An ALM Publication VOL 64, NO. 79 $2.0. Luxury Aventura Condo $20 Million Loan Comes Back to Haunt Opponents Ordered to Pay Developer $26M Broinrard Law Firm, Defense Counsel by L id ia Dinkova A homeowner association for afflu- ent Aventura residents who opposed the neighboring hive at Island Estates con- dominium are on the hook for $26 mil- lion in damages to the developer after fighting against the limey project A jury on Tuesday agreed with the developer-that Williams Island Property Owners' Association Inc. breached an agreement that prohibited it from ob- jecting to the hive development on the nearby private island. • ThenevviycompletedPrive is a 16.sto- /Y. twin-tower complex with 160 units and panoramic views of Dumfoundling Bay. Ifs the only development on the 8-acre North Island, which connects byy bridge to Sbuthisland, an enclave of ' about 22 single-family homes. Another bridge ties South Island to Williams Island and the mainland: • Waldman Barnett co-managing partners Glen Waldman and Eleanor Barnett and partner Jeffrey Lam in Miami worked on the case on behalf of the developer. • Kenny Nachwalter shareholders Jeffrey Foreman, Richard Critchlow, Deborah. Sampled Corbishley and Elizabeth Brooks Honkonen represent- ed the association. They might appeal the verdict. . SEE PRIVE, PAGE A2 'We don't believe the lawn= has the abllfty to pay us back, so we want to safeguard ow interests; said Paul D. Turner of Perlman Bajandas Yevoll & Albright in Port Lauderdale. by Samantha Joseph A motion for sanctions takes aim at several high-profile South Florida attorneys — Bruce Rogow, Albert Frevola Jr., Jessica Kopas and • lynched E. Drake Jr. — as an old debt comes back to haunt Conrad & Scherer. The, underlying breach-of-con- tact complaint could wipe out the Fort Lauderdale law firm under a motion asking the court to appoint a receiver to take control of Conrad & Scherer The 2017 lawsuit pits fanner client