North Beach Town Center to Include Hundreds of Apartments the Size of Two...
North Beach could become home to up to 624 "micro-units" — apartments as small as 375 square feet, or a little bigger than two parking spaces put together — as part of city commissioners' latest plan...
View ArticleMajor Miami Investor Charged for Paying Bribe to Get His Daughter Into USC as...
Robert Zangrillo, a prominent Miami investor and real-estate developer, was charged today as part of a sweeping national college bribery case that has ensnared major college coaches and at least two...
View ArticleMiami Developer Charged in Bribery Case Wants to Funnel Magic City Money to...
On Tuesday, Miami developer Robert Zangrillo was charged with crimes as part of a sprawling, national FBI investigation into rich Americans who bribe colleges into admitting their spoiled,...
View ArticleCoral Gables Mayor Says Trailer Park "Will Disappear" and Be Replaced With...
Typically, political issues in cushy, wealthy, coddled Coral Gables are boring. But every once in a while, the city's mayor openly admits he's planning to bulldoze an entire neighborhood full of poor...
View ArticleDevelopers Win Initial Approval for Magic City Project in Little Haiti
During a marathon meeting yesterday that lasted into this morning, City of Miami commissioners gave initial approval for a $1 billion development that would quickly transform Little Haiti from a...
View ArticleMiami Once Again Named Most "Rent-Burdened" City in U.S.
Miami has become a stupidly, ludicrously expensive place for non-billionaires to live. Once again, a new dataset shows Miami residents are still the most "rent-burdened" people in America.
View ArticleHere Are Some Oddly Satisfying Videos of an Old Miami Beach Hospital Imploding
Considered an eyesore by many, the old South Shore Hospital came tumbling down this morning during a scheduled implosion. Neighbors could be heard cheering when the building finally collapsed.
View ArticleRichest Miamians Make Almost 14 Times as Much as Poorest Residents, Study Says
A new study from Apartment List has found the Magic City has the sixth-highest income inequality among the country's largest metros, with a wealth gap that jumped 7.5 percent between 2008 and 2017. The...
View ArticleRecent College Graduates Can Barely Pay Rent in Miami, Study Says
Just in time for graduation season, the folks at Hotpads are out with a new study showing that housing is becoming impossibly expensive for recent grads. Analysts with the site found a typical graduate...
View ArticleMiami Beach's Historic Raleigh Hotel Left Exposed to the Elements as...
Since Hurricane Irma hit Florida in September 2017, the historic hotel has been closed for a massive renovation. But now that the windows and doors have been ripped out during construction, neighbors...
View ArticleDevelopers Snatch Up Land in Hialeah as Property Values Increase
Hialeah styles itself as the City of Progress, though the general perception sees other parts of Miami as way more popping. Hialeah just isn’t yet seen as the place to be in Miami, but property values...
View ArticleThe Average Miamian Needs to Save for 36 Years to Afford a Home, Study Says
Miami is, mythically, a place where immigrants from around the world come to work, save money, and build wealth. In reality, though, it appears the local and national economies are so unbelievably...
View ArticleConvicted Venezuelan Official's Palm Beach Home Sells for $11 Million at Auction
On May 30, a Palm Beach home forfeited by convicted money launderer and former national treasurer of Venezuela Alejandro Andrade was quietly auctioned off by Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The...
View ArticleNew Report Warns Magic City Development Could Displace Thousands of...
The Magic City Innovation District is already deeply controversial in Miami — a group of rich developers, including one guy indicted in the national college-bribery scandal — want to put a $1 billion...
View ArticleMiami-Dade Commissioners Say New LED Street Lights Could Lead to More Crime
A recent pool party in southwest Miami-Dade County was cut short by the sound of gunshots, as attendees trampled over each other in a rush to find cover. Miraculously, no one was hit. One county...
View ArticleEdgewater Condo Site Accused of Polluting Biscayne Bay
In May, Texas-based apartment developer Mill Creek Residential broke ground on a luxury tower in the Miami neighborhood of Edgewater. The 27-story Modera Biscayne Bay boasts a rooftop pool, digital...
View ArticleBrickell Hotel Developer Plans to Cut Down Trees at Old Perricone's Site
For most Brickell denizens, word of a new condo or hotel hardly turns heads anymore. Skyscrapers and midrise buildings have long become part of the scenery in the neighborhood after decades of...
View ArticleLiberty Square Redevelopment Will Erase Another African-American Neighborhood
The new Liberty Square signals the gentrification of another historically black neighborhood.
View ArticleFeds Auction Off Homes Bought With Dirty Money From $3 Billion Pyramid Scheme
In 2017, James Merrill of Massachusetts was sentenced to six years in prison for his role in a massive pyramid scheme that fleeced roughly 1.8 million people out of more than $3 billion. Merrill and...
View ArticleLittle Haiti Activist Sues to Stop Massive, Controversial Magic City Development
Miami officials seem hellbent on paving over one of the city's last vibrant immigrant communities. Activists in Little Haiti for years have been pushing back against plans to build the Magic City...
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