It’s nearing the end of summer, which means it’s nearing that time when we finally stop hearing our office worker friends in New York bragging about how they get to stop slaving away at noon because their offices pretty much close up shop during Fridays in the summer. We’d like to…
Hey, the Florida unemployment numbers are in for July, and — oh no! What’s this? A rise? We haven’t seen one of these in 12 months.Yes, Florida’s unemployment rate rose from 8.6 percent in June to 8.8 percent in July, the first increase after a steady stream of declines in…
There’s a good chance you’re an active Twitterer. Whether you’re Tweeting because the club you’re at is so boring there’s nothing else to do, or because your’re stuck in standstill traffic and decide to risk out a Tweet, Miamians like you Tweet a lot.A recent study of geotagged Tweets sent…
One day, all the big cities and luxury destinations of the world will have all the same hotels, outposts of the same five-star restaurants, and versions of the same clubs and boutiques. In fact, they practically do now. It’s like a McDonald’s and Starbucks for the high-end jet set.The Delano,…
Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez’s Miami real estate situation has been almost as tumultuous as his love life since divorcing his ex-wife Cynthia in 2008.In his latest real estate move, A-Rod has listed his nine-bedroom Miami Beach mansion for a whopping $38 million. He bought and began renovating the house in…
A newly built mansion in the posh Indian Creek neighborhood has reportedly sold for $47 million. That would make it the most expensive single-family residential sale in Miami-Dade history. The name of the buyer is unknown, but they’re foreign, of course…
A short drive through Miami often reveals there’s a big difference between the haves and the have-nots in this town. One minute you’re surrounding by luxury high rises and fancy restaurants, the next you’re in the middle of run-down homes and check cashing stores.So it’s no surprise that the Miami…
The Village of Merrick Park isn’t so much an actual village but rather a fancy open-air mall. Of course, it’s far too cushy to use the term “mall,” but fearing that the name caused some confusion, it’s officially renaming itself the Merrick Shops.The name change coincides with both the mall’s…
Despite the fact it’s basically a big ugly box painted in a shade that resembles faded mustard, historic preservationists are trying to save the Miami Herald building by seeking historic status. That would, of course, impede Malaysian gambling magnate Genting Corp, which now owns the building and the land it…
The most dramatic thing about Genting Group’s new plans for the Miami Herald site is how unambitious they are. Ten months after sending shockwaves through Miami by unveiling ostentatious plans that called for giant undulating towers surging into the sky around a full-service casino, the Malaysian gambling powerhouse is now pursuing a…
The City of Miami’s Planning and Zoning Board delivered a setback to controversial plans to bring a Walmart to midtown last night by voting 9-0 against an exception to zoning ordinances, according to CBS Miami. The decision was made amid a heated meeting that packed city hall with several local residents…
Recently, Morgans Hotel Group finished a $10.8 million renovation of South Beach’s Delano and announced it would be expanding the brand by opening a sister hotel in Marrakesh, Morocco. So reports that the company is putting the original Delano on the market are somewhat surprising…
Technically, last night’s public meeting in Midtown’s Roberto Clemente Park was a minor affair. The issue at hand: whether to rezone several blocks to allow — among other things — loading bays on North Miami Avenue.In reality, however, the two-hour event was a wrestling match over the future and priorities…
The W South Beach has to deal with four angry NFL players. The player have filed four separate lawsuits against the developers of the Residences at W South Beach. All four put down deposits on condos back in 2006 and 2007 but want that money back…
Forget condo building. Like we said yesterday, this decade’s Miami building boom appears to be all about retail. Now come reports that developers are looking to build a major retail center in Brickell with big-box stores in the vein of the Midblock area of the Shops at Midtown Miami. According…
The condo boom was so last decade. In the 2010s it’s all about a retail boom in Miami. The Design District is being redeveloped into a glorified luxury outdoor shopping mall. A large development centered around a megamall is being planned for downtown. And now there are plans afoot to…
Overtown is one of Miami’s most historic, if blighted, neighborhoods. All it needs to change its fortunes is a Manhattan-ified name. Realtors are now declaring that the blocks within NE 14th Street and NW 20th Street, and NW First Avenue and NE Second Avenue — a square officially in the…
In what could have been a stupid idea but actually turned out pretty illuminating (especially from Florida’s point of view), Floating Sheep mapped each county in the United States by how often its residents tweet about beer compared with how often they tweet about church. Miami-Dade, unsurprisingly, came in strongly on…
The Dolphins’ Chad Ochocino may be a bit of an oddball, but you can’t say his heart isn’t in the right place. After receiving a Twitter message from a fan in Ohio who had recently lost her husband of 30 years, the wide receiver decided to invite her to his…
Have you been driving through downtown Miami lately, searching in vain for a parking spot that won’t cost you a hundred dollars for four hours, only to find yourself staring up through your windshield and thinking to yourself, “Are there a lot of new skyscrapers, or is it just me,”…
Has Raanan Katz never heard of the Streisand effect?The local real estate mogul and minority owner of the Miami Heat has sued a local blogger and Google to try and get an unflattering picture of himself removed from the Internet. Of course, that means now the picture will be seen…
There isn’t a home in America quite like the Versace mansion (otherwise known as Casa Casuarina and now the Villa by Barton G), and its astonishing price tag reflects its exquisiteness and notoriety. The historic mansion was just put on the market for $125 million, which ties it with a…
