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…
Is Miami’s “brain drain” finally over? In a new analysis, the Atlantic CityLab’s Richard Florida shows that between 2011 and 2012 the Miami metro area had a net increase in residents with some college education, a college degree, or a post-grad degree. Meanwhile, there was a net decrease of residents…
The temple on the river is gone. The Mahi Shrine Auditorium, for decades the boxy, Miami River-adjacent home of the Mahi Shriners fraternity, was demolished Tuesday to make way for a new $200 million mixed-use commercial project on the site. The new megasite is slated to include 444 residential units…
If it’s ever completed, SkyRise Miami — the proposed bayfront tourist attraction which some have already derisively tabbed the “Paperclip Tower” — is slated to be 1,000 feet tall, making it the tallest building in Florida. In addition to a bungee jump, it would have a ballroom, three observation decks,…
Plans to move forward with commercial development on land currently occupied by the terrace of the Miami Beach Community Church on Lincoln Road have been given the OK by Miami Beach’s Historic Preservation Board. The controversial plan will see a three-story building go up on the historic site next door…
In August 1962, when Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Los Angeles home of a probable suicide — lying face down in bed, nude, and with a telephone in one hand — the news captivated America. But so did the star’s funeral. Joe DiMaggio, Monroe’s baseball star ex-husband, was…
Another day, another pointed reminder that Miami is an economic nightmare for all but the elite. Interest.com compared the average expenses for residents of the county’s major metro areas to the average income to find out how much “savings opportunity” a regular citizen might have at the end of the…
A month ago Chicken Kitchen owner Christian de Berdouare stirred controversy by applying to demolish the North Bay Road home where he lives and where the Beatles were once famously photographed. Last Thursday he made bigger real estate news: For nearly $10 million, he bought the coral-pink waterfront mansion once…
“People should either be caressed or crushed,” Niccolò Machiavelli once wrote. “If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is nothing they can do.” Seth Cohen clearly did not get the civics lesson. In summer 2012, the then 43-year-old New Yorker…
Back in the day MTV Cribs was the finest showcase of outrageous celebrity home interior design, but few places could touch Missy Elliott’s Aventura condo in the “I can’t tell if that’s awesome as hell or totally tacky” category. She had a chair with fish tanks for arm rests, Lamborghini…
If you’re wondering why Walmart was so desperate to build its first store within the City of Miami limits at Midtown, it’s probably because its stores in other parts of the county are so damn popular. In fact, the Doral Walmart has the highest sales of any store in the…
When we first saw plans for the oddly R-shaped SkyRise Miami, we filed it away with all the other ostentatious development plans that never made it past the concept stage. Well, SkyRise could actually break ground by next month pending a vote by Miami commissioners. Though, the structure would still…
Florida’s minimum wage is $7.93 an hour, but you’d need to make almost $10 more an hour if you want to rent a one-bedroom apartment in Miami-Dade. A Washington Post analysis shows that based on average rental price for a one-bedroom apartment in Miami-Dade, you’d have to make at least…
In February 1964 the Beatles had invaded Miami Beach, and they needed somewhere quiet to escape the mobs of screaming fans for a Life magazine shoot. Through an Ed Sullivan Show connection, the mop-topped British sensations were pulled away from the swarmed Deauville Hotel and spirited to 5750 North Bay…
The jewel of under-construction Midbeach development the Faena District has found a buyer. The penthouse suite of the Faena House was put on the market last November for a cool $50 million. It was the highest listing price for a condo in Miami ever, and now it’s under contract. The…
What’s better than watching the Miami Heat battle for its third consecutive NBA title? Sharing that experience with Heat fans just as passionate about the team as you, while at the same time getting the best possible up-to-the-dribble coverage all in the same place — that’s what. All you have…
T.R. Liberti is not the type of man to mince words. His full name — Theodore Roosevelt Liberti — “sounds like a black football player,” he jokes. His Costa Rican wife, Elizabeth, “is not like an immigrant. She comes from a wealthy family and is well educated.” As for his…
We’re sure that after yesterday, the last thing you want to hear about is more taxes. But you’d better get ready to pay a lot more of them if you’re a frequent online shopper. Amazon will begin charging Floridians a sales tax May 1, just like any brick-and-mortar store…
The old rule of thumb is that you shouldn’t pay more than 30 percent of your income on rent and utilities, but in Miami that’s becoming a near-impossible guideline to stick to. A new Zillow analysis shows that the median rent (not including utilities) in Miami is equal to about…
