Green High-Rise Has Erection Problems

About two years ago Chad Oppenheim Architecture + Design announced plans for COR, a revolutionary green high-rise in the Design District. The building would incorporate wind turbines, photovoltaic panels, and solar hot water generation, and feature a hyperefficient exo-skeleton. It was originally supposed to be finished by 2009. Well, not…

A-Rod’s Asking Price? Not With this Market

via TMZ Joan Fleischman isn’t completely gone from The Herald, and is reporting that Alex Rodriguez and his soon to be ex-wife just listed their Coral Gables mansion for $14.876 million. That’s almost $3 million more than what they bought it for in 2004. Even the upper ends of the…

Fisher Island is the Most Expensive Zip Code In The Country

Another month, another overly detailed Forbes list. This one deal’s with the country’s most expensive zip codes, and Fisher Island’s 33109 came out on top this year. The average price for a home on the private island is $3,850,000. The zip also came in fourth on a supplementary list of…

Any One Got $22 Million Lying Around?

via Raising The Roof The view from Apogee’s pent house, soon to be the sight of flag burnings. The penthouse of Apogee South Beach just went on the market for a whopping $22 Million. No joke. $22 Mill. Or, as pinko, Paris-based scum rag The International Tribune points out, only…

Tenth in Foreclosure Isn’t A Stat To Be Proud Off

via Hope Now Owners of one in 62 homes in the Miami area filed for foreclosure in the last quarter alone, which makes the city the tenth hardest hit in the country. Ouch. Sometimes there’s no money left at the end of the month to make your mortgage payment when…