City of Miami Beach

Date: September 8, 2003

Learn about Financial Incentives for Rehabilitating Post-War Modern (MiMo) Rental Apartment Buildings

Miami Beach, FL – The City of Miami Beach will be holding a free seminar to educate owners, developers and/or investors of post-war (MiMo) rental apartment buildings on underutilized financing tools for upgrading older properties. This unique opportunity will be held on Thursday, September 11, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Miami Beach City Hall, first floor conference room, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach. Experts in the field will explain how tax credits and other incentives can work to help make rehabilitation of multifamily residential properties more financially attractive.

Speakers include Peter Bell, Executive Director The Historic Preservation Development Council and David Reznick, CPA, is chairman of the Board of Reznick Fedder & Silverman. For more information, contact Katia Hirsh in the Planning Department at 305-673-7550 or via e-mail at katiahirsh@miamibeachfl.gov.

Rental apartment buildings built between 1945 and 1965 in the Post War Modern style of architecture, known as MiMo, are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). If an NRHP district is nominated and accepted, rental apartment building owners in North Beach could take advantage of the following government incentives:

  • The 20% federal rehabilitation income tax credit
  • The ad valorem county property tax exemption
  • The federal income tax charitable deduction for façade easement donation
  • Off-street parking exemptions
  • Florida Building Code interpretations
  • Life Safety Code interpretations

About the speakers:


Peter Bell, Executive Director The Historic Preservation Development Council

Peter Bell is President of Dworbell, Inc., a Washington, DC-based association management, lobbying and communications firm. In that capacity, Bell serves as Executive Director for the Historic Preservation Development Council, an affiliate of the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA), and one other national trade association, the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association. Bell has served on numerous housing industry committees and HUD task forces and frequently testifies before Congress on housing and tax issues.

The Historic Preservation Development Council (HPDC) is a leadership organization for real estate developers and professionals engaged in tax-advantaged historic rehabilitation development. The HPDC was established in early 2001 as an affiliate of the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association, in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the nation’s foremost advocate for historic rehabilitation.


David Reznick, CPA

David Reznick is Chairman of the Board of Reznick Fedder & Silverman. He established the firm in 1977 with eight employees, and has been responsible for its growth to four offices with a staff exceeding 500. He is a nationally known expert in matters relating to multifamily housing transactions, low-income housing, historic and new markets tax credits, as well as, analysis and structuring of major real estate syndications. Reznick co-wrote the original HUD audit manual, and directs government housing program audits for the firm’s residential developer clients. He is a sought after speaker at many of the real estate industry’s seminars and a member of numerous professional organizations.

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