Features – The BIG BUBBLE Miami

Jumbolair, the Fly-in Community in Central Florida, is For Sale

One of the biggest perks of being really rich is having your own plane, but not many people get to park that thing right outside their front door. Jumbolair, the fly-in aviation community in central Florida where everyone has airplane hangars that match their houses, and home of John Travolta, has just been listed for $10.4 million.

Contemporary Miami Beach House with L-Shaped Pool is Listed for $3.34M

DOMO Architecture, which has designed some creatively swoopy stuff around town, designed this place in mid-beach a couple years ago for Todd Michael Glazer, the prolific developer of big contemporary houses on Miami Beach. Completed in 2016, the foot house has an L-shaped pool, a completely open plan first floor, and four bedrooms upstairs.

by Sean McCaughan

Frank Lloyd Wright Thought Miami’s Architecture Was “Horrible.”

Frank Lloyd Wright, probably the most important American architect ever, did not like Miami. He visited in 1955 and thought the natural environment was beautiful, but he was not afraid to share is opinions about the buildings that occupied it.

by Sean McCaughan

What Do You Think of the Bright Orange Walls in this $28M Miami Beach Mansion?

Built in 2016, this big contemporary mansion mixes the Miami Beach aesthetic with some architectural variety, including bright neon orange accent walls sprinkled throughout. Although the house might look like a race car that’s about to take a dip in the bay, the interior designer should get a lot of credit for working with what they had and actually making the interiors pretty gorgeous.

by Sean McCaughan

Miami’s Dream South Beach Hotel Has a Guy Whose Job is to Make Sure Guests Have the Right Floaties

In a fun and silly example of Miami’s decadent tourist culture, the Dream South Beach Hotel, destination for the vacationing party crowd, has hired a “Chief Float Officer,” whose job is to set people up with floaties at the rooftop pool.

by Sean McCaughan

116 Year Old Bungalow on the Upper East Side Lists for $850,000

Built circa 1903, this house in Miami’s Upper East Side is a whopping 116 years old. By Miami standards, that’s practically ancient. It’s located in the vicinity of Lemon City, one of South Florida’s settlements, which predates the founding of Miami itself. The brokerbabble also claims the house is on “Miami’s oldest intact turn-of-the-century street,” which is rather debatable.

by Sean McCaughan

Classic Morningside Med Revival is Impeccably & Eclectically Renovated

Built in 1924, this mediterranean revival house in Morningside, the City of Miami’s first historic district, has been renovated to its original charm and beauty. The main house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace, a vaulted kitchen and a sunny Florida room.

by Sean McCaughan

The Builder of the Most Expensive House in Miami Announces a $37.5M Modernist Palazzo in Golden Beach

The builders 3 Indian Creek Drive, the most expensive single-family home ever sold in Miami-Dade County, Shlomy Alexander and his Realtor sons, Oren and Tal, are at it again, with a new oceanfront mansion in Golden Beach.

by Sean McCaughan

Starchitect Zaha Hadid’s One Thousand Museum Has Reached Completion in Miami

One Thousand Museum, the closely watched ultra-luxury skyscraper in Downtown Miami designed by starchitect Zaha Hadid, has been completed and received its Temporary Certificate of Occupancy, One Sotheby’s International Realty announced on their blog. Sotheby’s has represented One Thousand Museum since the project was launched.

by Sean McCaughan

OLA, a ‘Mango Gang’ South Florida Mainstay, Reopens at the Gates Hotel

OLA, the South Florida mainstay that served creative latin cuisine at the Sanctuary Hotel for fourteen years, until it was damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017, has just reopened at South Beach’s Gates Hotel after moving around for a few years. Always a happening place at the Sanctuary, the restaurant hopes to continue its success with a new executive chef, Chris Castro.