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Miami Commercial Real Estate News March 23, 2015

Downtown Miami Commercial Real Estate ProperitesReaching for it: Brickell City Centre’s condo tower…

Brickell City Centre’s condo tower number two, called Reach Brickell City Centre (the other one’s called Rise, which is clever) has just topped off. Like its sibling, it is 43 stories and will have 390 units, 80% of which are already sold out…

Bend it like Beckham: MLS Commissioner Don Garber dropped…

MLS Commissioner Don Garber dropped a tantalizing update on the status of David Beckham’s Miami soccer team, saying that things are on track and new developments could come “in a couple weeks”, when he visits Miami. He didn’t say whether this includes a new stadium announcement for Team Beckham, but…

Dead Malls: The new owner of Plantation’s Fashion Mall…

The new owner of Plantation’s shuttered Fashion Mall, Art Falcone (who is also, coincidentally, one of the developers of Miami Worldcenter) plans to knock the place down and redevelop it as a Mary Brickell Village-style ‘outdoor lifestyle center’. The mall, which opened in the late 80s and was…

Why Miami Offers Attractive Opportunities to Chinese Investors

More so than ever, wealthy Chinese investors are actively seeking returns abroad when it comes to real estate investments. China’s 2014 GDP growth of 7.4% was the slowest since 1990 and China’s growth outlook is gloomy due to its impending real estate bubble. Chinese developers…

Duke Building Spec Office in Broward

The spec office building is rising at a time when Marcus & Millichap reports an upswing in office property operations in South Florida….

TD Bank Makes Huge CRE Lending Expansion

“We see the strength and growth potential of Florida’s commercial real estate market, and we’re excited to expand our presence in the region with the addition of these talented individuals,” says Gregg Gerken, head of TD Bank’s Commercial Real Estate business….

Is Multifamily a Better Bet Than Condos?

Condos are going up left and right in Greater Downtown Miami–and in other parts of South Florida. But is multifamily a better bet…

Slideshow of Panorama Tower: The Largest Single Foundation Concrete Pour in Florida History

Pictures of this record setting concrete pour…

You Can’t Build That! Island Gardens Opponent Claims the Watson Island Project is Illegal

A longtime opponent of the Island Gardens project proposed for Miami’s Watson Island claims he has found a “smoking gun” in city records that show the development is illegal…

Dockominium planned in Fort Lauderdale

One of the first “dockominium” projects – a covered boat slip condo – since the end of the recession has been proposed in South Florida.  Alabama-based Battle Plan Capital announced…

Panorama Tower Foundation Pour This Weekend: Up To 30 Hours, 1,500 Loads Of Concrete And 62 Cops

Get ready for heavy traffic around the Panorama Tower project at 1101 Brickell this weekend.  Starting on Friday night at 10 p.m., crews will begin a concrete pour that developers say is the largest in Florida history. Some statistics for the pour…

Fishing Hall of Fame, Museum to bid farewell to Dania Beach


This maritime museum is weighing anchor and setting sail — all the way to the backwaters of Missouri.  The Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum, housed in a distinctive, steel-sheathed building along Interstate 95, will soon leave Dania Beach for new digs in Springfield.

Planned River Village Tower(s) Designed by Raphael Viñoly

The one or two towers (depending on what you think of the bridge linking the tops) planned for the spot on the Miami River between the Ivy, Wind, and Mint towers is (are?) being designed by starchitect Raphael Viñoly, says The Next Miami. The Next Miami also does not appear to be a fan of Viñoly’s work…