Alicia Cervera

Alicia Cervera (born March 14, 1930) is a Peruvian-American businesswoman, real estate broker and philanthropist known for her work as the founder and chairman of Cervera Real Estate, a real estate brokerage firm headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Early life Born in Peru in 1930, Cervera is the second of three daughters of Teodosio Cabada, a Peruvian ambassador, and Alicia Cipriani, a real estate developer in her hometown of Lima. She emigrated to Miami with her husband and their two daughters in the early 1960s, seeking safety in the United States from the Cuban Communist Revolution.

In 1966, Cervera learned of the transformation of Brickell Avenue in Miami from single-family lots to multifamily development.

Between 1969 and 2023, Cervera's career in new development sales and marketing included more than 120 condominium high-rise towers represented and sold across South Florida. Among these, include: Aston Martin Residences Miami (downtown Miami), Apogee (South Beach), the Ritz Carlton Coconut Grove, St. Regis Bal Harbour, and Grove at Grand Bay (Coconut Grove).

Cervera has been a supporter of the American Red Cross and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. For the last 40 years, she has been President of Clinica San Juan de Dios Miami Foundation, a hospital for disabled children in her native Peru.

Awards and recognition Cervera has been referred to in the press as the "Grand Lady of Real Estate Sales" and the "Queen of Brickell." The American Cancer Society Award for Inner Circle of 12. 2016: Miami Dade County Mayor Tomás Regalado proclaimed October 18 "Alicia Cervera Day", stating that "no woman other than Julia Tuttle has had a larger impact on the development of Miami than Alicia Cervera." 2023: honored with the South Florida Business Journal's Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of her influence and dedication to the real estate industry.