Hotels, by definition, are for tourists. Yet Miami locals love our hotels. We love eating at their restaurants, sneaking into their pools, dancing at their clubs … sometimes waking up in their beds next to a Brazilian we met at their club. You know how it goes. There’s no short…
The dirty secret of Miami’s latest luxury condo boom? Some of those sky high penthouses are being bought by international criminals and other shady individuals in order to launder money. How many? Well, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) wants to find out. Take Spanish drug kingpin Alvaro Lopez…
You won’t win the Powerball prize. Your chance of winning that now $1.5 billion jackpot is something like 0.000000003 percent per ticket. That, of course, hasn’t stopped you from fantasizing about what you would do if you win. You’d probably buy a garage full of Ferraris (even, though, you know it’s…
If you’ve got $8.6 million sitting around you could buy your choice of any number of posh penthouses in Miami-Dade, or you could look a bit south and buy yourself your own private island. An island dubbed East Sister Rock that sits just off the coast of Marathon is on…
One of the most ambitious development projects slated for Miami has ditched its signature feature. The Miami Worldcenter Development has announced that it will no longer include an enclosed shopping mall. The news comes just months before the mall was scheduled to breakdown. Instead, the development will now include a…
Who can forget all those magical television moments that happen on Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami? Like that time Kourtney said something ridiculous and Khloé just looked at her with that expression that was like “Wow, you’re being so ridiculous right now.” Or that other time they had an argument but…
The FAA has recently set new, higher limits in certain parts of Miami, and the race to build Miami’s biggest tower is on.
While LeBron James was in town during those glorious but brief four years he and his family laid down roots here that had us thinking maybe, just maybe he truly was serious about staying in Miami for the long run. For example, his wife Savannah opened a juice cafe called…
With their prime location just off South Beach and luxe cache, the four gated Sunset Islands are home to some of Miami Beach’s most rich and famous residents, from mega-developer Scott Robins to nightclub impresario David Grutman. In a neighborhood known for its epic sunset views, where homes sell for…
With shiny new towers popping up all over the place now, it’s easy to forget that about four years ago the Miami real estate market was in shambles. Of course, the market has more than recovered and prices are now back on par with their previous peak in 2005 and…
It’s not secret that Miami Beach is one of the hottest destinations for New Year’s Eve in the world. You probably couldn’t dream of a better place to spend the holiday. It has some of the best nightclubs and parties in the world for counting down the clock, and the…
During a dispute over payment for a roofing job, roofer Salomon Susi told attorney Rami Shmuely to “pay your fucking bill!” Shmuely, being an attorney and all, decided to sue. He claimed that Susi’s use of the profanity violated a law meant to curb harassment of debtors. Well, a three-person panel of…
The old golden rule is that you’re not supposed to spend more than a third of your income on rent, but for many Americas that’s just not possible anymore. In 1960 only 24 percent of Americans were paying more than that. By 2000 that number had reached 30 percent. As…
Apparently someone didn’t pick up their copy of The New Yorker this week, because despite growing concerns that sea level rise may some day in the not too distant future leave Miami Beach nearly uninhabitable, real estate on the island continue to be a hot commodity. In fact, the building…
Florida: Land of development. Land of gun lovers. It’s about time someone united those two identities into one project, and a proposed hotel tower in Downtown Miami would do just that. Dubbed “The Museum Club” the project would include hotel rooms, an actual museum, and shooting ranges for both guns…
You remember the famous poop map, right? In Downtown Miami, homelessness—and the homeless’ lack of adequate bathroom space—has long been a contentious issue, but back in May a dispute between the Downtown Development Authority (DDA), the agency tasked with promoting downtown business, and the leader of the county’s Homeless Trust…
Despite worries about a lagging economy in Brazil and a less favorable currency exchange, Brazilians are visiting Miami more than any other country in 2015. In fact, through the first nine months of 2015, Brazilian tourism is actually up 3 percent compared to the same time last year. The data…
Are you or someone you know a rich person who lives elsewhere who is interested in making the change to become an “Official Miami Rich Person?” Well, it’s not always that easy. There’s a lot of things you have to acquire before you become a true Official Miami Rich Person…
Noon, Saturday, November 14: The Hollywood Broadwalk is choked with people. Vendors hawk beer, shots, and margaritas on the ribbon of pavement along the beach. Couples trip over their flip-flops. Beers slosh in plastic cups. Today is the grand opening of Margaritaville, a 349-room luxury beachfront resort parked right in…
Fane Lozman wants what everyone in Miami wants: a nice home with a beautiful view and quick access to the water. That real estate trifecta, however, usually costs a fortune. But Lozman, a six-foot-five former U.S. Marine Corps aviator, figured out years ago how to get those niceties at a…
David Beckham’s year’s long struggle to find land to build a soccer stadium in Miami may now be over. The soccer star and his business partners are believed to be on the verge of announcing a plan to bring a stadium to Miami’s Overtown neighborhood. Though no one is talking…
As the art world descends on South Florida for Miami Art Week, there’s no doubt that the glitterati are shifting their gaze to Little Haiti. Everyone from New Times to the New York Times has written this year about the Caribbean neighborhood’s shift as galleries flee rising Wynwood rents. This…
