Kushner Targets Harvey Hernandez: 7 Proven Kushner Squeezes Harvey Hernandez Over $23M Loan: What It Means for Miami

What's at Stake: Kushner Sues Harvey Hernandez Over Alleged Loan Default

Kushner Companies is taking legal action against Harvey Hernandez, alleging nonpayment of a .9 million loan tied to a Fort Lauderdale development site. What does this mean for Miami real estate buyers and sellers?

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New York-based Kushner, led by Laurent Morali and Nicole Kushner Meyer, on Thursday sued Hernandez in Miami-Dade Circuit Court as the personal guarantor of the allegedly defaulted loan. 

Kushner has a pending foreclosure complaint in Broward County Circuit Court against an affiliate of Hernandez’s Miami-based Newgard Development Group that owns the 1-acre site at 200 West Broward Boulevard near Fort Lauderdale’s Brightline station. Newgard is planning Natiivo Fort Lauderdale, a 40-story short-term rental-friendly condominium with 384 units.

Hernandez did not respond to requests for comment, while Kushner’s attorney declined to comment. 

Newgard acquired the site from Kushner and Aimco for $31.2 million in 2023. The same year, Kushner provided Newgard with a $21.2 million mortgage that the developer failed to repay in full by a June 15 maturity date, the Fort Lauderdale lawsuit alleges. The $22.9 million allegedly owed includes fees and interest.

To secure the mortgage, Newgard pledged 100 percent of its equity interest in the development entity as collateral, the foreclosure complaint states.

According to the Miami-Dade complaint, Kushner alleges Hernandez “absolutely and irrevocably guaranteed and promised to pay the lender, among other things, for any losses, costs, judgments, awards, court costs and legal or other expenses.”  

Kushner is also seeking a court order to force Newgard’s affiliate to fork over $23,471 in monthly rent the developer is collecting from using the development site as a parking lot, the lawsuit states. 

Last year, Newgard launched sales for Natiivo Fort Lauderdale, initially enlisting Cervera Real Estate to handle sales. In December, One Sotheby’s International Realty took over marketing for the project, which has not yet broken ground. Newgard’s other major developments are in partnership with Miami-based Two Roads Development. The joint venture is developing Lofty Brickell and Standard Residences, a pair of condominium projects in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood along the Miami River. In September, the partnership secured $513 million in construction financing for the two towers.

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Fort Lauderdale development site.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eNew York-based Kushner, led by Laurent Morali and Nicole Kushner Meyer, on Thursday sued u003ca href=”/miami/2025/09/04/harvey-hernandez-plans-car-condo-in-miamis-little-river/”u003eHernandezu003c/au003e in Miami-Dade Circuit Court as the personal guarantor of the allegedly defaulted loan.u0026nbsp;u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eKushner has a pending foreclosure complaint in Broward County Circuit Court against an affiliate of Hernandez’s Miami-based Newgard Development Group that owns the 1-acre site at u003ca href=”/miami/2025/07/18/newgards-natiivo-fort-lauderdale-site-faces-foreclosure/”u003e200 West Broward Boulevardu003c/au003e near Fort Lauderdale’s Brightline station. Newgard is planning Natiivo Fort Lauderdale, a 40-story short-term rental-friendly condominium with 384 units.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eHernandez did not respond to requests for comment, while Kushner’s attorney declined to comment.u0026nbsp;u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eNewgard acquired the site from Kushner and Aimco for u003ca href=”/miami/2023/12/15/kushner-aimco-sell-fort-lauderdale-dev-site-to-newgard/”u003e$31.2 millionu003c/au003e in 2023. The same year, Kushner provided Newgard with a $21.2 million mortgage that the developer failed to repay in full by a June 15 maturity date, the Fort Lauderdale lawsuit alleges. The $22.9 million allegedly owed includes fees and interest.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eTo secure the mortgage, Newgard pledged 100 percent of its equity interest in the development entity as collateral, the foreclosure complaint states.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eAccording to the Miami-Dade complaint, Kushner alleges Hernandez “absolutely and irrevocably guaranteed and promised to pay the lender, among other things, for any losses, costs, judgments, awards, court costs and legal or other expenses.”u0026nbsp;u0026nbsp;u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eKushner is also seeking a court order to force Newgard’s affiliate to fork over $23,471 in monthly rent the developer is collecting from using the development site as a parking lot, the lawsuit states.u0026nbsp;u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eLast year, Newgard launched sales for Natiivo Fort Lauderdale, initially enlisting Cervera Real Estate to handle sales. In December, u003ca href=”/miami/2024/12/05/newgard-taps-one-sothebys-forfort-lauderdale-condo-sales/”u003eOne Sotheby’s International Realtyu003c/au003e took over marketing for the project, which has not yet broken ground.u0026nbsp;Newgard’s other major developments are in partnership with Miami-based Two Roads Development. The joint venture is developing Lofty Brickell and Standard Residences, a pair of condominium projects in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood along the Miami River. In September, the partnership secured u003ca href=”/miami/2025/09/29/newgard-two-roads-get-one-brickell-riverfront-loan-in-miami/”u003e$513 millionu003c/au003e in construction financing for the two towers.u003c/pu003en”,”noAds”:false,”alternativeHeadline”:{“subheadline”:”New York-based firm is suing developer personally as guarantor for $23M allegedly defaulted loan”,”__typename”:”AlternativeHeadline”},”updatedPost”:{“updated”:false,”date”:”2025-11-24T16:43:00+00:00″,”__typename”:”UpdatedPost”},”aiSummary”:{“summary”:”u003cpu003eu003c!– wp:list –u003eu003c/pu003ernu003cul class=”wp-block-list”u003eu003c!– wp:list-item –u003ernu003cliu003eKushner Companies sued developer Harvey Hernandez personally as the guarantor of an allegedly defaulted $22.9 million loan tied to a Fort Lauderdale development site, in addition to a pending foreclosure complaint against a Newgard Development Group affiliate that owns the site.u003c/liu003ernu003c!– /wp:list-item –u003ernrnu003c!– wp:list-item –u003ernu003cliu003eThe loan, originally $21.2 million and provided by Kushner, is for the site where Newgard is planning Natiivo Fort Lauderdale, a 40-story short-term rental-friendly condominium, but the developer allegedly failed to repay the loan by the June 15 maturity date.u003c/liu003ernu003c!– /wp:list-item –u003ernrnu003c!– wp:list-item –u003ernu003cliu003eKushner is seeking to compel Hernandez’s affiliate to hand over $23,471 in monthly rent collected from using the development site as a parking lot, alongside the full repayment of the $22.9 million allegedly owed (including fees and interest).u003c/liu003ernu003c!– /wp:list-item –u003eu003c/ulu003ernu003cpu003eu003c!– /wp:list 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New York-based Kushner, led by Laurent Morali and Nicole Kushner Meyer, is seeking a court order to force Newgard’s affiliate to pay $23,471 in monthly rent. The lawsuit also alleges that Hernandez ‘absolutely and irrevocably guaranteed and promised to pay the lender’ for any losses or costs.

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