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Senate push to expand lobbyist registration to special districts like Broward Health

A bill to broaden water management district lobbyist registration rules to apply to hospital districts, expressway and port authorities, children’s services districts and other special taxing districts with budgets in excess o…

Railroading: The Tri-Rail station at the Miami Itermodal Center Opened

The Tri-Rail station at the Miami Intermodal Center opened yesterday to a slow trickle of customers, in preparation for the increased number of commuters expected today. After years of planning and construction, the MIC is now almost completely operational, with the only element left being Amtrak.

Development Update: Faena Launches Sales for Versailles Classic and Contemporary

Sales have launched at the Faena District for the two towers coming to the Versailles Hotel property, known as Versailles Classic and Versailles Contemporary. Classic, of course, is the restoration of the art deco Versailles Hotel, which is being converted into 22 units, with bathrooms that look…

Miami ranks fourth in top 10 healthiest cities

Miami was ranked as the fourth in a list of the 10 healthiest cities in the country, according to Livability.
The publication cited Miami’s low obesity rate — 12 percent below the national average — and the city’s plentiful exercise opportunities…

Run Out of Cuba, Americans Cling to Claims for Seized Property

With a change in diplomatic relations, what happens to 6,900 claims filed by Americans over property seized in Cuba?

Judge Sides With Miami Beach Condo Association on Engineer’s Lien

A Miami-Dade circuit judge rules an engineering firm suing a Miami Beach condo association can’t use a single lien to recover for work done under nine contracts, the association’s attorney said.

Views in 1939 of Collins Ave from the roof of the Normandy Plaza Hotel

Looking north on Collins Avenue from the roof of the Normandy Plaza Hotel near 70th Street. (Oct. 1939).  Looking south on Collins Avenue from the roof of the Normandy Plaza Hotel near 70th Street.

Anatomy Of A 90% LTV Office Deal

I think it’s fair to characterize the following transaction as a symbol of our current national office market boom. Gone, gone, gone are the days when lenders’ hands were tied and 30-40% minimum cash on the barrelhead was a necessity to get a deal done for an office building in a…

Sea level rise in Miami: Dr. Harold Wanless on podcast, “This Can’t Be Happening” … by gimleteye

Harold Wanless, a leading climatologist and geologist based at the University of Miami, returns to the “This Can’t Be Happening!” program after a year to revisit his claim that global warming and sea level rise are going to be much more dramatic than the consensus predictions of…

Revenge of the megaprojects: Coral Gables’ Biggest Development Ever Gets First Approval

The Mediterranean Village, Coral Gables’ biggest development project ever, or since the development of Coral Gables itself (which was originally one big development, so there) has received preliminary approval from the city baring a number of revisions to the design. If it receives second approval…

Check out TRD’s new South Florida Market Report

Once a gritty strip pockmarked by motels where prostitutes and drug dealers plied their trade, the Miami Modern Biscayne Boulevard Historic District is now a burgeoning area with new hotels, restaurants, shops and office space. The Real Deal‘s new South Florida Market Report explores the…

Take A Peek At Downtown Miami’s Future Skyline

Miami’s Downtown Development Authority has released a video that provides a glimpse of what the skyline will look like when the current crop of construction projects have been completed.  The video helps to visualize the massing of Miami’s evolving skyline by showing buildings that are both proposed and under construction.

Sea level rise in Miami: Dr. Harold Wanless on podcast, “This Can’t Be Happening”

Harold Wanless, a leading climatologist and geologist based at the University of Miami, returns to the “This Can’t Be Happening!” program after a year to revisit his claim that global warming and sea level rise are going to be much more dramatic than the consensus predictions of th…

Development Update: Southgate Towers Phase 1, or the North…

Phase 1, or the North Tower, of the $40 million Southgate Towers renovation has completed. The 1960s-era 242 unit apartment building now includes a new facade, restaurant, yoga studio, and retail space. When completed, the South Tower will have another 253 units.

South Florida’s new condo pipeline moves closer to supply levels of last cycle

What was the total number of buildings and units built during the last boom cycle compared to this cycle for Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties?  Unlike many of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas, the history of the biggest cities of the tri-county …

Carol City shopping center sells for $7M, developer to raze it

A shopping center in Carol City just traded hands for $7.1 million, and the buyer reportedly plans to redevelop it into a “Class-A” retail center.  The Carol City Shopping Center, on the corner of Northwest 27th Avenue and Miami Gardens…

Russian developers pay $10.5M for Denny’s site in Sunny Isles Beach

The Verzasca Group paid $10.5 million for the Denny’s site it’s planning to develop as a 19-story luxury tower in Sunny Isles Beach.  The planned development will have 76 units priced from below $1 million…

Wynwood property asks $17M, 5x more than in 2011

$500M mixed-use Coral Gables development gets first approval

A Coral Gables development is one step closer to becoming a reality after a Thursday city commission meeting reportedly gave the project initial approval.  The Mediterranean Village, a $500 million mixed-use project to be developed by Agave Ponce, passed its first…

Miami investors get caught up in Cuba’s real-estate revolution, report says

Cuban-Americans from Miami are getting caught up in a real-estate revolution that is sweeping Cuba, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.  Online services connecting foreign buyers and sellers such as Point2Cuba.com are helping some Cubans on the Communist island to accumulate wealth. This is all despite the criminal penalties…

Brickell construction project takes big step forward

A major haul for the 1010 Brickell Condo project as they take a big step in the construction of the soon to be luxury condominium building.  Crews working around the clock to fill 5600 cubic yards of cement into a very tight space, a key part of the overall project. Project Executive for Moss Construction Managers, Stephen Chang…

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Phase one of Southgate Towers’ $40M renovation complete

Southgate Towers, a 1960s apartment building in Miami Beach, completed the first phase of its $40 million renovation, ADD Inc. announced recently.  The completed North Tower includes a new facade, 242 redesigned units, a lobby, fitness center with yoga…

Cruise lines seek more Miami berths

More cruise ships aim to come to PortMiami, a Miami-Dade County official revealed.  A number of companies are in talks with the county about bringing their ships to PortMiami, Deputy Mayor Jack Osterholt told Miami Today on Monday.

Torrid housing pace catches up to ’04

Despite four record-breaking years, residential prices are only now regaining their 2004 highs, according to Teresa King Kinney, CEO of the Miami Association of Realtors.  During an address at the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce South Florida Real Estate Summit last week on Jungle Island, Ms. Kinney shared…

Sabadell Demos Strong CBD Office Demand

Demand for premium office space in Miami’s urban core is rising. The latest sign comes from Sabadell Financial Center…

Getting Inside the Head of Foreign Investors

Foreign investment may be changing because of the strengthening US dollar, but it’s still a strong force in Miami and beyond. What are the smaller investors buying…

North Beach on comeback trail

Hialeah Rail Yards Taps Intermodal Trend

Square Mile Capital just invested big in the rail yard and intermodal center. Find out why….

Big Sugar Pays Tea Party Protesters To Stop Everglades Rescue

“Big Sugar supporters hiring actors to pretend to protest is pathetic,” said Progress Florida Executive Director Mark Ferrulo. “Someone should ask who is paying for artificial sweetener to make polluting the Everglades and our drinking water easier to swallow.” Please se…

L’Atelier Residences Launches $33 Million Penthouse

The days of its drama-attracting affiliation with the property across the street formerly known as Canyon Ranch are long gone. The condo tower now being planned for the ‘Golden Sands’ site, called L’Atelier, will have a $33 million penthouse with 8,000 square feet of living space over two levels, …

Terra/Related’s Park Grove Groundbreaking Happening Soon

Ground is being prepped for Park Grove, the joint luxury residential project by Terra Group and the Related Group that was designed by Rem Koolhaas/OMA, with groundbreaking happening soon. The rear portion of the project, including a new building for the Coconut Grove Bank, will be constructed fir…

Hialeah Rail Yards Taps Intermodal Trend

The 228-acre rail yard and intermodal center next to MIA will provide an important link to the Miami seaport to support future shipping growth.

You Won’t Believe How Much This Buyer Spent on Kendall Apartments

Religious retirement community approved for construction in Broward

The Casa Sant’Angelo, a Catholic retirement community, received state approval to begin construction in Miramar.

Clocks ticks on Mediterranean Village plan

Developers of the proposed Mediterranean Village on the former Old Spanish Village site asked the Coral Gables Commission not to be afraid of sharing city founder George Merrick’s vision of growth with them and cautioned that time can run out as it did for the developer of City Beautiful.

What a difference in optimism three years have produced

Economic optimism that was squelched by the recession has come roaring back among Miami Today readers, and with good reason: their financial positions have improved markedly.  The average reader’s mean household income has jumped from $219,000 to more than $259,000 since 2012, data from Miami Today’…

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Arrested Development: Blaming the cancelation on delays…

Blaming the cancellation on delays caused by a legal dispute with a neighboring landowner in which they eventually won, Ion East Edgewater is no longer being built as a condo tower. Its developers, Sakor Development, are instead planning a mixed-use…

Renovations: The Bass Museum Will Lose its Monumental Ramp in Expansion

The Bass Museum of Art has released plans to expand by Arata Isozaki and David Gauld, the same team that designed the museum’s last expansion between 1998 and 2002. The design fills in two of the museum’s exterior spaces—a courtyard often used for parties, and a dramatic patio area under…

Love Boat: Already the busiest cruise ship…

Already the busiest cruise ship port in the world, PortMiami is getting busier and busier with perhaps “three or four” new cruise ships in talks to call it home. Two more terminals may be coming too.

Dig This: The Panama Canal Is About To Get Busy

The 48-mile-long waterway that cuts across “the backbone of the Western Hemisphere” is going through the final year of a $5 billion dollar massive expansion that has also energized ports from Miami to Boston.

Atlantic Pacific Companies to expand SoFla management portfolio

Atlantic | Pacific Companies is expanding its portfolio in South Florida by 2,000 residential units, the company announced on Wednesday.  Atlantic | Pacific’s property leasing and condo association management division added properties in Brickell, the Miami Design District…

Update: Baywood Hotels paid $10.5M for closed Keys resort

The Florida Keys resort that recently traded hands between real estate heavyweight Peebles Corporation and Baywood Hotels was purchased for $10.5 million, according to Monroe County property records.  Peebles had purchased the 80-room hotel in…

Bonjour, Miami: French sister restaurant of Zuma and Coya to open next

Arjun Waney, the London-based co-owner of uber-popular Zuma — and the recently opened Coya — is planning to bring another of his international dining hotspots to the Brickell Corridor, The Real Deal has learned.  La Petite…

Terreno Realty, Fairchild Partners negotiate 300K sf lease

A custom retail fixture manufacturer and distributor signed a lease for more than 300,000 square feet in Hialeah, according to a press release.  Banah International Group was the building’s former tenant. The sugar company declared…

Japanese restaurant to make US debut in Miami Beach

Soho Bay, a Japanese restaurant chain that originated in Brazil, is making Miami Beach the home of its first location in the U.S.  Located at 520 West Avenue, the 12,000-square-foot restaurant will have indoor and outdoor seating for…

Fort Lauderdale-based Stiles announces change in leadership

Real estate development firm Stiles Corp. is changing its leadership succession plan, the company announced on Wednesday.  The roles of chairman and CEO will be separated over the next two years, according to a press release. Ken Stiles will replace his father, current…

Ion East Edgewater developer ditches condo plan, switches to mixed-use

The developer of the Ion East Edgewater has scuttled plans to develop the 36-story condo tower at 2701 Biscayne Boulevard, The Real Deal has confirmed.  In a company statement provided to TRD, Sakor Development said it is reevaluating, due to delays cause…

Miami’s CBC Hires Heavy Hitter

Find out who Coldwell Banker Commercial (CBC) Alliance just hired as an executive managing director and what he sees in Miami’s office market.

New Green Buildings in Miami

Rising sea levels around South Florida are probably the most important issue facing our megalopolis right now. To counter the deluge— literally and metaphorically speaking—and to respond to consumers’ demand for environmentally sensitive enterprises, developers are employing smart, new construction…

How Miami Beach is Fighting Climate Change

“Miami ranks number one in terms of vulnerability to sea-level rise associated with climate change,” says Ben Kirtman, professor of atmospheric sciences at University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. The US National Climate Assessment, put together by government agencies such as NASA…

Federal lawsuit calls All Aboard Florida funding “plainly unlawful”

Indian River County filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the approval of $1.75 billion in tax exempt bonds for All Aboard Florida, calling the award “plainly unlawful.”

Whats in a name?: In 1897 a flyer is…

In 1897 a flyer is sent to farmers in Sweden promoting a development in South Florida known as ‘Halland’, which was being sold by a man named Luther Halland. Some farmers do arrive establishing a Swedish colony, and that’s how Hallandale Beach was born.

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1st Quarter 2014 Industrial Market Report for Miami-Dade County CRE

Total Industrial inventory in the Miami-Dade County market area amounted to 229,374,658 square feet in 8,790 buildings as of the end of the second quarter 2014. The Flex sector consisted of 16,908,307 square feet in 600 projects. The Warehouse sector consisted of…

Sixth new condo tower of this cycle completed in Greater Downtown Miami

The sixth new condo tower of this current South Florida real estate cycle that began in 2011 has been completed in Greater Downtown Miami.  Construction of the new 35-story Nine at Mary Brickell Village (area demographics & economic data, commercial property listings) with…

Raising Money through Real Estate Syndications – Recent Law Changes to the Rule 506 Exemption

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, known as the Jobs Act, has changed the way to raise money from groups of investors to purchase commercial and investment real estate properties.  Many forget that raising money from multiple investors is often viewed as…

Stuck in Traffic: Miami-Dade County Public Transit is…

Miami-Dade County Public Transit is becoming, in the eyes of many, the most obvious solution to Miami’s really bad traffic, but—surprise of the century!—existing transit fares come nowhere close to paying for operation, the half cent sales tax increase that was supposed to save it all…

Investing in NNN Triple Net Leased Commercial Real Estate Properties

Not all real estate investors are created equal. A large number of them simply are looking to place their hard-earned money into a safe haven to avoid the often unpredictable nature of the…

Commercial Real Estate – Terms & Definitions
Commercial Real Estate – Terms & Definitions:  Availability Rate: The ratio of available space to total rentable space, calculated by dividing the total available square feet by the total rentable square feet.  Available Space: The total amount of space that is…

Partition of Florida Real Estate

Joint property ownership is a partnership at its core. Partnerships are great tools to save money, promote economies of scale, and better utilize resources. However, in situations where more than one party owns property, decision-making may become cumbersome, partners may…

Office Space, Hotel Rooms, And Residential Units Planned At Miami International Centre

Across from the Miami Intermodal Center, investors are eyeing the former Bertram Yacht Facility as the potential site for a megaproject.  Alecta, a Swedish pension fund, bought the 22-acre property in 2011 for $17 million. Soon after, Bertram moved out.

Understanding Florida’s Commercial Real Estate Sales Commission Lien Act

Pursuant to Florida’s Commercial Real Estate Sales Commission Lien Act, a commercial broker has a lien upon the owner’s net proceeds from the sale of commercial real estate for any commission earned by the broker under a written broker’s agreement.

In suburban Doral, developers bank on an urban future

Life in Doral is getting a major update: Prominent local developers are building mixed-use projects they say will help turn this industrial, traffic-clogged suburb in west Miami-Dade into a walkable, shop-able city.

Are You Entitled to Receive a Real Estate Commission?

As the amount of South Florida real estate transactions continue to reach new records, real estate brokers and agents find themselves in more and more commission disagreements.  As such, we thought it would be a good idea to post a new article on the doctrine of proc…

Thor Equities Pays $16M To Complete Miami Design District Assemblage

The New York-based developer acquired a key piece for its upscale retail project in the Miami Design District in a long-delayed deal.

Miami’s Green Spaces Are Prime Assets for Public-Private Partnerships

On March 29, 2015, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, of which Bilzin Sumberg is a member, hosted an event that discussed infrastructure plans that would increase Miami’s walkability and bikeability. In addition to increasing modes of…

Miami Ranks High in Real Estate’s ‘New Dawn’

Miami was just named among the 12 cities investing and occupying world city real estate by Savills World Research. At a glance, the report calls out Miami for tourism, construction, and Latin American regional headquarters.

Verzasca Group to launch tower on Denny’s site in Sunny Isles Beach

Former Sunglass Hut exec sells Brickell home to Miami developer

A former Sunglass Hut owner sold his Brickell mansion — after it spent more than 1,200 days on the market — to Terra Group’s David Martin and his wife Christina.  Dean and Jania Ziff sold the 2-acre estate at 2999 Brickell Avenue for $14 million…

Atlanta firm picks up West Palm Beach community for $112M

An Altanta-based real estate company just purchased the Resort at Laguna Lakes — an 812-unit multifamily community in West Palm Beach — for a total of $112 million.  The development is split into two phases: Arium Laguna Lakes, which was built in…

Photos of 10 brilliant ideas for the skyscraper of tomorrow

A design by Shi Yuqing, Hu Yifei, Zhang Juntong, Sheng Zifeng, He Yanan, China (Credit: eVolo Magazine)
From the New York website: The sky is the limit. Literally.  The winners of the 2015…

Office building near Fort Lauderdale airport sells at $4M loss

Privé developers receive building permit from city of Aventura

Privé at Island Estates, a 160-unit luxury development, can begin construction now that developers received their building permit from the city of Aventura.  The twin, 16-story tower development is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2017….

Miami among top cities with highest gains in home prices: S&P Case-Shiller

Miami reported one of the highest gains in home prices, according to S&P Case-Schiller’s Home Prices Indices for January 2015.  The city reported the second highest year-over-year gains of 8.3 percent over the last 12 months. Denver led the country with 8.4 percent…

Plantation offices fetch $52M in sale

A Plantation office complex recently sold for $52 million to a New York-based trust.  The two-building complex, at 1600 and 1601 Southwest 80th Street, was reportedly sold to the Gramercy Property Trust in New York, which specializes in buying and leasing out…

What Tere Blanca Sees in Miami’s Office Market

“All of this spells opportunity for businesses looking to enter the Miami market and expand here.”

Kelley/Uustal to Get New $10M High-Tech Fort Lauderdale Law Office

The Fort Lauderdale plaintiffs firm will move into a $10 million downtown office with a state-of-the-art mock courtroom.

Brickell Condo Project Bucs Norm of Putting 50% Down

A condo in Brickell City Centre can be bought for 20 percent down at the purchase contract, with an additional 15 percent due 120 days after signing.

Students Criticize Arquitectonica’s Design For New School Of Architecture Building: ‘Looks Like A Bunker’

Arquitectonica’s plan for a new 20,000-square-foot design studio building at the University of Miami’s School of Architecture is drawing criticism from students there.  An article in The Miami Hurricane quotes several students who are dissatisfied with Arquitectonica’s design.

Florida Crystals lands $38M loan to build Kendall apartments

The residential development arm of sugar producer Florida Crystals secured a $37.75 million construction loan for an apartment project in western Kendall.

Palm Beach Gardens condo project to break ground

The Azure condominium project along the Intracoastal Waterway in Palm Beach Gardens has gotten the green light to break ground.

Office Markets in Tech-Heavy Cities Lead 2015 Pack

The U.S. office market continued its slow-and-steady recovery in the first quarter, with technology-heavy markets leading an overall modest growth of rents and occupancies.  U.S. employers added 6.4 million square feet of space in the first quarter, causing the vacancy rate to tick down to 16.6% from 16.7%…

Why Miami’s CBD Office Market Delivers

Steady and growing positive net absorption has fueled a rapid recovery of the office market in the last three years. JLL’s Donald Cartwright tells GlobeSt.com’s Jennifer LeClaire what’s attracting tenants…

An Idea To Mitigate Rising Seas In Miami Beach: Lift The Entire City

One way Miami Beach might prepare for the threat of rising sea levels is to elevate the whole city.  “The only tried and true solution to combating rising sea levels is to raise with it,” says Eric Carpenter, public works director for the City of Miami Beach.

Coral Gables: Proposed Development Mediterranean Village and the Mayoral Election

Voters Beware! … in Coral Gables where a 1.2 million square foot “Mediterranean Village” is being proposed that makes the Village of Merrick Park look like a single-family residence. The proposers are the well financed, or better said, the self-financed Agave LLC, an affiliate of…

On the seaman’s market: Boca Chica Key’s Old Submarine Pits Want $21.2 Million

Sleeping Around: ‘Resort Fees’ Are an Insufferable Epidemic for Miami Hotels

It’s not exactly news that typical hotel room guest rates in Miami and Miami Beach are sky high. So high, in fact, that the average rate is higher than anywhere else in the U.S., at $249/night, according to a report released by Bloomberg last year. Then there’s the resort fee.  Here’s the real…

Where You Get Your Retail Traffic Numbers Can Be More Important Than What They Say

Keeping an eye on national retail trends is made much easier with a subscription to the excellent RetailCustomerExperience.com, who graces us this morning with an eye-opening piece on the dangers of misinformation lurking in various retail traffic measurement…

Miami Ranks High in Real Estate’s ‘New Dawn’

Savills Research just named Miami among 12 cities that are manifesting the American Dream in the new dawn of real estate…

Developer could redevelop Biscayne Mobile Home Park after $14M purchase

Mayor requests funds to buy back pine rocklands

Mayor of Miami-Dade county Carlos Giménez and Commissioner Dennis Moss asked Gov. Rick Scott for Amendment 1 funding to buy back property containing an endangered pine rockland habitat from RAM Realty Services (RAM). This move would put the land under county control.

Chetrit Preparing Miami River Project For Review By UDRB

Joseph and Meyer Chetrit’s plan to build the Miami River project continues to move through the approval process, and could be ready for review by Miami’s UDRB as soon as next month, according to a city source.

All Aboard Florida closer to getting $1.75 billion in tax exempt bonds

All Aboard Florida is closer to getting the money it needs to finish its Miami-to-Orlando passenger rail after Friday appointments made to a board charged with deciding whether it will receive $1.75 billion in tax exempt bonds.

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Despite Lack Of Land, Miami’s Population Growth Ranked Eighth Last Year

The Miami metro area added 66,361 people between July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014, ranking eighth highest in the nation.  Overall, six of the nation’s 20 fastest growing metropolitan areas were in Florida, with Miami growing more than any other Florida metro. On a percentage basis, Florida’s The Villages grew fastest…

Construction Watch: Gulfstream Park’s 110 Foot Bronze Pegasus is Looking Fierce

It’s been a little while since Curbed last checked in on the construction of Gulfstream Park’s 110 foot tall bronze sculpture of Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology, killing a dragon. Both beasts appear to be nearing completion, while construction workers are…

Latin buyers fueling SoFla real estate boom, China emerging: Chamber summit

The South Florida real estate market experienced its fourth straight year of record-breaking sales, fueled by a continuing surge of wealthy Latin America buyers, according to a report released Friday, conducted by the National Association of Realtors for the Miami Association of…

Work Underway On 70-Unit Island Living Project In Overtown

Miami Beach tourism photos from the files of the MIami Beach News Bureau – 1950s and 60s

Pepi Hauseman, beach modeling scene (Feb. 1956).  Cars on Ocean Drive with beach in background. (Feb. 1955)  Loretta Larsen, beach modeling scene (Aug. 1955).  Lummus Park beach scene (Feb. 1960).  Pier Park beach….

Big Sugar, pressing forward to privatize Florida’s water supply

For Big Sugar, the exploitation of Florida taxpayers is a ceaseless enterprise. Its success is measured in hundreds of millions of dollars. However much money Big Sugar makes — dominating Florida — it is never enough.With profits virtually guaranteed by federal farm bill policy, Big Sugar freely…

Comment of the day re Biscayne Green: “The plan does need some amendments,…

“The plan does need some amendments, but over all, it is a very solid initiative. It doesn’t really matter what they put in-between the lanes of traffic as long as it is well landscaped and inviting (the attractions are already on both sides of Biscayne Boulevard) the most important factor is to…

Going Up: Construction at Midtown 5

Construction at Midtown 5 (or is it 5 Midtown? At least they stuck to Midtown’s existing numbering sequence, instead of naming the building something totally different, like Hyde) has (A) begun and (B) gone vertical, with two cranes appearing at the site. When completed, the 24 story tower will…

Infrastructure Watch: It Looks Like Tri-Rail Just Might Get its New Station, After All

Tri-Rail went to yesterday’s Miami City Commission meeting asking for $11 million from the city’s coffers to help fund the commuter rail line’s portion of All Aboard Florida’s MiamiCentral station complex in Downtown Miami. Instead, they got at least $5.5 million in transportation taxes, as well a…

Revenue Reserve: Because Things Go Wrong

This one’s a new one on me: a premium feature documentary film framed squarely on commercial real estate, its promises and pitfalls, complete with stirring music, a well-composed visual sense and heavy hitters from NAR, CCIM, IREM and others sharing hair-raising war stories and sage advice.

Will Rising Dollar Hamper Office Leasing?

We know that the Miami condo market is seeing a healthy correction thanks to, in part, a strengthening US dollar. Is that trickling down to office…