Miami Leads the Nation in Home Price Gains for 2014

Hope your New Year’s Resolution isn’t to buy a new house, because residential property prices have surged higher here in Miami than in any other major market in the country according to the latest data from the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. Between October 2013 and October 2014, average prices here…

Miami Is Running Out of Retail Space

Thanks mostly to tourists with fat wallets, the retail sector in Miami has reached an all-time high, and retailers are scrambling to get a piece of the action. Retail space vacancy rates have hit 3.8 percent, and the average rent in the third quarter of 2014 was $45.18 per square…

Tony Cho: Designing Miami

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. The bright pink and green “For Sale” signs are everywhere in Wynwood, the Upper Eastside, Little Haiti,…

Avra Jain: Modern-Day Julia Tuttle

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. Just a few yards from the buzz of Biscayne Boulevard, Avra Jain sits by the pool at…

Florida’s Super-Rich Population Grew By 500 Last Year

Perhaps you’re worried about paying your rent, or you’re kind of angry the Subway value meal deal went from $5 to $6, or you’re busy looking up instructions on how to make thrifty DIY holiday gifts for your family right now. Well, boy, do we have some good news for…

Downtown Miami’s Population Nearly Doubled Since 2000

Parts of downtown Miami have become almost unrecognizable since 2000. Few urban cores have remade themselves in the new millennium the way downtown Miami has, yet the area continues to get criticism for being a place that still isn’t quite suited for living full-time. Well, the Downtown Development Agency has…

Pharrell Williams Can’t Sell His Brickell Penthouse

Pharrell Williams’ life is better than yours. His music career is back and better than ever. His style is fawned over. He’s a judge on one of the biggest shows on television at the moment. But not everything is going well for ol’ Pharrell. He can’t sell his Brickell penthouse…

Miami International Boat Show Moving To Marine Stadium

The Miami Marine Stadium is coming back. It’s really coming back. After sitting dormant and abandoned for over 20 years, the Miami International Boat Show is expected to announce that they’ll move their 2016 and 2017 editions from Miami Beach to the Virginia Key aquatic stadium. Though renovations haven not…

SkyRise Developer Jeff Berkowitz Threatens Blogger With Lawsuit

On October 20, blogger Al Crespo published a story lambasting SkyRise developer Jeff Berkowitz as “duplicitous” and a “hypocrite” for seeking public funds for the massive and controversial building project, which stalled in the county commission yesterday over a proposed $9 million subsidy. Now, Crespo says the developer is hitting…