South Miami – Page 4 – Coral Gables and Miami Real Estate

March 31, 2015

What Can You Buy in Coral Gables Under $500,000?

I spend A LOT of time looking at real estate with young physician candidates at Miami Children’s Hospital (now Nicklaus Children’s Hospital). Last year alone I met and toured Miami with 15-20 of them! Most of them have just completed or are nearly finished their Fellowships and are looking to […]

February 26, 2015

Just Listed by Val Byrne! 5030 Davis Road Introducing “Casa Iluminada”

We’re calling this “Casa Iluminada” because of the phenomenal collaboration of glass, natural light, and soaring ceilings. The home was built in 2008, and a gorgeous renovation took place in 2014. This gated residence is bar none the epitome of luxury, sensibility, and comfort, and so are the separate guest house, gym, […]

February 26, 2015

Will We See The End Of Controlled Choice?

Brief background: In the 1980’s Miami-Dade County Public Schools established “Controlled Choice,” a system whereby the school system selected the school that a student would attend. It was intended to desegregate the schools. Fast forward to 2015 and Coral Gables is the county’s only remaining city to have Controlled Choice, […]

January 29, 2015

The Underline Is Going To Be Top-of-the-Line! Thank You Meg Daly!

What do the UM, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, the Dade County parks, public works and transit departments, and the Mayors of Miami, Coral Gables, and South Miami have in common? They are avid supporters of Meg Daly’s “Underline” dream of transforming the existing, practically unused paved path that runs […]

January 21, 2015

All Eyes Are On Miami!

Did everyone read last week’s Business Monday cover story about Miami being a leading luxury capital of the world? It was a WOW moment for Miami where we were defined as “a cosmopolitan playground for the world’s wealthy,” “the American Riviera,” and “a magnet for capital and people from all […]

January 6, 2015

Rents Gone Wild in South Florida!

Zillow released its rent report this week noting an increase in the South Florida rental market in 2014. 775,000 South Floridian renting-households spent $10.5 billion in rent last year. There was a 7.7% increase in the rental market from the year prior! Read more at The Real Deal. I […]

December 4, 2014

A Bright Star Has Dimmed in South Miami…Goodbye Hans Huseby:(

Hans Huseby, proprietor of FootWorks, father of the Mercedes Benz Corporate Run, a fixture in South Miami for the past 40 years, and THE most wonderful man passed away this past Saturday. So wonderful and loved was he that Sunset Drive from Red Road to SW 59th Avenue was closed […]

December 1, 2014

How Does the Recent Waterfront Sale on North Bay Road Compare to Coral Gables and Coconut Grove Waterfront Property? Hmm…

A magnificent “builder’s acre” (37,895sf) on tony North Bay Road just closed for $15,250,000 (asking price $15,900,000, listed in February, 2014). What the Buyer will do with the existing 6 bedroom/5 bath home, circa 1929, remains to be seen but all are guessing that it is coming down. A Coral […]

November 13, 2014

What a Difference a Decade Makes!

I’ve sold this flagship building on Red Road in South Miami twice! In 1999 Sunhouse Construction and the developers of Downtown Dadeland purchased the property for $465,000 and when they relocated in 2003 the building was purchased and completely renovated by the very talented Jorge Blanco, DDS, and his dental […]