Movers & Shakers: Cassis Burke team joins Elliman, 2000 Ocean taps sales...
From left: Stephan Burke, Carol Cassis, and Diana Carulla, and Amy Ballon Carol Cassis and Stephan Burke have joined Douglas Elliman from Brown Harris Stevens Miami. The Cassis Burke Collection team,...
View ArticleHelp this Douglas Elliman broker find love
[video_embed][/video_embed] Douglas Elliman broker Ann Cutbill Lenane wants to find her soulmate and has taken out an ad to help get the job done. “I have managed to sell billions of dollars worth of...
View ArticleCommon goals: Rapper teams up with investors for ambitious Chicago...
Common and the South Works site (Credit: Getty Images, Flickr via Creative Commons) A group of development firms are joining the rapper to propose a $71 million mixed-use campus including a film...
View ArticleNFL player buys Fort Lauderdale Beach condo
Nick Bosa and a rendering of 30 Thirty North Ocean (Credit: Getty Images) Future San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa is buying a luxury condo on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Bosa, a Fort Lauderdale...
View ArticleCompass valued at $6.4B after Series G
From left: Robert Reffkin and Ori Allon (Credit: Compass and iStock) Compass just added $370 million to its coffers. The New York-based brokerage announced the Series G on Tuesday, which sources said...
View ArticleMill Creek moves forward with Modera 555 in Flagler Village
Modera 555 and William MacDonald Mill Creek Residential is continuing to invest heavily in South Florida’s apartment market. The Dallas-based developer bought three properties in Fort Lauderdale’s...
View ArticleMiami investment manager buys penthouse at Echo Brickell
Echo Brickell and Steven Pasko UPDATED, July 30, 11:45 a.m.: A Miami private investment manager closed on a penthouse unit at Echo Brickell. Steven Pasko, the co-founder of Miami-based 777 Partners,...
View ArticleCelebrity sales: Resi brokers dish about their A-list clients
From left: Ellen DeGeneres, Rihanna, Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Kanye West & Kim Kardashian (Credit: Getty Images) When Rihanna, Ellen DeGeneres, Tom and Giselle and J.Lo and A-Rod need to...
View ArticleThe week in luxury: A map of Miami-Dade’s priciest condo sales
Condo sales volume in Miami-Dade dipped at the end of July. A total of 120 condos sold for $42 million in Miami-Dade County, compared to 118 closings for $59.4 million the previous week. Condos last...
View ArticleDeveloper closes on land assemblage for big resi complex near Miami’s Overtown
Alfonso Jaramillo and an aerial view of the property (Credit: Google Maps) A local developer closed on a land assemblage in the Spring Garden neighborhood, where he plans to build a large residential...
View ArticleCorcoran begins new lead-gen push via Facebook ads
Corcoran CEO & President Pamela Liebman (Credit: iStock) UPDATE Tuesday, July 30, 1:02 p.m.: The Corcoran Group is officially embracing lead generation. The brokerage is launching an exclusive...
View ArticleNursing home magnate buys condo at One Thousand Museum
W. Bruce Lunsford and One Thousand Museum (Credit: Wikimedia, One Thousand Museum) A Kentucky nursing home magnate and former U.S. Senate candidate paid $6.3 million for a unit at Zaha Hadid’s One...
View ArticleFire, flood and profit: Real estate investors are chasing crises
Homes damaged in Hurricane Katrina. (Getty) In the wake of natural disasters, some real estate investors are finding opportunity for profit. So-called “disaster investors” are buying up properties...
View ArticleTerra closes on $91M loan for Pines Garden at City Center
Pines Garden at City Center and David Martin Developer David Martin’s Terra closed on $91 million in financing for its Pembroke Pines project. Records show Terra City Center MF secured the loan from...
View ArticleResident sues to stop Magic City Innovation District project
Rendering of Magic City Innovation District A resident of the city of Miami filed an appeal against the city tied to the approval of the Magic City Innovation District project in Little Haiti. William...
View ArticleHere’s what a Fed Reserve rate cut would mean to the US housing market
Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve building (Credit: Getty Images, Wikipedia and iStock) What kind of difference could a quarter of a point make? Plenty, according to some real estate developers and...
View ArticleSouth Florida investors are still wary of investing in Opportunity Zones: report
Miami Innovation District Months after the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released the latest round of regulations for Opportunity Zones, South Florida investors and developers are still...
View ArticleAfter $370M funding round, Compass back under IPO spotlight
Compass Founder & CEO Robert Reffkin (Credit: Michael Toolan, iStock) After raising another $370 million, the only thing standing between Compass and an IPO is time. The New York-based brokerage —...
View ArticleLawsuit accuses Aventura condo board of election violations
Turnberry Village North Tower For Harry Catton and two unit owners at the Turnberry Village North condominium in Aventura, their two-year effort to force new elections for the building’s board of...
View ArticleKushner and Block Capital pay $32M for Wynwood sites of mixed-use projects
Rendering of the Wynwood development, Charlie Kushner and Laurent Morali Kushner Companies and its local partner Block Capital Group paid $32 million for an assemblage in Wynwood, marking Kushner’s...
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