The Standard Hotel – it’s a wrap

Posted on May 23, 2013

Standard Hotel construction

The Standard Hotel / South Beach got wrapped today.  We’re not sure if this is another Christo installation – or perhaps just an exuberant homage to Jamaican culture – but either way, it’s funky.

The Standard Hotel is building an adjacent robotic parking facility (so you won’t have to wait 30 minutes for your car that currently gets valeted in South Beach)……..but wrapping the entire building???  Makes us sweat just looking at it.  Really.

Beach Town, to Beach City – Miami Continues Rapid Growth Rate

Posted on May 17, 2013

Proposed Miami Beach Convention Ctr

Two billion-dollar convention centers in the planning stages (Miami Beach/Miami Downtown), as many as 100 new condo buildings headed for development, a $1 Billion CitiCentre underway in Brickell, and dozens of high-end boutiques rising in Miami’s Design District.  If you were here five years ago during the real estate crash, this might look like the other side of an unpleasant dream.  From the crash of 2008-2009, to the current frenzy of new development, residents of Miami and Miami Beach are struggling to comprehend where their pleasant little beach town went…

Miami joins Los Angeles, San Francisco, and a small handful of other U.S. cities with high concentrations of desirable, lifestyle-rich amenities – starting with amazing weather and coastal views that can’t be replicated.

Real estate and rental prices will continue to trend upward, as demand piles into the sliver of space that defines Miami-Dade (from the Everglades to the Ocean).

We may not see the universal, get-rich-quick days of the last decade, but Miami has once again proven to be an attractive and resilient real estate market.

High Net Worth Individuals rank Miami #8 in global rank

Posted on March 21, 2013

In Knight-Frank’s new Wealth Report, High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) rank Miami 8th among global “cities that matter” – behind London,  New York, Singapore and a few other global cities.  Miami advances to 7th among global cities in projections looking forward a decade from now…

South of Fifth Rentals hard to come by

Posted on February 16, 2013

Portofino | SoFi

If you’ve been looking for a great place to rent South of Fifth, you know they’re expensive, and hard to find.  The neighborhood just south of Fifth Street in Miami Beach has evolved from an unsafe, undesirable area just 20 years ago, to some of the most expensive real estate in South Florida.  We have rentals available in Continuum, The Courts, Cosmopolitan, Icon, Murano Grande, and additional buildings in the neighborhood.  Call 305-305-APTS for current availability