“Where Did You Go?”

Franz Reuther, or better known as Frank Farian, the famous German singer-songwriter and music producer of several pop groups, including No Mercy, Boney M and Milli Vanilli, needs no introduction. His has won more than 800 gold and platinum records. Unfortunately, with all of his fame and success, he has never completed his waterfront property in Miami Beach.

According to several online sources, while in Miami on vacation Farian was walking down Ocean Drive and happened to hear Marty Cintron singing at a local beach cafe. In 1995, he connected Cintron with brothers Ariel and Gabriel Hernandez to form the Miami based pop group No Mercy. Over the last decade the band sold more than 8 million albums and singles, with over 27 million compilations worldwide. And if you don’t remember, No Mercy released the #1 Billboard dance hit “Where Do You Go.”

In early 2001, Farian purchased a 41,000 square foot property at 3100 North Bay Road in Miami Beach for $3.0 million in the name of FAR Corporation. He then began construction on this Arabic inspired residence and never completed the work. As such, the property has been sitting vacant and boarded up for many years. Fortunately for Farian, the value of such prime waterfront property in today’s Miami Beach real estate market is at least $100 per square foot, and it remains to be determined if there is much value in the boarded up structure.

So my question to this missing music producer and Miami Beach property owner is “Where Did You Go?”