Curated government, business, development, and economic-development headlines for leaders tracking the decisions, investments, and civic movements shaping Miami.
Last updated: May 19, 2026
South Florida office buildings are setting rent records –– but with an only-in-Miami twist. The majority of Miami-Dade County buildings scoring the new rate highs aren’t the typical corporate towers that usually drive r…
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Banking experts don’t yet view their environment as stable amid flurries of federal executive orders and regulatory changes. This story is premium content for our subscribers only. Unlock the full story and the entire e…
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Concentration of technology contracts in fewer hands and a bias toward incumbents winning future purchases is costing Miami-Dade millions because county officials find it hard to change vendors once they’re hooked on a…
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WORLD CUP SHUTTLES: After learning that its drive to charge $50 or $60 for transit trips to World Cup matches and other mega-events was a non-starter due to likely loss of federal funding, Miami-Dade has shifted gears…
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🏆 Residential: The top home sale recorded in South Florida was in Palm Beach, where a waterfront estate at 614 Tarpon Way traded for $37.1 million. Violet Hill Development Company Ltd., which is tied to late McDonald’s…
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Royal Caribbean Group, which is headquartered on PortMiami, last week ordered two more Finnish-built ships to be delivered in 2029 and 2030 as the cruise company expands its portfolio of ships and private resorts. “We e…
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Miami-Dade keeps digging for answers in a crisis sparked when a 2023 fire destroyed the plant that since 1985 had handled its solid waste. It still has no chosen site, no estimated cost, and no clarity what a new plant…
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CANCER CENTER OPENS: Mount Sinai Medical Center this week opened to patients its new five-story Irma and Norman Braman Comprehensive Cancer Center. The 216,000-square-foot building on Biscayne Bay more than triples the…
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Investment sales activity roared back this year across South Florida commercial property types, aside from one: multifamily. As a whole, deal volume totaled $4.3 billion in the first quarter, a 29.9 percent increase fro…
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A contract headed to a county commission vote would hand a local firm a $10 million, five-year contract to develop and enact comprehensive marketing to promote the companies that have locations in Miami International Ai…
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The bill to the county to oversee work on the new civil and probate courthouse, which county hall doesn’t use or control, has passed the $6 million mark. This story is premium content for our subscribers only. Unlock th…
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BOND SHIFT SAVINGS: Miami-Dade’s Aviation Department will save about $82 million by issuing $725 million in new bonds to replace older, more expensive bonds that the airport issued earlier. County commissioners approved…
Read at source →Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade Counties’ economic development leaders spotlight current connectivity and new cross-market opportunities between NYC and South Florida ‘Mega Region’ SOUTH FLORIDA (December 2, 2025) –…
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In 2018, real estate broker Alexander Goldstein was working with a buyer in Golden Beach. Goldstein spent over a year looking for properties for his client, submitting an offer on one property that was rejected, and the…
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Efforts to add more Miami International Airport direct links with targeted global locations face as a barrier a shortage of long-haul aircraft, “with meaningful fleet relief expected in two to three years,” a report by…
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Miami-Dade County continues to monitor state-level property tax reform, inflation, workforce challenges, interest rates, and changes in policy and funding priorities in light of financial trends. As the county’s clerk o…
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DOING WELL FOR BAR: Florida International University had the second-highest passing rate and the University of Miami had the lowest as the Supreme Court of Florida last week released its February results for the Florida…
Read at source →Board’s Focus Will Usher in New Ways for Attracting Investments and Developing Talent Across the Region MIAMI, FL – October 28, 2025 – The Miami-Dade Beacon Council, the County’s official […] The post Miami-Dade Beacon…
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Billionaire Russell Savage (Weiner) is back under contract to sell his waterfront home on North Bay Road that Keith Menin gut-renovated. The pending deal leads the 22 luxury home contracts signed in Miami-Dade County be…
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When the pandemic-era influx of new-to-market tenants began, news spread that office rents reached and surpassed $100 per square foot in Miami-Dade County, a record at the time. What was a record is now more the norm fo…
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Real estate has always been a family business, with fortunes built by generations of investments, developments and dealmaking. Earlier this year, The Real Deal highlighted its Top 100 South Florida real estate players…
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🏆 Residential: The top home sale recorded in South Florida was in Pinecrest, where Ernesto and Magaly Santana parted with a 11,500-square-foot mansion at 10101 Southwest 60th Court for $13.4 million. Magaly Santana is a…
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