When developers Russell Galbut and Jorge Perez revealed their quickly nixed plans to build the largest condo tower on South Beach at 500 Alton earlier this year, they talked about it as their “legacy.” That’s nothing new. For years South Florida developers have been pretending their business deals are something…
From high above Biscayne Boulevard, Frank Steslow peers down into what looks like the world’s largest punch bowl. Grown men crawl like insects inside the massive martini-glass-shaped structure. Rebar pokes out at odd angles. Construction cranes swirl. Concrete settles into place. Steslow is showing off his baby: the brand-new, half-built…
There’s lots of let’s say interesting interior decorating choices in Miami Beach, but it’s not every day we come across a home that features an honest-to-God stripper pole jutting out of its coffee table. Today is that day thanks to Curbed, which highlights this $4.88 million condo in the Continuum…
When news broke last month that the University of Miami had sold an 88-acre plot of endangered pine rockland forest to a Palm Beach developer that planned to build a Walmart, environmentalists and activists were outraged. The rare forest is the only habitat of several species, most famously the Bartram’s…
Sometime this morning, the Miami Beach Historical Preservation Board will decide whether or not to grant a rehearing on the controversial plan to turn the Miami Beach Community Church courtyard into a clothing store. Church leaders claim the plan will save the struggling parish. Preservationists and some church members, meanwhile,…
When local developers Alex Mantecon and Guillermo Vadell bought the property at 123 SW North River Dr., they realized they had something of a logistical problem: The property had a prime location along the Miami River, but it was also sandwiched between massive, looming freeway bridges. “We kind of analyzed…
It was 95 and humid today. It was 95 and humid yesterday. It will be 95 and humid tomorrow. So who’s ready to go ice skating? While eating gourmet food at a fancy hotel with exclusive access to the beach? Soon, you can actually do this! A new South Beach…
Leslye Jacobs is a longtime environmental advocate and a once-proud University of Miami Hurricane. But two weeks ago, when she learned that the university had sold a swath of endangered pine rockland forest to a Palm Beach Gardens-based developer that planned to build a Walmart, Jacobs, the director of an…
Yesterday came confirmation of the long-simmering rumor that Finnegan’s River will be shutting down to make room for yet more condo development. Today comes images of what the planned development, Miami Riverwalk, will look like. According to exMiami, Riverwalk will consist of four individual 750-foot high tower, with about 1,772…
When Chris Bosh said he and his family are totally happy living in Miami, apparently he really meant it. Bosh’s back-up pad, a home he bought in LA’s Pacific Palisades back in 2012 for $9.45 million, is back on the market for a hefty $14.5 million. Bosh, who has one…
It’s not exactly a secret that Miami’s latest unhinged condo boom is being fueled by foreign money, but the exact number of new residential units being bought in downtown by those from abroad is eye-popping. According to a not-yet-released report from consulting firm Integra Realty Resources for the Miami Downtown…
Unemployment in Miami-Dade is down 2.9 percent from a year ago, according to the latest number from the Florida Department of Economic Activity, indicating that economic recovery in the county continues. The unemployment rate in the county now sits at 7.3 percent (not seasonally adjusted), and the county added 29,600…
The last undeveloped waterfront lot in downtown Miami just sold for a record-breaking $100 million an acre. Bought by companies controlled by German and Gloria Coto, the son and daughter-in-law of Argentinian grocery magnate Alfredo Coto, the total price was $125 million for the 1.25 acre parcel located at the…
Soon you’ll be able to keep your Armani clothes and apply your Armani Code by Giorgio Armani perfume inside your Armani-designed bathroom all within your own Armani-designed condo located in an Armani-designed building named Residences by Armani/Casa. Yes, the fashion house is teaming up with developers Dezer Development and Related…
America’s largest Hispanic-owned pharmacy chain is set to become a subsidy of a Fortune 500 company. CVS Pharmacy is set to buy Miami-based Navarro Discount Pharmacy. The chain will continue to operate under its original name and will mostly focus on Hispanic customers…
Over the past few months, LeBron James had been praising UConn star Shabazz Napier on Twitter. Shortly before the NBA Draft, LeBron declared that point guard was his favorite player in the draft. Then the Miami Heat went and drafted him, causing some to think it was all part of…
Despite an act of street art vandalism, Miamians have mostly reacted in measured respect to LeBron James’ decision. Miami’s most notable almost universally took to Twitter with messages full of nothing but thank yous and respect. The only real shade came in the form of Miamians rallying back around our…
Most of the land in Miami-Dade is artificially dried out swampland and man-made barrier islands. So it seems like its Dade’s destiny to one day be home to the first community of floating mansions in America. According to the Biscayne Times, Dutch Docklands USA has submitted plans to create Amillarah…
In news that isn’t particularly new but is worth repeating, the Miami Herald reports that most Miamians can’t afford to buy units in of all those fancy condos being built at breakneck speed around town. Most buyers are wealthy people from Europe and Latin America who purchase units as investments…
One long night in the late ’90s, Coconut Grove native Robert “Beau” Thompson was “absolutely hammered” and about to get very lucky with the beautiful daughter of an oil tycoon. In the darkness Thompson fumbled for a condom, but he couldn’t tell which side was up. Forced to resign himself…
Editor’s Note: After this post was first published this morning, a spokesperson for UberX contacted Riptide and said the company does not have a driver registered under the name Jahrvone Bentley. Riptide got in touch with Bentley, who claimed he was using a pseudonym out of fear of reprisal from…
Walgreens is known for their architecturally interesting stores that dot Miami Beach, but inside those stores look, well, pretty much like a regular Walgreens. For their latest planned expansion on the island, the drugstore chain is hoping to move into an historically protected structure, the Bon Air Hotel at 1060…
