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October was a rough month for home sales in South Florida. Single-family home sales rose in Miami-Dade and Broward counties in October, but fell in Palm Beach County, and condo sales fell across the region, according to newly released figures from the Miami Association of Realtors. [TRD]
The Cipriani family’s next project will be a luxury condo tower in Coconut Grove. Less than a year after opening its Mr. C Miami hotel in the Grove, the Ciprianis are working with David Martin’s Terra to launch a Mr. C branded mixed-use condo project nearby at 2655 South Bayshore Drive, according to a press release. The development is the first major residential project for the Mr. C brand. [TRD]
The Miami Association of Realtors launched a commercial multiple listing service. South Florida Commercial Property Search is the only commercial MLS in South Florida with a consumer-facing website, according to a press release. The website was launched with the Beacon Council and Florida Power & Light. [TRD]
SoftBank is looking to whittle down its WeWork rescue package. The $9.5 billion agreement has drawn ire from WeWork employees because of a generous payout to founder and former CEO Adam Neumann, according to Bloomberg. [TRD]
The Related Group’s Jon Paul Pérez is partnering with an affordable housing developer to launch a new venture focused on Section 42 housing. Pérez, executive vice president at Related, is working with Patrick Plunkett on Perez Housing Associates. The company will operate independently from Related, and will focus solely on buying, rehabbing and running properties under Section 42 of the low income housing tax credit program. [TRD]
The Green Companies purchased a four-story Class A office building in Kendall for $13.2 million. The Green Companies bought the 63,206-square-foot building at 11731 Mills Drive in Miami for $209 per square foot, records show. The seller is Nuveen, a subsidiary of TIAA. The property is 84.6 percent occupied by two tenants, Everglades University and VITAS Healthcare. [TRD]
These stores are defying the retail norm. Department stores like Macy’s are struggling while discount stores like Target, Walmart, TJMaxx and Marshalls have increased their market share. Macy’s sales fell 3.9 percent at stores that have been open for at least a year. Target’s physical stores and online shop saw a 4.5 percent bump, with a 10 percent increase in clothing sales. [CNN]
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s housing plan has a $1 trillion price tag. The plan seeks to create 12 million affordable units and repeal the Faircloth Amendment, which has barred the construction of public housing units since 1998. The plan comes on the heels of plans released by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. [TRD]
Sen. Kamala Harris and Rep. Maxine Waters are the latest federal politicians to introduce a housing bill. The proposal, dubbed the Housing is Infrastructure Act, would invest $70 billion in the construction of new public housing and $10 billion to ease zoning restrictions for new affordable housing. The pair also proposed $6 billion to invest in housing for the elderly, the disabled or veterans. [CNBC]
Do not hide or delete documents, WeWork execs tell employees amid layoffs. As thousands of WeWork employees prepare to be laid off this week, the embattled company’s leadership has issued a warning to them: don’t leak information, and don’t delete anything. [TRD]
Software exec sells Palm Beach vacant lot for $17M. A software executive sold a vacant lot in Palm Beach for $17 million, after receiving town approval for a new custom home. Bill and Julie McDermott sold the 0.8-acre property at 445 North Lake Way for $475 per square foot, records show. 444 North Lake LLC, led by Holly Gershon of Boca Raton, bought the property. [TRD]
Bridgewater wagers $1B on market drop. Bridgewater Associates LP has bet more than $1 billion that stock markets around the world will decline by March, according to the Wall Street Journal. The bet would pay off for Bridgewater if either the S&P 500 or the Euro Stoxx 50 decline, according to the Journal. [WSJ]