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Alan Faena's wonderland

Alan Faena

There's no doubt his early fashion designer career has well-influenced on the personal style of this creative "curator", as he refers himself.
With fully-colored decoration and fine art architecture, visionary Alan Faena has redefined Miami Beach art concept.

Miami Beach Faena District is a $1 billion four-block waterfront project that spans from the 32nd to the 36th streets on both sides of Collins Avenue and started in 2013.

Best places to run in Miami


New to Miami? Moving out? Sudden interest to running lifestyle? Then you probably don't know where are located the best outdoor spots to run in Miami. Some of them can be trailed just walking or riding a bike too.

Improve your overall health and stay in good shape all while enjoying the natural tropical beauty and fresh air on some of this top ten beginner to mid-level running paths and trails. Here is a personal list of the top ten running paths:

  1. South Beach Sand Trail

How will fed rate rise affect real estate market?

By far, one of the biggest questions that stakeholders of the real estate market have in mind is how much fed's rate imminent hike will affect real estate market.

Better Beach Awards 2014 call for nominations

The Real Estate Council of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce presents the 2nd Annual Better Beach Awards, on Thursday March 27 at 11:30 am. at The Loews Miami Beach located at 1601 Collins Avenue.

These awards are honoring the Real Estate Community of Miami Beach and include The Green Awards, Historic Preservation Awards, Historic Preservation with Adaptive re-use of Building Awards, Innovative Architecture Award, Innovative Designer Award, Better Beach Citizen Awards and Most Innovative Method of Marketing Awards.

Oceanfront condo at Sunny Isles hit the highest price at South Florida market


The most expensive home in the South Florida market is a recently upgraded high-floor condominium in Sunny Isles Beach listining at US$35 million, $2,555 per square foot.
The waterfront unit is located at Acqualina Ocean Residences at 17885 Collins Avenue, have 3-bedroom and 2,214 square foot. Features intracoastal, ocean and city views, smart-home system and a huge balcony.

New Sunny Isles Beach condo tower Muse will include unit sculptures

Muse

The new oceanfront Sunny Isles Beach condo tower, called Muse, is a 47-story, 68-unit narrow building.
Will be located at 17141 Collins Avenue and plan to included sculptures by Albanian-born artist Helidon Xhixha in each unit.
The project designed by architect Carlos Ott will be constructed in less than one acre and will have 100 feet of oceanfront.
New York-based Property Markets Group with co-developer S2 Development of Aventura bought the lot area in 30 million dollars last September.

Yankees celebrity Alex Rodriguez flip Miami Real Estate


Alex Rodriguez, Yankees third baseman, is selling his luxury condo in Mei Condominiums of Biscayne Bay, for $3.2 million dollars, less than six months ago the New York star paid $2.1 million for the condo. We can not forget he sold his masion with a report of 15 million profit six months ago.

Rodriguez commissioned renowned designer Briggs Edward Solomon, to completely renew the three-bedroom, four-bathroom stunning condo, using whitewashed-modern design and applying hardwood flooring, contemporary finishes and walls of glass overlooking the Atlantic.

Green Bussiness: Aventura Optima Plaza

Aventura Optima Plaza is one of the buildings have been certified by the U.S. Green
Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program in South Florida. The LEED certification is confer to the constructions that have environment friendly features as wind turbines, recycled materials, , facilities for bicyclists, solar panels and overall energy efficiency.

The mexican developer, Inmobiliaria Brom, built this office and medical complex with 114,000 square foot and the tenants have been started to move in.

Ocean House: a stunning oceanfront condominium at Ocean Drive

Ocean House is a deluxe condominium built in 2012, developed by Matrix and designed by Nichols Brosch Sandoval. Is located at 125 Ocean Drive, at Miami Beach, in the called South-of-Fifth area, close to exclusive restaurants, boutiques and clubs.

The 28 units have direct ocean views to the Atlantic, private elevators and range from 1,300 to 6,200 square feet. If you live at Ocean House you will feel to be living in a luxury Malibu beach-homes, where you walk a little steps and feel the white and soft sand of South Florida.

Nine: the new sophisticated preconstruction at Brickell

Nine at Marry Brickell Village is located at 999 SW 1st Avenue‎, in the hearth of Brickell. The location is the best you can get in the Miami's Bussiness Center, it will be only two blocks from Brickell Avenue and a few blocks from the Brickell CityCentre, estimated to be completed by late 2015. You will have direct acces to restaurants, boutiques, food shops, a Publix supermarket and LA Fitness Signature Club.

The new development is designed for Starwood Capital Group & LYND and the date estimated for completion is May 2014.