2021-2039 Northwest First Place The long-term owners of four Wynwood industrial buildings have placed their properties on the market, hoping to cash in on the neighborhood’s booming real estate prices. Dubbed “Two Aces,” the properties are a collection of four small mid-century warehouses at 2021-2039 Northwest First Place, a few blocks away from the Mana…
Florida International University will unveil plans to build a $150 million engineering building that’s expected to increase the school’s engineering graduates by 20 percent and create hundreds of jobs in South Florida. The new engineering building is part of $900 million in construction projects FIU has planned, but cannot officially move forward with. FIU President…
Jorge Uribe, Judy Zeder, Jill Hertzberg, Jill Eber, Nelson Gonzalez and Eloy Carmenate took the top spots in 2015. (illustration by Guy Parsons) From the April issue: It is a business often ruled by a select group of names. South Florida’s luxury residential market is filled with luminaries, each more charismatic and approachable than the last.…
When Melissa Alam opened The Hive Philly in November of 2014, she wanted the women-only coworking space to feel like a friend’s apartment where you would actually get work done. But a homey atmosphere couldn’t keep the trouble away. Alam, founder and editor of online magazine Femme & Fortune, soon realized the community of female…
The Broward County Commission will consider four major development proposal for the first time on April 12, including building homes on a golf course and a distribution center. In Hollywood, a 169.3-acre section of the Hillcrest Country Club could be redeveloped into 645 homes. The application was filed by Hillcrest Country Club L.P., managed by…
It’s been a bumpy road getting here, but shareholders of Marriott International Inc. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. have cleared the way for a $13.3 billion merger between the two hospitality companies. Shareholders of both companies met Friday to vote on the merger, which will create the world’s largest hospitality company with more…
Tom Cruise (via wikipedia) and Saint Hill Manor From Luxury Listings NYC: Tom Cruise has a new landlord: the Church of Scientology. Cruise is reportedly moving into Saint Hill Manor, the former home of L. Ron Hubbard and right next door to the Church of Scientology’s UK headquarters, dubbed the Castle. [more]
LPL Financial ranks Florida as the 38th most desirable state for retirees. Florida has more residents age 65 and older than any other state, but on a newly released list of the best states for retirement, Florida is in the bottom tier. Money Magazine reported that LPL Financial produced a report ranking states as retirement locations based…
Igor Reyes of NBWW (via Linkedin) Miami-based architecture firm Nichols, Brosch, Wurst, Wolfe & Associates (NBWW) expanded into Latin America through a strategic alliance with a Costa Rican firm. NBWW formed a strategic alliance with Alberto Reifer & Arquitectos, a boutique firm based in San Jose, Costa Rica. The design teams’ first project together will be designing…