Carolyn Kellman, a local lawyer whose fashion sense caught the eye of the Miami Herald back in 2007, was doing some shopping at the Dolphin Mall and picked up some black denim shorts at the Forever 21. However, she decided to return them, and quickly realized that she was refunded…
No other mall in the entire world rolls in the dough quite like the Bal Harbour Shops. The fancy mall rakes in $2,555 per square foot, according to the latest issue of Shopping Centers Today, which means it beat out ritzy shopping destinations in the likes of London, Dubai, and…
Jennifer Lopez sold her Miami Beach mansion for $13.9 million back in 2005. The new owners originally put the La Gorce Island home on the market for $29 million in 2010. It didn’t sell, so now they’ve changed the price. A discount? No. It’s now listed for $40 million. All…
No longer will Miamians have to drive to the far western reaches of Broward County to get our fix of cheap Swedish-designed furniture. IKEA is finally coming to Miami-Dade, with plans for a store in Sweetwater, next door to the Dolphin Mall, to open as early as fall 2014…
LeBron James’ latest sneaker line will go where no Nike sneaker has ever gone before: above the $300 price point.James debuted his new kicks in the Olympic’s gold medal game, and now Nike has announced they can soon be yours for $315. For comparison, the LeBron 9s sold for only…
Miami Beach is home to some of the world’s most luxurious resorts and chicest boutique hotels, so it makes sense that it would be home to a designer hostel.Once the domain of backpackers and college kids on a budget (and designed as such), the Freehand Miami, which will open in…
It’s nearing the end of summer, which means it’s nearing that time when we finally stop hearing our office worker friends in New York bragging about how they get to stop slaving away at noon because their offices pretty much close up shop during Fridays in the summer. We’d like to…
Hey, the Florida unemployment numbers are in for July, and — oh no! What’s this? A rise? We haven’t seen one of these in 12 months.Yes, Florida’s unemployment rate rose from 8.6 percent in June to 8.8 percent in July, the first increase after a steady stream of declines in…
There’s a good chance you’re an active Twitterer. Whether you’re Tweeting because the club you’re at is so boring there’s nothing else to do, or because your’re stuck in standstill traffic and decide to risk out a Tweet, Miamians like you Tweet a lot.A recent study of geotagged Tweets sent…
One day, all the big cities and luxury destinations of the world will have all the same hotels, outposts of the same five-star restaurants, and versions of the same clubs and boutiques. In fact, they practically do now. It’s like a McDonald’s and Starbucks for the high-end jet set.The Delano,…
Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez’s Miami real estate situation has been almost as tumultuous as his love life since divorcing his ex-wife Cynthia in 2008.In his latest real estate move, A-Rod has listed his nine-bedroom Miami Beach mansion for a whopping $38 million. He bought and began renovating the house in…
A newly built mansion in the posh Indian Creek neighborhood has reportedly sold for $47 million. That would make it the most expensive single-family residential sale in Miami-Dade history. The name of the buyer is unknown, but they’re foreign, of course…
A short drive through Miami often reveals there’s a big difference between the haves and the have-nots in this town. One minute you’re surrounding by luxury high rises and fancy restaurants, the next you’re in the middle of run-down homes and check cashing stores.So it’s no surprise that the Miami…
The Village of Merrick Park isn’t so much an actual village but rather a fancy open-air mall. Of course, it’s far too cushy to use the term “mall,” but fearing that the name caused some confusion, it’s officially renaming itself the Merrick Shops.The name change coincides with both the mall’s…
Despite the fact it’s basically a big ugly box painted in a shade that resembles faded mustard, historic preservationists are trying to save the Miami Herald building by seeking historic status. That would, of course, impede Malaysian gambling magnate Genting Corp, which now owns the building and the land it…
The most dramatic thing about Genting Group’s new plans for the Miami Herald site is how unambitious they are. Ten months after sending shockwaves through Miami by unveiling ostentatious plans that called for giant undulating towers surging into the sky around a full-service casino, the Malaysian gambling powerhouse is now pursuing a…
The City of Miami’s Planning and Zoning Board delivered a setback to controversial plans to bring a Walmart to midtown last night by voting 9-0 against an exception to zoning ordinances, according to CBS Miami. The decision was made amid a heated meeting that packed city hall with several local residents…
Recently, Morgans Hotel Group finished a $10.8 million renovation of South Beach’s Delano and announced it would be expanding the brand by opening a sister hotel in Marrakesh, Morocco. So reports that the company is putting the original Delano on the market are somewhat surprising…
Technically, last night’s public meeting in Midtown’s Roberto Clemente Park was a minor affair. The issue at hand: whether to rezone several blocks to allow — among other things — loading bays on North Miami Avenue.In reality, however, the two-hour event was a wrestling match over the future and priorities…
The W South Beach has to deal with four angry NFL players. The player have filed four separate lawsuits against the developers of the Residences at W South Beach. All four put down deposits on condos back in 2006 and 2007 but want that money back…
Forget condo building. Like we said yesterday, this decade’s Miami building boom appears to be all about retail. Now come reports that developers are looking to build a major retail center in Brickell with big-box stores in the vein of the Midblock area of the Shops at Midtown Miami. According…
The condo boom was so last decade. In the 2010s it’s all about a retail boom in Miami. The Design District is being redeveloped into a glorified luxury outdoor shopping mall. A large development centered around a megamall is being planned for downtown. And now there are plans afoot to…
