← The Many Business Ventures of Shaquille O’Neal

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By C. Daniel Baker | Published December 20, 2012 | Full size is 620 × 480 pixels

Shaq started The O'Neal Group, a real estate firm that's aligning with MDM Development in a $1 billion project to build 1,100 residential units in a sprawling downtown Miami complex. The project -- Met Miami -- will include an 866-foot building, touted as the tallest residential tower south of New York City. Plans also call for office buildings, a five-star Marriott hotel and a 24-Hour Fitness, which O'Neal is also partnered with.

Shaq started The O’Neal Group, a real estate firm that’s aligning with MDM Development in…