transition

The people shaping 
the vision and bringing Magic City to life

Dragon Global Team

Bob Zangrillo
Dragon Global
Steve Rattner
Dragon Global
Neil Kadisha
Dragon Global

Plaza Equity Team

Neil Fairman
Plaza Equity Partners
George Helmstetter
Plaza Equity Partners
Anthony Burns
Plaza Equity Partners
Shawn Wilt
Plaza Equity Partners

Arquitectonica: The Practice That Redefined Miami — Now Reimagining Its Future

From its inception in 1977, the firm received almost instant attention and acclaim from critics and the public alike, thanks to a bold modernism that became synonymous with a renaissance in Miami’s urban landscape.

Led by Principals Bernardo Fort-Brescia and Laurinda Spear, Arquitectonica continues to push the limits of design through its innovative use of materials, geometry, pattern, and color, bringing a distinctly humanistic modernism to projects around the world.

Today, the practice spans 59 countries across five continents. At Magic City, that legacy comes full circle, as Arquitectonica reimagines the District as a new model for urban life in Miami — forward-looking, design-led, and deeply connected to the city’s cultural future.
Brands we worked with
ECONOMIC IMPACT

Progress Built 

with Purpose

The Magic City Innovation District is founded on the belief that progress should be purposeful, delivering infrastructure that supports a diverse ecosystem for local residences, businesses, makers, and educators. An independent economic impact study done by Lambert Advisory, LLC was conducted to measure both the near- and long-term benefits of this growing community.
$9M
‍Impact Fee
Contribution
Up to $9 million in impact fees paid to the City of Miami will be contributed to the Little Haiti Revitalization Trust.
$27M
‍District
Marginal Revenue
Upon stabilization, the District will generate more than $27 million in annual marginal property tax and sales tax revenue.
$31M
‍Developer
Contribution
Up to $31 million will be contributed, with $6 million already contributed to the Little Haiti Revitalization Trust, supporting affordable housing, education, workforce development, small businesses, and public spaces.
$188M
‍Future
Expenditures
Future residents, visitors, and workers will generate $188 million in annual local spending, strengthening the local economy.
$500M
‍Annual
Job Wages
The creation of 930 annual short-term construction jobs resulting in approximately $500 million in wages and expenditures.
$640M
‍Full-Time
Job Wages
The creation of more than 11,680 direct and indirect full-time jobs resulting in approximately $640 million in annual wages.
FOUNDATION

Giving back and 
progressing forward

A core part of the Magic City Innovation District – Little Haiti® is its commitment to improving the lives of those who live and work in the area. Through a City-established Trust, the development funds community investment in education, housing, job training, environmental stewardship, and arts and culture.



Through a Trust established by the City of Miami and funded by the development team, millions of dollars worth of community investment will take place in the form of learning programs and scholarships, funds for affordable housing and job training, environmental stewardship, and support for arts and cultural initiatives.
$31 Million for Little Haiti dedicated to affordable housing, neighborhood beautification, and other public benefits.
$250,000 College scholarship fund reserved for children of Little Haiti wishing to study S.T.E.M. Fields.
Partnership with Florida Memorial University for internship and other career advancement opportunities.

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