Miami Is a Cheaper Place to Live Than Detroit, Feds Say

In Miami, construction cranes are multiplying like late-summer swarms of mosquitoes, and every week it seems a new luxury high-rise hits the marketplace. Only New York has more million-dollar listings than the Magic City. And residents without the wallets to drop a few mil on a condo with a Ferrari…

Massive Miami Worldcenter Project Passes Key Commission Vote

It took more than six hours, a frantic round of last-minute backroom negotiations, and dozens of speeches from backers and lobbyists, but the massive Miami Worldcenter project passed one of its last remaining roadblocks at the city commission last night. The commission eventually voted 4-0 to approve key zoning agreements…

Sci-Fi Fortress Coming to Biscayne Boulevard in Edgewater

This thing definitely looks like it belongs in some superhero or dystopian sci-fi movie. We just can’t tell if it’s the secret headquarters of the good guys or bad guys. Fairholme Fund, an investment fund worth $17 billion and run by Bruce Berkowitz, is moving into Edgewater, further signaling the…

Wynwood Is Getting a New Park and It Looks Like a Greenhouse

Wynwood is getting a new park, and it will look kind of like a greenhouse. The plan, for a well-manicured space with grass and trees covered by a thin, translucent structure, was the winner in an international competition sponsored by Tony Cho, CEO of Wynwood real estate firm Metro 1…

Miami Has the Second Most “Engaged” Workers in America

Stereotypes be damned, a new analysis has found that the Miami metro area has the second most engaged workforce in America, and no that doesn’t explain why everyone at your work place has a fiancé but you. The analysis from Quantum Workplace (a company that sells software meant to drive…

David Beckham Considering Old Miami Herald Site for Stadium

David Beckham continues having possible soccer stadium sites waved in front of him only to see them snatched away. The latest idea: building a stadium on the old site of the Miami Herald building, though that plan certainly seems like a stretch. See also: Could David Beckham Be Taking His…

Waffles and Parking Debate in Wynwood This Morning

Amid rampant strife from local businesses over ongoing changes to Wynwood parking, the city’s parking chief, Art Noriega, is set to defend the new regulations in a discussion with the changes’ most vocal critic, local tech entrepreneur Mario Cruz. The parking showdown will commence later this morning at the neighborhood’s…

Burger King May Be Moving Headquarters to Canada

Bye-bye, Burger King? One of Miami-Dade’s biggest and perhaps most well-known corporate citizens may be moving to Canada. According to the New York Times, Burger King confirmed yesterday that its pursuing a merger with Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons that would see the fast-food chain moving its corporate headquarters from…