With all of the new construction, both currently under way and proposed, comes new architecture.  Here are some new non-residential examples.    

In case you think that the investment in Miami is starting to ebb, there is an article in today’s Business Monday about Fort Capital Management, a private equity firm, buying up prime South Florida real estate.  Their most recent purchase it the Surf Club in Surfside. Miami-Dade’s strong rebound in the tourism industry is driving […]

[youtube width=”425″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKgLx54PABk#![/youtube]Last week’s Business Monday in the Miami Herald featured “PortMiami’s Big Dream” about the port’s master plan.  I really liked their concept for developing the southwest corner. What do you think about making this working port a tourist and business hub?

I attended the Realtors Commercial Alliance’s Super Conference today and wanted to share some of the things I heard that may help you decide whether or  not now is the time to invest in real estate. Dr. Randy Anderson, the Howard Phillips Eminent Scholar Chair at the University of Central Florida: pointed out that no other asset […]

Okay, I have already posted that it is twice the size of Key West, but maybe that is still hard to put into perspective.  So, I will compare it in size to other famous islands.   Using AskNumbers.com conversion table, I came up with the following: Cayman Brac: 14 square miles =8,960 acres Little Cayman: 10 square miles = […]

 I have been seeing more commercial buildings going up in Miami as well.  All small signs the economy is improving.

The Exhumas, Bahamas is where the rich and famous are buying islands, according to an article in the July 28 edition of the Wall Street Journal.  Some of the issues that arise with developing these islands, such as importing electricity, cell phone towers, water purifiers,  the building materials and even, in some cases, the palm […]

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An article in CoStar regarding student housing, reinforced what I already know.  Student housing is a good investment and not all student housing is created equal.  As a parent with two students in college, and a third student one year away,  I spend a lot of money on housing.  My first experience was when we arrived in […]

With two new extremely large developments announced within the last couple of months, I would venture to bet that Miami-Dade County is on a rebound, though price appreciation may take a while. Genting Malaysia Berhadresort and Swire Properties Brickell CitiCentre are sure to bring much needed amenities to the Biscayne Boulevard corridor and the area […]