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Black Friday at Aventura Mall
WHO: Aventura Mall, Miami’s premier fashion destination. WHAT: Aventura Mall will be closed for Thanksgiving and open Black Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Visitors can shop at more than 300 shopper favorites, including ZARA and Topshop Topman, which just opened inside...
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VIRGIN TRAINS SAYS NEW STATIONS IN AVENTURA & BOCA RATON WILL COME ONLINE OCTOBER 2020
Virgin Trains – formerly Brightline – has announced the date when several new stations are expected to come online, in a letter to investors yesterday. Aventura is targeted to begin revenue service in October 2020, with a $77 million station that includes parking and...
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STARWOOD CAPITAL BREAKS GROUND ON NEW HEADQUARTERS IN MIAMI BEACH
Construction is now underway on an office building that will become the headquarters for Starwood Capital Group. Architect Gensler is designing the building and confirmed on its website that the property would become Starwood’s headquarters. The plans had originally...
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CITIZENM BREAKS GROUND ON 351 ROOM MICRO-HOTEL AT MIAMI WORLDCENTER WITH ROOFTOP BAR, PLAYFUL ART
Foundation work got underway this week at the 12-story CitizenM Miami Worldcenter, and an official groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for today. Contractors have been granted a phased foundation permit while they await approval for a full construction permit, city...
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A FLEET OF 750 REVEL ELECTRIC RENTAL MOPEDS WILL SOON HIT THE STREETS OF MIAMI
Revel, an electric moped sharing company, will soon launch in Miami. The company has been selected by the Miami Parking Authority from three bids to launch a shared moped company, according to Miami Today. A total of 750 mopeds will be located at MPA parking spots...
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CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY AT FIRST OF 3 SMART BRICKELL TOWERS AFTER DEVELOPER SECURES $24 MILLION LOAN
Smart Brickell is now under construction. Developer Habitat Group broke ground on the first tower after securing a $24 million loan from Ocean Bank. Smart Brickell will eventually include three towers. Piling work for the first tower got underway on Monday, and...
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LINCOLN ROAD’S BOOKS AND BOOKS BUILDING IS PROPOSED TO GET HOTEL ADDITION WITH 144 ROOMS
The Lincoln Road building where Books and Books is located could soon have a hotel added on top, according to plans that have been submitted to the city of Miami Beach. Sam Herzberg owns 100% of the property, known as The Sterling Building, a disclosure form submitted...
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MIAMI WORLDCENTER PLANNING TO BUILD AN ENTERTAINMENT HUB, FOOD HALL & ROOFTOP RESTAURANT
Miami Worldcenter has plans to build an entertainment hub, food hall and a rooftop restaurant in downtown Miami, according to newly released marketing material. Details of the new additions were included in a brochure for Legacy, a condo-hotel project that launched...
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MELO GROUP DEMOLISHES DOWNTOWN MIAMI BUILDING AT 6 PLAZA PROPERTY NEXT TO WORLDCENTER
Melo Group has completed demolition of a downtown Miami building where another development may be in the works. Melo Group subsidiary 6 Plaza II LLC owns the property and applied for a demolition permit on April 1. The two-story building was completed during World War...
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SAY GOODBYE TO MIAMI BEACH’S WOODEN BOARDWALK: DEMOLITION WILL START TOMORROW, TO BE REPLACED WITH BEACHWALK
An era will come to an end tomorrow in Miami Beach when the city will begin demolishing the wooden boardwalk in mid-Beach. A ceremony to celebrate the start of demolition will be held on Wednesday for the project, which will see the wooden boardwalk replaced with...
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THE BRADLEY NEARS COMPLETION IN WYNWOOD & WILL SOON ADD HUNDREDS MORE RESIDENTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Get ready for several hundred more residents to move to Wynwood. The Bradley, an apartment building with 175 units, is nearing completion, new photos show. The facade of the building is being covered with art murals to match the rest of the neighborhood. At the...
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DOWNTOWN MIAMI’S 70-STORY OKAN TOWER WILL BREAK GROUND IN JANUARY, DEVELOPER ANNOUNCES
Okan Tower is just months away from beginning construction, and is set to become the tallest building Miami has ever seen. Groundbreaking for the 70-story tower is set for January, developer Bekir Okan announced in a video released on Instagram yesterday. Construction...
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