Map of active Airbnb listings and founders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk TRD Special Report: For $85 a night, you can rent a room in North Beach, about five blocks from Collins Avenue. For $149 a night, a modern, one-bedroom apartment with bicycles, parking, a washer/dryer and a full kitchen. And for $300…
Map of active Airbnb listings and founders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk TRD Special Report: This is the first in a series of stories examining Airbnb’s impact on Miami’s real estate market. For $85 a night, you can rent a room in North Beach, about five blocks from Collins Avenue. For $149 a night,…
Skanska USA kept its Safety Week tradition moving with 11,000 construction employees companywide bending and stretching at jobsites across the country to raise awareness about injures on the clock. Visual Journalist Jock Fistick visited the company at the Frost Museum of Science construction site in Miami, where 200 workers were actively participating in the annual…
MCSS Self Storage acquired a development site near Doral for a new self-storage facility. This marks the ninth project in Miami-Dade County by the Miami-based company, led by Jay Massirman, Stephen Garchik, Steve McBride and consultant David Blum. It’s taken advantage of the undersupply of self-storage facilities as the region’s population grows. In its latest…
Developers 13th Floor Investments and Forte Capital Management acquired their first property in Miami’s MiMo neighborhood, but they aren’t in any hurry to redevelop it. Europa Biscayne LLC, managed by Renato P. Mariani, sold the property at 620 N.E. 61st Street for $5.15 million to 13th Floor and Forte Capital. The 23,093-square-foot site is on…
An eight-story apartment building called the Canopies has been proposed in North Miami Beach. The city’s Planning & Zoning Board will consider the project at 1640 N.E. 164th Street at its May 9 meeting. The 21,000-square-foot site currently has an 8,722-square-foot retail building built in 1972. The Canopies would total 64,319 square feet, with 52…
The Oasis, a massive mixed-use project, got initial approval from the Hallandale Beach City Commission on May 4. Romagnole Investment Properties wants to build 500 residential high-rise units, 200 hotel rooms, 26,489 square feet of retail, 7,340 square feet of restaurants, 57,048 square feet of office and 1,691 parking spaces at 1000 and 1100 E.…
The Promenade at Coconut Creek lifestyle retail and office center was acquired by an affiliate of AEW Capital Management. HFF brokers Luis Castillo, Daniel Finkle and Nat Scarmazzi represented seller Garrison Coconut Creek, an affiliate of New York-based Garrison Investment Group, in the deal. They didn’t disclose the price and the deed has yet to…
Publix Super Markets acquired a building housing one of its stores near West Palm Beach for $10.65 million. AJR Fla LLC, managed by Amelia Marr in New York, sold the 48,297-square-foot retail center to PSM Palm Beach, a subsidiary of Lakeland-based Publix. It’s at 6820 Okeechobee Blvd., just west of Florida’s Turnpike in Palm Beach…
After four years of bank ownership, a Boca Raton theater has been sold the company that started running shows there. Boca Raton-based Legacy Bank of Florida seized the Caldwell Theatre at 7901 N. Federal Highway in 2012 after foreclosing on its $5.9 million mortgage. The non-profit that was running shows there closed. The bank recently…