Jonah Sonnenborn

If ever there was a portfolio defined by myriad coveted and luxurious assets, it’s that of Access Industries. Jonah Sonnenborn sits at the helm of the Len Blavatnik-led investment firm’s real estate platform and isn’t shy about tackling a hairy deal or two in order to turn hard rocks into glittering diamonds. 

In 2015, the firm created a mini district around the Faena Hotel Miami Beach, where people can not only stay but also shop and eat, and a decade later opened Faena New York with a similar goal. Witkoff Group is Access’ partner on One High Line (of which Faena is one component) in New York, and that partnership extends down to the Sunshine State at West Palm Beach’s Dutchman’s Pipe, a 200-acre luxury golf resort and the 150-key Belgrove Resort & Spa. Sonnenborn described the property as “a really nifty, mixed-use project” in an October 2025 interview with Commercial Observer. 

Then, there’s the upcoming Aman Miami Beach, being built with partner OKO Group as part of the Miami Beach Faena District at 3425 Collins Avenue. The development comprises a hotel and condominium component, the latter of which sold out in 2024 — roughly three years ahead of the project’s estimated delivery time. 

“The Aman has such a following among its clientele, and it’s so prestigious, it’s so luxury-minded, that people said to themselves, ‘There’s 20-odd units, and I have to have one,’ ” Sonnenborn said in the October interview. “People were willing to move heaven and Earth to get their hands on one.”

Those dynamics still hold, apparently. “Real estate, especially premier residential and hospitality properties, has never been hotter in Florida,” Sonnenborn told CO this March. “We’re incredibly bullish on this market and are always looking for new opportunities to expand beyond our current strategic holdings.”