Resilience and Vision: A Developers Journey

Why It Matters

Roso’s trajectory—combining international construction experience, institutional-scale delivery at Related, and a shift to independent master-planned development—signals sustained large-scale investment and branded-residential innovation in Miami’s real estate market. His Midtown Park project underscores developer confidence in long-term urban placemaking and capital deployment in South Florida.

Summary

Carlos Roso, an Argentine-born architect with an MIT master’s in real estate development and finance, recounted a globe-spanning career that began with a scholarship-fueled stint in Belgium and a decade of project work across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He joined Related Group in Miami in 2002, rising to president of the condominium division and helping deliver more than 1,600 units and several landmark South Florida projects. In 2020 he founded Roso Development; his debut solo project, the Standard Residences in Midtown Miami, was the brand’s first residential partnership, and he is now advancing Midtown Park, a $2 billion master-planned “neighborhood within a neighborhood.”

Original Description

In this episode, MSRED student Cherry Tang sits down with MSRED alumnus Carlos Rosso, Founder & President of Rosso Development.

Carlos Rosso shares his journey from Argentina to MIT to lead developer shaping Miami's skyline. After decades building across multiple continents and navigating the 2008 financial crisis at Related Group, he launched his independent firm and is still applying lessons from MIT to reimagine real estate development.

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