Real estate pioneer Tibor Hollo, who transformed a once-neglected downtown Miami into high-rise hotels, condos and office buildings, died Wednesday. He was 96 years old.
Hollo was chairman and president of the Brickell-based development company Florida East Coast Realty, which he started in 1972. His buildings changed the skyline of Edgewater and downtown Miami at a time when some were rehabilitating question the future of the region.
Hollo’s roots trace back to Budapest, where he was born in 1927. At the age of 6, Hollo’s parents moved to Paris where, seven years later, the city fell under the control of Nazi Germany . Hollo and his parents were taken to a concentration camp in 1941. Hollo and his father survived, but neither of them saw Hollo’s mother again.
Real estate development eventually brought Hollo to the United States where he began building in New York.
Years later, he moved to South Florida.
A family spokesperson provided the following statement to the Miami Herald: “The Hollo family is mourning the loss of Tibor Hollo and would appreciate his privacy at this time. »
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