On January 19, 1977, it snowed in Miami. Forecaster Ray Biedinger looked at the screen of his trusty weather radar in the wee hours of Jan. 19, 1977, and knew what he had to do. The bitter cold front barreling south across the state during his midnight shift at the old National Weather Service office, […]
Archives for January 2017
In a Year that Was Anything But – the 2016 Real Estate Market Was Refreshingly Normal
Duff Rubin, Regional Sales Vice President of the Southeast Florida region at Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, has issued his annual year-end summation, including a few trends to watch in 2017. His observations cover all residential real estate in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Individual micro-markets – like our downtown Miami and Brickell neighborhoods […]
Cuteness Overload at Today’s Puppy Brunch
Today’s Puppy Brunch in downtown Miami was a barkalicious success! Hundreds of dogs brought their humans down to the Biscayne Green on Biscayne Boulevard for an afternoon of fun, food, and frisbee tossing. We finally had a touch of cool weather, so the furry attendees were able to show off their sweaters, too. The Puppy Brunch […]
Market Trends: Central Business & Arts Districts condos (33132) December 2016
Zip code 33132 includes the Downtown Miami area east of Miami Avenue between SE 1st Street and NE 20th Street. This area includes includes part of the historic Central Business District and Arts District. Condominium buildings in this area include Vizcayne North and South, Opera Tower, Marina Blue, Loft 1 & 2, 50 Biscayne, 1800 […]
Homelessness in Downtown Miami
Homelessness is an issue throughout the United States, with an estimated 3.5 million people, 1.35 million of them children, “likely to experience homelessness in a given year” (National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty – 2007). The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s “The Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (2008)” states that more […]
Biscayne Green Miami – Reimagining the Boulevard
Paris has their Champs-Élysées. Barcelona has Las Ramblas. And now, Miami’s own Biscayne Green is one step closer to becoming a reality. Starting Friday, January 6, through January 26, the Biscayne Green pop-up park. Designed as an ‘urban intervention,’ the Biscayne Green demonstration project will repurpose a segment of Downtown’s signature thoroughfare, transforming surface parking […]