Real Estate, Neighborhoods & Hotels Across South Florida
The gorgeous historic house at 500 NE 57th Street isn’t in the quietest part of Morningside, the impressively historic neighborhood in Miami’s Upper East Side that was once a hidden gem. Now the neighborhood is well known and very expensive, and this house is a great microcosm of that. Check out the photos below.
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Fort Lauderdale’s Parker Playhouse, known for its midcentury baroque aesthetic, is getting a $25 million renovation that will jazz it up with lots of new upgrades and amenities. This includes a big new lobby, private donor and premium lounges, and a signature bar. Oh, and upgrades mechanical systems, state-of-the-art equipment, and acoustic upgrades.
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Monad Terrace, famed French architect Jean Nouvel’s first project in Miami, has just topped off, and the Big Bubble got a hard hat tour of the boutique luxury condo project’s construction site with architect Kobi Karp, who collaborated with Nouvel on the project. Check it out, below.
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Check out this old-Florida stunner in Biscayne Park, a $1.55 million beaut that oozes charm out of its coral rock walls, vaulted ceilings, and (authentically Cuban?) barrel tile roof. Although listed as constructed in 1940, if a certain rumor is true, it could be much older than that.
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Dan Duckham is a lion of midcentury architecture in Fort Lauderdale, creating exquisite subtropical architecture suitable to the place and the climate. This four bedroom, three bath, 2,168 square foot house in Wilton Manors, FL, with heated pool, and lush landscaping, centered around a central courtyard, just hit the market for $695,000, and boy is […]
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Watching the buying and selling of units at Miami Beach’s Faena House is always a particularly interesting spectator sport. Most recently, Kanye West gave his wife Kim Kardashian West a $14 million unit there for Christmas.
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Canvas, an art-festooned condo tower in Miami’s so-called ‘Arts and Entertainment’ district, has just received its permanent certificate of occupancy. The 37-story condominium tower has over 225 original pieces of art, including, perhaps most distinctively, large wall murals in the hallways, and a mix of studio, one bedroom, and two bedroom units ranging in size from 650 to 1,205 square feet.
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This rather luxurious number on Miami Beach’s San Marino Island is a contemporary new build with duel floating staircases, a rooftop terrace, a living green wall, a negative edge swimming pool, a secret garden, and twelve foot ceilings. Located at 430 San Marino Drive, on the Venetian Islands, and built in 2016, the 5 bedroom, 7 bath house is listed or a whopping $22.5 million.
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The Miami River meanders through the heart of Miami, dividing the twin, skyscraper-strewn districts of Downtown and Brickell before it bends northwest and heads toward Miami International Airport. Planners intend the river to someday have a riverwalk, also known as the Miami River Greenway, running along both sides, much like the one that already exists along the New River in Fort Lauderdale. An idea that has been in the works for decades, the river walk will someday add life and vitality to the downtown core.
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One of the latest in the conga line extravagant condo towers lining the ocean in Sunny Isles Beach, Turnberry Ocean Club released a batch of new renderings of its interior public spaces and hotel-like guest suites that are offered to the guests of residents when they come visit. Unlike many other buildings, which have guest suites that residents must pay to use, these two suites will be complementary for residents to reserve in advance. The other new renderings include a coffee shop, one of the three residents-only restaurants, and the grand lobby.
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