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Published: March 21 2014

(L-R) Catherine Denueve with Charles & Clo Cohen.

Dania Beach, FL -- DCOTA owner Charles S. Cohen is well known for heading a multi-faceted real estate development company (Cohen Brothers Realty and Cohen Design Centers) that owns and manages more than 12 million square feet of prime office and showroom space in Manhattan, Los Angeles, Florida and Houston, but it as Chairman and CEO of Cohen Media Group that he was honored on March 13 with the Ordre National Du Mérite (National Order of Merit) by the President of the French Republic for his commitment and contributions to the French artistic community. Accordingly, he will be decorated with the prestigious Knight of the Order medal at a ceremony to be held at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

Established by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963, The National Order of Merit, was created to award French citizens as well as foreign nationals for distinguished civil or military achievements. Charles S. Cohen was honored for his work as the leading distributor of French cinema in the U.S.

"I am honored and humbled to receive this great tribute from President Hollande. My colleagues and I will continue to bring the best of French cinema to audiences in America," said Mr. Cohen.

Cohen Media Group released Emmanual Bercot's On My Way starring Catherine Denueve on March 14. Other upcoming releases include Cedric Klapsich's Chinese Puzzle and Le Chef, among others.

Previous films distributed in the United States by Cohen Media Group include Benoît Jacquot's Farewell, My Queen, Francois Ozon's In The House, Lorraine Lévy's The Other Son, Gilles Legrand's You Will Be My Son and from Claude Lanzmann, the director of Shoah, The Last of the Unjust. CMG's Cohen Film Collection is home to over 700 classic films in addition to 30 recently acquired French classic films from renowned directors such as Claude Chabrol, André Téchiné, René Clair, René Clément, and other legendary French directors. Cohen will bring many of these films to US audiences for the first time in a fully restored version. Mr. Cohen is also presently serving as Producer of the Dreamworks Studios remake of the French thriller The Prey.

In South Florida, Mr. Cohen, a part-time Palm Beacher, oversees DCOTA (Design Center of the Americas) and its position as one of the world's largest design/office campuses with 775,000 square feet of extraordinary interior design merchandise perfect for any upscale home, yacht or commercial project. DCOTA is a country club for professional designers and design enthusiasts with nearly 60 exquisite showrooms, collectively representing more than a thousand premier manufacturers from around the world."

After spending tens of millions of dollars for construction upgrades, including lighting and landscaping – along with the impressive new DCOTA CAY Restaurant, magnificent atrium event space and the state of the art fitness center opening soon – DCOTA is once again primed for major growth – thanks to owner Charles S. Cohen, now the proud recipient of the prestigious Ordre National Du Mérite (National Order of Merit) from the French Republic.

In addition to DCOTA, Cohen Design Centers include the Decoration & Design (D&D) Building at 979 Third Avenue in Manhattan, the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood and the Decorative Center of Houston (DCH). For more information on Mr. Cohen's commercial real estate ventures, please visit www.cohenbrothersrealty.com.