Architect Chad Oppenheim found a buyer for his waterfront Miami Beach home that’s asking nearly $27 million. The deal is one of 10 contracts signed in Miami-Dade County between Oct. 27 and Nov. 2, according to the latest Eklund-Gomes report, which tracks listings of homes and condos asking $4 million and up in Miami-Dade that … Read more
In the gold rush that is real estate development in West Palm Beach, nothing is more valuable than the dirt on waterfront Flagler Drive. But there is no vacant land left for sale. Aging condos inhabit the remaining development sites, their boards controlled by unit owners with differing opinions on the fate of their tropical … Read more
OKO Group and Cain International won initial approval to move forward with their planned three-building oceanfront condo project in Palm Beach. The proposed five-story, three-building complex has undergone multiple revisions since the first presentation to Palm Beach’s notoriously severe Architectural Review Commission (Arcom) in March. In the meeting on Wednesday, the developers got the green … Read more
Billionaires Vlad Doronin and Len Blavatnik are seeking approval for tweaks to the Aman Miami Beach luxury condo and hotel development that’s under construction. At its meeting on Tuesday, the Miami Beach Planning Board will vote on a comprehensive plan amendment and floor area ratio (FAR) preservation incentive within the Faena District that would benefit … Read more
On-screen icon Leonardo DiCaprio is taking bold measures in his bid to offload one of his many properties—by slashing more than $3 million from the price of his listed Malibu mansion just three months after it was listed. DiCaprio, 50, originally put the “rare and special” waterfront dwelling on the market in July—hedging his bets … Read more
Hotel investor Brian Ehrlich and spec home developer Fred Karlton are now looking to add “Miami Beach city commissioner” to their resumes. Ehrlich, co-founder of Miami Beach-based Paradigm Hotels, is vying against five other candidates for the open seat created by city commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez’s decision to run for Miami Beach mayor. Among the … Read more
The real estate industry is no stranger to dynastic rule. For as long as real estate has been a business, it’s been a family business. That tradition is alive and well with the Frisbie Group, a Palm Beach homegrown development firm where nearly every employee shares the same last name. Decades into the business, the … Read more
Palm Beach’s “trash kingpin” is looking to clean up with the sale of his waterfront megamansion—listing the dwelling for the sky-high price of $59.5 million, just weeks after he sold off another nearby property for $38 million. Waste management tycoon and prominent Trump donor Anthony Lomangino purchased the sprawling Florida abode for the relatively paltry … Read more
Steven Meiner rode into the Miami Beach mayor’s office in 2023 after beating his former city commission colleague, Michael Gongora, in a run-off. Meiner made good on one of his campaign promises to make it a little harder for developers to seek more density for their projects. Last year, the city commission unanimously approved his … Read more
13th Floor Investments and its partners scored a $139 million refinancing for a 420-unit apartment complex in Delray Beach, amid a continuing lending flurry in South Florida. Coconut Grove-based 13th Floor, Brickell-based Key International, West Palm Beach-based Wexford Real Estate Investors and Boca Raton-based CDS International completed the Savio apartment complex last year at 1874 … Read more