Colliers International taps Rick Wall to lead real estate management services
Colliers International South Florida has tapped Rick Wall, a 19-year property management veteran, to lead the firm’s real estate management services team. Wall has been named a portfolio manager, where...
View ArticleBroward office vacancy falls to 19.2 percent
Total office vacancy in Broward County has dropped to 19.2 percent as of the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a new MarketView report from CBRE. Overall vacancy dropped by 70 basis points from the...
View ArticleEducated women driving rental market: VIDEO
As the housing market recovers, a demographic shift is keeping multi-family developers on solid ground. According to NBC, an increase in the number of educated women is driving the rental market. With...
View ArticleMortgage applications drop, as rates increase
The number of mortgage applications for the week ending January 25, 2013 decreased 8.1 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from the previous week, the Mortgage Bankers Association announced today....
View ArticleBal Harbour Shops owner to co-develop CityCentre
The Whitman family, the owners of Bal Harbour Shops, have joined Swire Properties as co-developers of the retail at Brickell CitiCentre, a mixed-use project in Miami, the South Florida Business Journal...
View ArticleToday’s priciest new listings
Today’s priciest new listings is a three-bedroom, three-bathroom, 3,884-square-foot condo in the South Tower of the St. Regis that is asking $8.5 million, according to Condo Vultures. The waterfront...
View ArticleCritics seek to overturn approval for renovation of Royal Poinciana Plaza in...
[caption id="attachment_113689" align="alignright" width="186"] Royal Poinciana Plaza[/caption] Three separate entities have filed appeals challenging the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s Jan. 16...
View ArticlePalm Beach Outlets’ construction delayed
The opening of the Palm Beach Outlets, an 80 to 100 outlet retail center currently under construction in West Palm Beach, has suffered a three month building delay and will not open until February...
View ArticleOwners of 900 Biscayne sue its builder
The owners of Downtown Miami’s 900 Biscayne are suing the construction company that built the residential skyscraper for allegedly breaching a 2005 construction contract to build the 63-floor...
View ArticleToday’s priciest new listing
Today’s priciest new listing is a three-bedroom, four-bathroom, 4,114-square-foot condo in the One Thousand Ocean that is asking $6.1 million, according to Condo Vultures. The waterfrot condo is...
View ArticleSecond phase of Seabourn Cove underway
[caption id="attachment_113719" align="aligncenter" width="411"] The first phase of Seabourn Cove[/caption] Tampa-based The Housing Group has begun construction on the second phase of Seabourn Cove,...
View ArticleDonald Trump likely to testify in clothing line licensing dispute
Donald Trump, the bouffant-haired real estate mogul, is once again trading the boardroom for the courtroom. The developer is likely to testify in court this spring to respond to allegations that he...
View ArticleA-Rod finds Miami Beach renter
Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez gave up trying to find a buyer for his Miami Beach home earlier this month. Instead, he has found a renter. A-Rod’s 19,861-square-foot pad, at 4358 North Bay Road...
View ArticleExperts predict rise in U.S. home renovations
Homeowners have been hesitant to open their wallets for renovations, but a new study shows that spending on home improvements is set to accelerate through at least the third quarter of 2013, the New...
View ArticlePalm Beach townhome trades for $4M
Former U.S. Ambassador to France Howard Leach has shelled out $4 million for a four-bedroom townhome at 325 Brazilian Avenue in Palm Beach, the Palm Beach Daily News reported. The 5,700-square-foot...
View ArticleIllegal Superbowl party at Miami mansion shuttered, but owner remains a mystery
Rumors of a massive Superbowl party in a Miami mansion have been shut down, after city officials got wind of the rager, which promised spinning DJs, an open bar and dancing women for a $500 cover,...
View ArticleCaught in a reverse (mortgage) nightmare: HUD policy draws scrutiny, lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has a birthday gift for 91-year-old widow Jeanette Ogle that should cause any senior to think twice before signing up for a government-insured...
View ArticleIBM’s credit union taps CBRE to lease portfolio
IBM Southeast Employee’s Federal Credit Union has named CBRE its exclusive agency provider for their 16-property real estate portfolio, the firm announced. The portfolio is composed of owned and leased...
View ArticleCoral Gables mansion hits the market asking $30M
A 10-bedroom, 10-bathroom home in the Tahiti Beach Island section of Coral Gables hit the market today, asking $30 million, according to Condo Vultures. The massive 21,235-square-foot home is not only...
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