NASA satellite view and the Colombian flag Has Brazil been officially dethroned? For the second consecutive month, Colombia has led the world in consumers searching for South Florida real estate in January, according to the Miami Association of Realtors. Brazil, which came in second place, led web searches for 17 of the past 19 months.…
A company affiliated with New York-based Blackstone has purchased a Weston hotel for $10.2 million, according to property records. Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII LP, a company doing business as BRE APEX TPS FL LLC, this week bought TownePlace Suites Fort Lauderdale Weston from Three Village Hotel Associates, a company of Royal Palm Beach-based Pinnacle…
West Palm Beach officials will consider five major development proposals downtown, including three apartment buildings and two hotels. All five items will go before the city’s Plans and Plats Review Committee on March 9. Two projects were proposed by Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene and the other three were spearheaded by Miami-based Sunview Cos., which…
A broad land-use bill could allow counties to form special tax districts for funding infrastructure work around economic-development projects. Senate Bill 1190, sponsored by one of American Dream Miami’s lawyers who also serves as a state senator, is said to be targeted at the mega-mall even though it does not specifically name the project, according…
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.…
• 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…
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…
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…