Miami to vet cost of Tri-Rail link downtown
City officials plan to re-evaluate the price tag to expand Tri-Rail to downtown Miami, Mayor Tomás Regalado said. The $69 million cost was estimated in talks among the South Florida Regional Transportation Agency, Tri-Rail’s operator; All Aboard Florida; the company that owns All Aboard’s rail corridor; and the Florida Department…
Goldman Properties has proposed ‘Wynwood’s first true mixed-use ground up building’ for a site at 2700 NW 2nd Avenue that would contain 72 residential units, 68 hotel rooms, a little more than 11,000 square feet of retail, a little less than 50,000 square feet of offices, and large panels on the…
Developer Terra buying Miami city garage
Dacra leasing new Design District phase
Bal Harbour Shops just a few years ago was Miami’s ground zero for luxury retail brands, but that has changed. About 18 months ago, pioneering real estate developer Dacra, in partnership with L Real Estate, began plans for Miami Design District, a low-rise shopping enclave that features pedestrian promenades…
Blockbusters: The Most Expensive ‘Tiny’ Home in America is at the Setai
When the Wall Street Journal officially bestows Miami Beach as the city with the most expensive tiny home in America—that ‘tiny home’ being an 800 square foot pied a’ terre at the Setai that’s on the market for $2.5 million—even beating out that epicenter of tiny, ultra expensive…
Health firm leasing in ballpark garage
Walmart Wars: Oh Good Lord, a Walmart SuperCenter is Coming to the Keys
Walmart is planning to build a 123,000 square foot SuperCenter as part of a 335,000 square foot shopping center on Rockland Key, just a hop, skip, and a jump up the Overseas Highway from Key West. (h/t: The Next Miami) Neighbors are, of course, concerned about traffic and affordable housing for…
Conversions Of Older Office Buildings Are Pushing Prices And Rents Higher
Older office buildings in cities including Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami are being bought for above their replacement costs, with conversion plans that include residential or hotel towers.
Senate Tightens Requirements for Construction Defect Claims
The Florida Senate is following a recent national trend of tightening its laws governing construction defect claims. Currently, under FL. Stat. § 558.004, entitled Notice and Opportunity to Repair, a party claiming a construction defect must serve a notice of claim upon the party whom they have…
Gold Coast Freightways leases Weston industrial building
Clarion Partners has leased its 230,600-square-foot, Class A distribution building in Weston to Gold Coast Freightways, according to CBRE, which arranged the lease. Miami-based Gold Coast Freightways initially occupied half of the building at 3245 Meridian Parkway…
Miami’s growing improved baywalk could be extended to hug the FEC deep water slip and connect Museum Park to land beside AmericanAirlines Arena under a waterways project the city has floated. The city commission has authorized a grant request that would help fund the bulk of the baywalk extension. It was one…
Century 21 Department Store opening at Sawgrass Mills
Century 21 Department Store will open at Sawgrass Mills this fall, marking the retailer’s debut in Florida and its first foray outside the Northeast. The 85,000-square-foot store will serve as an anchor of the Sunrise shopping center as it continues to expand.
Hilton convention center hotel tops off in West Palm
The Hilton West Palm Beach convention center hotel topped off on Tuesday. Miami-based Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates is the architect on the project, a 400-room, 12-story resort that will include 24,000-square-feet of meeting space and…
Avison Wins Mega Office Portfolio Deal
Avison Young just scored the largest Florida office leasing assignment in Florida in recent years. Get all the details…
Coconut Grove Grove retail in turnabout
Palm Beach County Commission allows project near Scripps
To make sure a giant regional headquarters could be built on a site off Interstate 95 and Donald Ross Road, Palm Beach County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to lift land-use restrictions that call for the site to be used for bio-science and biotechnology.