Can’t wait for St. Patrick’s Day? Then plan on spending Saturday, March 14 enjoying Irish music, dance and food, at the Annual St. Patrick’s Day Irish Festival in Coral Gables.
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Can’t wait for St. Patrick’s Day? Then plan on spending Saturday, March 14 enjoying Irish music, dance and food, at the Annual St. Patrick’s Day Irish Festival in Coral Gables.
What does a Friday night with free music, wine, cheese and art gallery visits mean? It must be Gallery Walk Night in Coral Gables! Visit with the artists and discuss their work or just look at the art, nibble and sip the goodies, and enjoy the evening. From 7-10 pm the first Friday of every month.
One of the many things I enjoy about living in South Florida is it’s cultural diversity, but I never appreciated the architectural diversity until I started driving around taking pictures for this blog. Thanks to George Merrick, we have the Old Spanish style that graces Coral Gables and is sprinkled throughout South Florida. Our proximity to the Florida Keys resulted in Key West-style homes, though the ones in Miami-Dade County are significantly larger than the original Key West homes. In downtown Miami we have amazingly modern skyscrapers such as the Espiritu Santo Plaza/Conrad Hotel building, Four Seasons, and the Jade. Miami Beach, known for its Art Deco and Mimo architectural styles, also has modern, Miami-chic style homes, some of the most spectacular on Dilido, Rivo Alto, Palm, Star, or one of the other islands. What’s your architectural style? No matter what it is you can probably find it in South Florida.
One of the many things I enjoy about living in South Florida is it’s cultural diversity, but I never appreciated the architectural diversity until I started driving around taking pictures for this blog. Thanks to George Merrick, we have the Old Spanish style that graces Coral Gables and is sprinkled throughout South Florida. Our proximity to the Florida Keys resulted in Key West-style homes, though the ones in Miami-Dade County are significantly larger than the original Key West homes. In downtown Miami we have amazingly modern skyscrapers such as the Espiritu Santo Plaza/Conrad Hotel building, Four Seasons, and the Jade. Miami Beach, known for its Art Deco and Mimo architectural styles, also has modern, Miami-chic style homes, some of the most spectacular on Dilido, Rivo Alto, Palm, Star, or one of the other islands. What’s your architectural style? No matter what it is you can probably find it in South Florida.
The 7th Annual Taste of Pinecrest returns to Pinecrest Gardens on Sunday, March 8, 2009, beginning at 11 a.m. With more area businesses, more food variety and amazing entertainment from our local students, this year promises to be a delicious outdoor adventure for the whole family. All the proceeds from this event will go directly to Pinecrest’s five public schools: Pinecrest Elementary, Howard Drive Elementary, Palmetto Elementary, Palmetto Middle School, and Miami Palmetto Senior High.
Participating restaurants include: A Joy Wallace Catering Production, Cold Stone Creamery, Crepe Maker, Dream Dinners, Juiceblendz, Kaliapy, Los Ranchos, Roasters and Toasters, Two Chefs and more. In addition to the food, there will be rides and attractions as well as an art exhibit by local school students.
Admission to the event is free. Food tastings will range from $2-$5 and wristbands for unlimited rides can be purchased for $10.
For further information, contact the Pinecrest Business Association .
Single Family Homes
- Total single family sales in January 2009: 0
Pending Sales: 3 total, none of which are water front
Active: 140 of which 27 are water front
Price Range for Active: Non-Water: $5,450,000 – $950,000 Water front: $19,900,000 – $2,925,000
Condos – Closed Sales
- Total condos sales in January 2009: 7
- Highest Sales Price: $1,835,000 for a 3,120 square foot unit in Casa del Mar
- Lowest Sales Price: $460,000 for a 1,600 square foot unit in Key Colony
- 5 of the sales were in water front buildings
Pending Sales: 16 total, 12 of which are in water front buildings.
Active: 378 of which 261 are in water front buildings
Price Range for Active: Non-Water: $2,900,000 – $90,000 (to be sold at auction) Water front: $7,800,000 – $245,000
Single Family Homes
- Total single family sales in January 2009: 4
- Highest Sales Price: $825,000 for a 2,514 square foot home built in 1936 on a 7,700 square foot lot
- Lowest Sales Price: $413,126 for a 1,776 square foot duplex on a 8,580 square foot lot.
- 1 of the sales was a water front property
Pending Sales: 33 total, 9 of which are water front
Active: 467 of which 209 are water front
Price Range for Active: Non-Water: $9,950,000 – $174,900 Water front: $25,000,000 – $499,900
Condos – Closed Sales
- Total condos sales in January 2009: 83
- Highest Sales Price: $7,600,000 for a 4,784 square foot unit in the Murano Portofino
- Lowest Sales Price: $37,700 for a 701 square foot bank-owned foreclosure
- 60 of the sales were in water front buildings
Pending Sales: 312 total, 196 of which are in water front buildings.
Active: 3,661 of which 2,584 are in water front buildings
Single Family Homes
- Total single family sales in January 2009: 10
- Highest price: $1,750,000
- Lowest price: $261,000 for a bank owned foreclosure
Pending Sales: 23
Active: 294 Highest price: $6,499,000 Lowest price: $299,900 bank owned foreclosure
Condos – Closed Sales
- Total condos sales in January 2009: 0
Pending Sales: 23
Active: 33 Price range: $1,150,000 – $99,000
Single Family Homes
- 2% increase in sales of single family homes from 2007 to 2008.
- Total sales of single family homes increased from 318 in 2007 to 325 in 2008.
- If you average the number of homes sold in the last quarter of 2008, there is still a 23 month supply of single family homes for sale in Coral Gables.
The median price for a single family home in December was $542,000, down from $788,000 in December 2007.
Condos
- The number of sales of condos decreased 19% from 2007 to 2008 from 141 to 114.
- There is 37 month inventory of condos.
- The median price in December 2008 was $250,000 down from $1,005,000 in December 2007.