Apparently Miami has not reached peak shopping mall. Not by a long shot. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced today that developers are planning to build the largest mall in America (possibly even the world) near the intersection of the Florida Turnpike and I-75 in Miami Lakes. The project is…
Real-estate booms don’t last forever, as anyone even passingly familiar with Miami’s history should know, and it appears the most recent downtown condo boom might have hit its peak. A new report from the Downtown Development Authority (DDA), which focuses on Miami’s urban core from Brickell up to midtown, indicates…
Miami Beach is famous for its iconic, colorful lifeguard stands, but they’re ultimately utilitarian structures that aren’t meant to last forever. In fact, many of the city’s historic stands were leveled during Hurricane Andrew back in 1992. Architect William Lane stepped in and designed some psychedelic, sci-fi replacements, and they’ve…
For more than a half-century, communist Cuba has fought off the offenses of its northern neighbor. From the Bay of Pigs to the embargo to the internet, the island has resisted the influence of the United States. Now Cuba is poised to go on the offensive — by invading your…
Lincoln Road is in such a state of content flux that even national chain stores that have sat on the strip for more than a decade can’t keep up. William Sonoma and Pottery Barn, neighboring chain stores in the 1000 block of Lincoln that share a corporate parent company, will…
This is essentially the different side of the same story from earlier this month, when an analysis showed that 65 percent of Miamians are renters. That’s because homeownership in Miami-Dade has plummeted since the recession and foreclosure crisis. Well, now the Census Bureau is out with new information basically pointing…
Ever heard of the Eiffel Tower presented by L’Oréal or the Starbuck Seattle Space Needle? Of course not. Unlike many of the structures across the globe its being compared to by backers, the SkyRise Miami tower could feature some serious corporate branding…
The battle over the future of an historic Miami Beach church took another turn yesterday morning when city attorneys and developers struck a tentative agreement. If approved by commissioners, the deal would give TriStar Capital the green light to transform Miami Beach Community Church’s century-old courtyard into a clothing store…
Miami International Airport catches a lot of flak, but you can’t complain too much about your flights being delayed — at least compared to most of the other large airports around the globe. According to a new analysis from the Official Airport Guide, MIA ranks ninth among large airports in…
The rest of the country sure likes to make fun of Florida, but that hasn’t stopped tourists from visiting the Sunshine State in record numbers. Earlier today, Gov. Rick Scott and state tourism officials unveiled tourism data from 2014 that estimates 97.3 million people visited Florida last year, a record…
A battle is brewing for the soul of Miami’s most iconic neighborhood. Little Havana, the spiritual home of the Cuban diaspora that populated the area in droves following the 1959 revolution, is still mostly a blue-collar immigrant neighborhood. But proposed zoning changes for taller condos and more commercial development have…
Lincoln Road is basically a suburban mall in the middle of South Beach, and every suburban mall has that wing full of odd, sort of depressing stores. So it only makes sense that Ross Dress for Less is moving on to the strip…
Miami has overtaken New York City in a statistic it has long nationally dominated: the percentage of residents who rent their homes. According to a new report from New York University’s Furman Center and Capital One Financial Corp, 65 percent of Miamians rented in 2013, slightly ahead of the 64…
Well, here’s your local political story of the year with implications that could reverberate through Miami’s skyline and local government for years to come. Raquel Regalado, a school board member with much grander political ambitions, has teamed up with billionaire and expert political agitator Norman Braman to sue the City…
Miami’s latest condo boom is not meant for those who simply need a roof over their head. No, most of these skyscrapers are aimed firmly at the world’s 1 percent. Twenty-four-hour access to a basic fitness center and a decent pool just don’t do it for these folks when it…
Last weekend, construction equipment on an Overtown construction site was set on fire. It was a likely arson. The blaze provided a highly visible symbol of long-festering discontent in the historically black neighborhood. But residents themselves have been blighted by a much less apparent injustice: As the CRA and other…
Do you think you have the worst boss in the world? More than likely, that’s probably a bit of an exaggeration — unless you worked for Wilda Rodriguez, Victor Cabrera, and Teresa Ramirez. The three were managers at the former Airbus Alliance LLC and were recently ranked 64th on eBossWatch’s…
Miami may have tons of Cuban influence, but sometimes we forget that the closest foreign country to our shores is the Bahamas. Bimini is just a little more than 52 miles off the coast of downtown Miami (that’s closer than West Palm Beach), and a developer claims you’ll actually be…
The list of architects who worked on North Beach’s Biltmore Terrace Hotel reads like a dean’s list of Miami greats: Albert Anis, Melvin Grossman — and the biggest name of all, Morris Lapidus, the man behind the Fontainebleau and the Eden Roc. The rectangular beachfront space at 87th Street and…
Last month, the Miami Herald published a column titled “Downtown Miami a Magnet for Millennials.” That’s also a myth that the Downtown Development Authority and other city leaders like to push from time to time as well. Of course, we all know this is a stretch of the truth at…
Are you a happy happy worker? You should be, according to CareerBliss.com. The site calculated a lot of data and decided that Miami is the happiest city to work in the entire United States according to Forbes. Of special note to a Mr. LeBron James: Cleveland, Ohio came in dead…
Dear person reading this on either their WiFi-connected laptop or smart phone after having been directed here likely either by Facebook or Twitter: tech, alongside science, math, and engineering, is one of the fastest growing industries in the world right now. Sadly, Miami is doing a horrible job or attracting…
