# Alan Faena > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alan_Faena > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alan_Faena.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Faena > Source revision: 1340868078 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Argentine hotelier and real estate developer}} {{pp-semi-vandalism|small=yes}} {{Infobox person | name = Alan Faena | image = Alan Faena 3.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Alan Roger Faena | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|28|df=yes}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinetell/2020/07/20/faena-art-introduces-artist-in-residence-program/?sh=35fcda2b5717| title=Faena Art Introduces Artist In Residence Program| newspaper=[Forbes](/source/Forbes)| accessdate=2023-02-10 |author = Caroline Tell}} | birth_place = [Buenos Aires, Argentina](/source/Buenos_Aires%2C_Argentina) | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Real estate development, hotels, fine art | children = 1 | spouse = Grace Goldsmith (2023) }} '''Alan Roger Faena''' (born 28 November 1963, in [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires)) is an Argentine hotelier and real estate developer{{cite magazine|date=March 2014|title=A Miami Remake|magazine=Travel + Leisure}}{{cite journal|title=Miami Dreams|publisher=Privat Property}}{{cite journal|last=Ohly Evans|first=Christina|date=May 17, 2014|title=Alan Faena|publisher=Financial Times Travel Unravelled}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324715704578481251344270698|title=Alan Faena's Argentine Residence|date=21 May 2013|author=Elisa Lipsky-Karasz|accessdate=11 November 2014}} who has developed properties in his native [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires), as well as [Miami Beach, Florida](/source/Miami_Beach%2C_Florida).{{cite journal|last=Spencer|first=Samuel|title=Alan Faena: Argentina's Developer of Cultural Dreams}}{{cite journal|last=Dittrich|first=Guy|date=October 2014|title=Meeting Alan Faena|publisher=Sleeper Global Hotel Design}} Faena is the founder and President of Faena Group.{{cite journal|last=Eidell|first=Lynsey|title=City Scapers|publisher=Worth}} He is a member of the [Tate](/source/Tate) International Committee and the New Museum Leaders Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Argentinas-new-arts-district-is-built-from-scratch/26292|title=Argentina's new arts district is built "from scratch"|author= Christian Viveros-Fauné|date=12 April 2012|accessdate=11 November 2014}} He previously founded Via Vai in 1985, an Argentine fashion label, and worked as a fashion designer. ==Early life== Born in [Buenos Aires, Argentina](/source/Buenos_Aires) in 1963 to a [Syrian immigrant](/source/Syrian_Argentines) family, his father was a textile manufacturer.{{cite magazine|title=Flying High|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/faena-district-miami-beach|date=Nov 17, 2015|author=Holly Brubach|magazine=[W](/source/W_(magazine))|quote=His family, Sephardic Jews who emigrated from Syria to Argentina in the 1920s, had a successful textile business.}}{{Cite news|first=Alexandra |last=Wolfe |title= Alan Faena Takes On Miami Beach |newspaper=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)|date=August 19, 2016 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/alan-faena-takes-on-miami-beach-1471630264 |quote=He was born to a Jewish family in Buenos Aires, the son of the owner of a textile company and a homemaker.}}{{cite journal|date=June 2014|title=Alan Faena|publisher=Lifestyle Magazine Brasil|quote=His family, Sephardic Jews who emigrated from Syria to Argentina in the 1920s, had a successful textile business. }}{{cite web|url=http://www.bespoke-magazine.com/26/Article/Art-and-Soul|title=Art and Soul|author=Michael Tannenbaum|accessdate=11 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219141041/http://www.bespoke-magazine.com/26/Article/Art-and-Soul|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=dead}}{{Cite journal |last1=Brauner |first1=Susana |last2=Torres |first2=Rayen |date=2022-10-14 |title=Orthodoxy and Disaffiliation among Argentine Jews of Syrian Origin in Buenos Aires, from the 60s until today |url=https://journals.openedition.org/hamsa/2824 |journal=Hamsa. Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies |language=en |issue=8 |doi=10.4000/hamsa.2824 |issn=2183-2633|doi-access=free }}{{Cite web |date=2019-10-11 |title=Alan Faena: The Passionate Inspiration For Dynamic Urban Transformation And Creativity {{!}} Dolce Luxury Magazine |url=https://dolcemag.com/home_decor/alan-faena-miami-designer-fashion-realestate/33160 |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=dolcemag.com |language=en-US}} ==Career== ===Early career=== In 1985, Faena followed in his parents footsteps into the textile industry and founded the fashion label Via Vai at age 19. He launched the brand with 50 colored shirts he funded himself. The brand expanded to include ready-to-wear collections and a denim line. Faena sold the company in 1996. ===Faena Buenos Aires=== Faena was a fashion designer for over ten years before beginning a career in real estate development in 2000. He partnered with [Len Blavatnik](/source/Leonard_Blavatnik), [Philippe Starck](/source/Philippe_Starck) and [Foster + Partners](/source/Foster_and_Partners) to redevelop abandoned docklands in the Puerto Madero neighborhood of [Buenos Aires, Argentina](/source/Buenos_Aires). Foster + Partner's residential condominium in re-development was their first project in South America. The Faena Hotel designed by Starck opened in 2004. The Faena District, which is estimated to be a $200 million development, is the most valuable real estate in Buenos Aires. The [Faena Arts Center](/source/Faena_Arts_Center), a converted flour mill located in the center of the district, opened in September 2011 and displays the work of local and international artists.{{cite web|url=http://inhabitat.com/buenos-aires-faena-arts-center-opens-in-a-recycled-mill-with-a-colorful-interactive-installation|title=Buenos Aires' Faena Arts Center Opens in a Renovated Mill With a Colorful Interactive Installation|date=14 February 2012|author=Ana Lisa|accessdate=11 November 2014}} In November 2011, German artist Franz Ackermann exhibited the results of his voyages around [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires) with the largest mural of his career in the center.{{cite web|url=http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/global-observer/underground-art-goes-upscale-in-buenos-aires/|title=Underground art goes upscale in Buenos Aires|accessdate=11 November 2014}} The Cuban duo Los Carpinteros debuted their first solo exhibition in Buenos Aires at the arts center in May 2012. ===Faena Miami Beach=== Faena expanded his brand to [Miami Beach](/source/Miami_Beach%2C_Florida) with a $1 billion{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-09/black-said-to-buy-into-900-million-miami-condo-project.html|title=Blankfein Said to Buy Into $1 Billion Miami Condo Project|date=12 September 2013|author=Katya Kazakina|website=[Bloomberg News](/source/Bloomberg_News) |accessdate=11 November 2014}} project to develop a six block waterfront property.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2012/12/04/alan-faena-the-developer-behind-the-550m-revival-of-miamis-saxony-hotel|title=Faena, the developer behind the $550m revival of Miami's Saxony Hotel|date=12 April 2012|author=Agustino Fontevecchia|website=[Forbes](/source/Forbes) |accessdate=11 November 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://miami.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/05/forbes-tries-to-figure-out-the-saxony-hotel.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803182651/http://miami.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/05/forbes-tries-to-figure-out-the-saxony-hotel.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 3, 2014|title=Forbes Tries to Figure Out Alan Faena's Saxony Hotel|date=5 December 2012|author=Jackie Goldstein|accessdate=11 November 2014}} Construction on the Miami Beach Faena District began in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2012/12/04/alan-faena-the-developer-behind-the-550m-revival-of-miamis-saxony-hotel/#6245d7013c81|title=Alan Faena, The Developer Behind The $550M Revival Of Miami's Saxony Hotel|date=4 December 2012|author=Agustino Fontevecchia|website=[Forbes](/source/Forbes) |accessdate=19 April 2016}} The project includes the restoration of the 1948 Saxony hotel, and an arts center, [Faena Forum](/source/Faena_Forum), by architect [Rem Koolhaas](/source/Rem_Koolhaas) and OMA and residences by Foster + Partners.{{citation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/arts/artsspecial/in-miami-beach-the-faena-forum-is-to-open-in-december.html|title=In Miami Beach, the Faena Forum is to Open in December|author=Ted Loos|work=New York Times|accessdate=19 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://miami.curbed.com/archives/2012/06/06/koolhaas-and-foster-mean-starchitectomania-at-the-saxony.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514051345/http://miami.curbed.com/2012/6/6/10364924/koolhaas-and-foster-mean-starchitectomania-at-the-saxony|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 14, 2016|title=Koolhaas and Foster Mean Starchitect-O-Mania At the Saxony|date=6 June 2012|author=Sean McCaughan|accessdate=11 November 2014}} [Baz Luhrmann](/source/Baz_Luhrmann) and Catherine Martin are also involved in the project as designers for the interior of the Faena Hotel Miami Beach.{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/12/baz-luhrmann-catherine-martin-hotel|title=Exclusive: Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin to Design Interiors, Uniforms for Saxony Hotel in Miami Beach|date=4 December 2013|author=Chris Rovzar|website=[Vanity Fair](/source/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)) |accessdate=11 November 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-blog/carry-on/2014/2/24/baz-luhrmanns-next-project-miamis-faena-saxony-hotel|title=Baz Luhrmann's Next Project: Miami's Faena Saxony Hotel|date=24 February 2014|author=Nate Freeman|accessdate=11 November 2014}} The district will be landscaped by Miami-based firm Raymond Jungles.{{cite web|url=https://miami.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/07/faena-saxony-videos.php|title=Faena Releases Five Short Videos On Designing Faena House|date=7 January 2013|author=Sean McCaughan|accessdate=11 November 2014}}{{dead link|date=February 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Faena House, an 18-story residential unit, is the project's first building scheduled for completion. ==Personal life== Faena was married to [Ximena Caminos](/source/Ximena_Caminos), the couple is having a son together. They separated in 2017{{Cite web | url=https://noticias.perfil.com/noticias/general/2017-03-05-se-separo-alan-faena-pero-sigue-trabajando-junto-a-su-ex.phtml | title=Se separó Alan Faena, pero sigue trabajando junto a su ex | work=Noticias | date=2017-03-05 | accessdate=2025-10-13 | language=es}} and divorced two years later.{{Cite web | url=https://www.miamiherald.com/miami-com/miami-com-news/article225811070.html | title=Miami hotel guru Alan Faena just quietly split with his wife. What happened?| newspaper=Miami Herald | date=2019-02-17 | accessdate=2023-05-31 | author=Madeleine Marr}} Faena crashed Grace Goldsmith’s mother’s birthday party at Saxony Bar in May 2021, where he met Grace. They married on March 4, 2023.{{Cite web | url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/inside-alan-faena-and-grace-goldsmiths-theatrical-four-day-wedding-in-buenos-aires | title=Inside Alan Faena and Grace Goldsmith's Theatrical Four-Day Wedding in Buenos Aires | newspaper=Vogue | date=2023-03-23 | accessdate=2023-05-31 | author=Elise Taylor}} ==Paradise Papers== On 5 November 2017, the [Paradise Papers](/source/Paradise_Papers), a set of confidential [electronic document](/source/electronic_document)s relating to [offshore investment](/source/offshore_investment), revealed that Faena was director and CEO of half a dozen [offshore companies](/source/offshore_companies) in [Cayman Islands](/source/Cayman_Islands) and [British Virgin Islands](/source/British_Virgin_Islands). Faena also appears with bank accounts in [Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg) and the [Isle of Man](/source/Isle_of_Man), linked to different hotels and real estate projects in [Puerto Madero](/source/Puerto_Madero).{{cite news|title=Alan Faena, otro argentino en Paradise Papers|url=http://www.perfil.com/paradisepapers/alan-faena-otro-argentino-en-paradise-papers-firmas-offshore-y-cuentas-en-suiza-y-luxemburgo.phtml|accessdate=7 November 2017|work=[Perfil](/source/Perfil)|date=7 November 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107213019/http://www.perfil.com/paradisepapers/alan-faena-otro-argentino-en-paradise-papers-firmas-offshore-y-cuentas-en-suiza-y-luxemburgo.phtml|url-status=dead}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130120075010/http://faena.com/en/#!/ Faena - Official Website] * [http://vimeo.com/102943791 Faena - Creating Utopias] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Faena, Alan}} Category:Argentine fashion designers Category:Argentine people of Syrian-Jewish descent Category:Argentine people of Syrian descent Category:Syrian businesspeople Category:Businesspeople from Buenos Aires Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:People named in the Paradise Papers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alan Faena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Faena) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Faena?action=history)). 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