Setai Miami Beach and owners Joe, Ralph and Avi Nakash. (Setai)
UPDATED, May 7, 2:30 p.m.: The Setai Miami Beach can’t kick out Sarah Lazow, but the luxury condo-hotel’s ownership is making the Los Angeles woman’s stay there an unpleasant one.
Lazow, who currently has a short-term lease for a privately-owned unit in one of the Setai’s upper floors, is banned from the property’s pool, bars, restaurants and from using any of the amenities, according to court documents in an ongoing lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.
The hotel portions of the Setai, including the 90-room Art Deco Dempsey Vanderbilt Hotel at 2001 Collins Avenue, and some units in an adjoining 164-unit residential tower at 101 20th Street, are owned by the Nakash family that built the Jordache Jeans fashion empire.
Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort announced today the appointment of Lulu Dangerfield as the new executive chef of Hotel Effie Sandestin. Dangerfield will work alongside James Beard Award-winning Chef Hugh Acheson, who will lead and curate all food and beverage offerings on property.
Tell us more about your position and how you came to work at Setai Miami Beach.
Back in 2009, I decided to move to the US to expand my hospitality background; I did a good amount of research and evaluated hotels in my favorite cities, New York and Miami. The Setai, Miami Beach really stood out to me thanks to its unique clientele, fantastic design, top location, very interesting footprint, impressive management and service culture.
It also had a very special setup as a luxury condominium with private residences and a hotel program, which added a lot of flavor to the opportunity. I started as a senior guest relation manager and was able to work my way up to the helm in five years. My team and I have weathered not only several hurricanes but also the challenges of two management company changes and an ownership change. Since 2015, we are self-managed, and as general manager, I’m reporting directly to ownership, a private family out of New York.