Craig Robins
PRESIDENT & CEO, DACRA, MIAMI
A Miami Beach native, Robins focuses Dacra on developing creative communities that integrate art, design and architecture to accelerate asset value creation and enrich urban life. Robins’ current project is The Design District, an 18-square block area in Miami that was largely abandoned two decades ago. “The area was historically devoted to design and that’s something I wanted to preserve in its identity,” says Robins. “It was important that the neighborhood was commercially successful but also culturally enriching.” Robins earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a law degree from the University of Miami. In addition to his recent Design District project, he’s led transformative projects in South Beach, the Lincoln Road area and Allison Island. An avid art collector, Robins supports several arts and cultural organizations, and serves as a trustee of the Perez Art Museum Miami and is on the board of the Sylvester Cancer Center at UM Health.
