For five hours Wednesday night at Bal Harbour Shops in north Miami, the Champagne was flowing, the crowd was dancing and mood was completely festive.

There was even some shopping, as 1,200 loyal customers as well as shopkeepers, brand reps, socialites, models and some local officials descended on Bal Harbour Shops to commemorate the luxury center’s 60th anniversary.

“Sixty years — it’s really quite a milestone,” said Matthew Whitman Lazenby, president and chief executive officer of Whitman Family Development, the owners of Bal Harbour Shops, who came to the party with his three young boys and other family members. “It makes me proud and it’s humbling to be part of something that was here before I was born, and hopefully will be here for long after I’m not. Tonight we honor not only the

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