The Miami new construction market continued its solid 2016 performance in July, according to new numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. In July, Miami saw more than $854 million in total residential construction spending, a pronounced 18 percent decline from July 2015. Year-over-year numbers, though, are notoriously erratic, and indeed, Miami’s year-to-date...
Plans for Tri-Rail’s downtown link on track – Miami Today
With most of the partner agreements in place, final details are being smoothed out for Tri-Rail commuter service to steam into downtown Miami before the end of next year. “We are looking at insurance issues we’ll have to deal with in the future, and we got All Aboard Florida to give us a tour of its Miami station,” said Jack Stephens, executive director of the...
Developers to provide affordable housing & transportation incorporated in new projects
During an event Thursday morning featuring an all-female lineup of prominent real estate professionals, developers Lissette Calderon and Avra Jain voiced their support for a Miami-Dade County legislative proposal that would require builders to set aside units for blue collar workers currently priced out of the South Florida market. “We have to have housing that...
Miami wants more Public Art and Developers offering to pay for it!
City planners propose taking over management of public art from Miami-Dade County’s successful Art in Public Places program The plan would also require private developers to set aside project funds for art City commission will consider the proposal, which has received pushback from builders, on Thursday. Hoping to further boost Miami’s growing cultural heft,...