A lawyer with ties to Venezuela’s oil ministry, a member of the country’s “boliburguesía” elite and a money launderer sat around a Caracas office table while armed guards and a German shepherd with a shock collar stood watch. The boliburgués placed his handgun on the table. It was November 2015, and the three Venezuelans were pressuring an unnamed associate to persist with a scheme that U.S. authorities would later allege embezzled … [more]
See no evil: How a culture of secrecy boosts South Florida’s condo market
The spec home slowdown
Even in Miami Beach’s ultraluxury, waterfront spec home market — where houses once moved into contract … [more]
Day in the life of: Tony Cho
While the top real estate players in Miami hail from all over the globe, the origin story of Tony Cho, homegrown president and CEO of commercial brokerage … [more]
Know your niche
The historic Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables has never lacked for luxury. A stroll through the property’s resplendent … [more]
Election Day showdown
As South Florida voters head to the polls this November, they’ll be met with an array of candidates from both sides of the aisle with platforms impacting a variety of … [more]
Major projects on the ballot
Miami Freedom Park soccer complex Developers: David Beckham, Jorge Mas and partners After years of jumping around Miami for a site to build a multimillion-dollar Major League Soccer stadium, David … [more]
Ranking the top residential brokerages of South Florida
Comparing his own brokerage to a speedboat, Douglas Elliman … [more]
Northern exposure
UPDATED Oct. 31, 12:10 p.m.: South Florida real estate has long been a haven for foreign investment, but for years, that meant South American money more than anything else. Today, … [more]
The gambling gambit
For more than a decade, local betting outfits and the Seminole Tribe of Florida have engaged in a cold war to … [more]
Backing the ’burbs
Shortly after Robert Given and his Cushman & Wakefield team completed the December sale of the 370-unit apartment … [more]
The race for space in West Palm Beach
Real estate executive and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross scored the … [more]
A new dawn in Sunrise?
Broward County is hoping to score a win for its 20-year-old arena, the BB&T Center, home of the National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers. In September, … [more]
The heyday of home rentals?
Forget building equity over decades and decades. Increasingly, leasing a house over a much shorter span is the norm … [more]
The Closing: Jules Trump
It’s quite a time to be a Trump. Though this 74-year-old developer is no relation to the current occupant of the White … [more]
The downshift drags on
Quiet has become the new status quo in the condo market. Miami-Dade County is facing a supply of 58 months, or nearly five years, of condos priced at $5 million … [more]
Editor’s note: Hiding in plain sight
When a group of Venezuelan nationals was accused of using South Florida real estate purchases to launder money this summer, one of the darker truths about the market became all … [more]