A Hialeah dealership topped the rankings on the South Florida Business Journal’s 2016 auto dealerships list. The dealership earned the top spot based on its 16,145 vehicles sold in 2015. The auto dealerships list was resurrected after a long hiatus. To see who topped the list, click through the photo gallery included with this post.…
When Palm Court opened in the Miami Design District in 2015, it dazzled visitors with its complex architecture and bold art. SB Architects associate Amie Edmiston, the project manager for the developer, said the next phase of the upscale retail project would be even more amazing. Less than one-third of the 200 retail/restaurant spaces have…
• Hollywood-based Fish Consulting added Sonic Drive-In and Massage Heights to its client roster. www.fish-consulting.com. • Chef Cindy Hutson and partner Delius Shirley opened Zest, a contemporary restaurant featuring ethnically diverse island cuisine, in Miami’s Southeast Financial Center, 200 S. Biscayne Blvd. www.zestmiami.com. • Hollywood-based Witkin Hults Design Group has been retained to to design…
The three buildings of the Doral Costa office park were sold for $73.75 million, according to the attorneys that represented the buyer. VRS Doral, an affiliate of Boston-based TA Associates, sold the 17.8-acre property to Doral Costa Capital LLC, an affiliate of Aventura-based Triarch Investment Group, managed by Daniel Halberstein, Mario Grosfeld, and Jorge Linkewer.…
Mana Wynwood, a 9.72-million-square-foot project that would be one of Miami’s largest developments, won unanimous approval from the city’s planning and zoning board on March 2. That set up a city commission vote likely before the end of March. The “Special Area Plan” for Mana Wynwood would require two positive votes from the commission. “We…
The bankruptcy auction of the Doral Court office building scheduled for March 2 was canceled and the debtor’s trustee recommended naming stalking horse bidder Banyan Street Capital as the buyer. While dozens of parties looked at the property at 8600 N.W. 36th Street after the trustee hired Realty Master as the broker, there were no…
The 27-acre Miami Worldcenter project held its official groundbreaking on Thursday fueled by hundreds of millions of dollars in developer equity. With the condo sales market slowing down in Miami and its Paramount Miami Worldcenter condo tower not quite 50 percent pre-sold, some might call it a gamble, but the developers see this $1.5 billion…
Forget the politics for a moment: who’s a better businessman, Donald Trump or Mitt Romney? That question was raised by Romney’s scathing remarks about Trump on Thursday. Rarely has a former presidential nominee criticized a candidate from his own party so severely. “Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud,” Romney said. “His promises are as…
A 2009 photo of downtown Miami (Credit: Marc Averette) Miami has lost its allure among the super-rich, a new study reveals. After ranking as the sixth most important city for the ultra-wealthy in 2015, Miami has fallen off the list of the top 10 cities in the latest Knight Frank Wealth Report released in London.…