Alan Faena
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Alan Faena | |
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| Born | Alan Roger Faena[1] 28 November 1963[1] |
| Occupations | Real estate development, hotels, fine art |
| Spouse | Grace Goldsmith (2023) |
| Children | 1 |
Alan Roger Faena (born 28 November 1963, in Buenos Aires)[1] is an Argentine hotelier and real estate developer[2][3][4][5] who has developed properties in his native Buenos Aires, as well as Miami Beach, Florida.[6][7]
Faena is the founder and President of Faena Group.[8] He is a member of the Tate International Committee and the New Museum Leaders Council.[9] He previously founded Via Vai in 1985, an Argentine fashion label, and worked as a fashion designer.[6]
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1963[6] to a Syrian immigrant family, his father was a textile manufacturer.[10][11][5][12][13][14][15]
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.[5][6][7] He launched the brand with 50 colored shirts he funded himself.[5] The brand expanded to include ready-to-wear collections and a denim line. Faena sold the company in 1996.[5]
Faena Buenos Aires
Faena was a fashion designer for over ten years before beginning a career in real estate development in 2000.[6][8] He partnered with Len Blavatnik, Philippe Starck and Foster + Partners to redevelop abandoned docklands in the Puerto Madero neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.[8][12] Foster + Partner's residential condominium in re-development was their first project in South America.[5] The Faena Hotel designed by Starck opened in 2004.[7]
The Faena District, which is estimated to be a $200 million development, is the most valuable real estate in Buenos Aires.[6][7] The 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.[6][7][16]
In November 2011, German artist Franz Ackermann exhibited the results of his voyages around Buenos Aires with the largest mural of his career in the center.[17] The Cuban duo Los Carpinteros debuted their first solo exhibition in Buenos Aires at the arts center in May 2012.[17]
Faena Miami Beach
Faena expanded his brand to Miami Beach with a $1 billion[18] project to develop a six block waterfront property.[6][19][20] Construction on the Miami Beach Faena District began in 2013.[21]
The project includes the restoration of the 1948 Saxony hotel, and an arts center, Faena Forum, by architect Rem Koolhaas and OMA and residences by Foster + Partners.[2][6][22][23]
Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin are also involved in the project as designers for the interior of the Faena Hotel Miami Beach.[24][25]
The district will be landscaped by Miami-based firm Raymond Jungles.[26] The Faena House, an 18-story residential unit, is the project's first building scheduled for completion.[7][18]
Personal life
Faena was married to Ximena Caminos, the couple is having a son together.[4] They separated in 2017[27] and divorced two years later.[28] 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.[29]
