No longer can you count on finding a sweet deal on rent in one of those quickly filling-up high rises. 24/7 WallStreet reports that rents in Miami are skyrocketing. In fact, in the past year Miami saw the third highest rise in average rent of any major metro area, and…
When Alan Lara touched down in American Samoa, he was looking for a fresh start. Bluesky Communications, a subsidiary of Miami-based eLandia, had agreed to pay the Mexican engineer and his fiancée to move to the tiny U.S. territory from their home in Guatemala. But months later Lara was abruptly…
Last week, Riptide received a mysterious complaint from a Brazilian reader who had an intriguing allegation: Located in 2800 Biscayne Boulevard — the building that, until last year, housed Miami New Times office — a company called Leader Perfume was ripping off South American customers, he claimed.We decided to investigate…
Deep Throat, the pioneering 1972 porno film, was partially shot in various places throughout Miami-Dade, and now an infamous mansion that was the setting for two of the film’s most infamous scenes is for sale. It can be yours for the price of $1.75 million…
Like many small business owner on Florida, Paul Hodges has been struggling over the past few years. His Cocoa Beach motel, the Fawlty Towers, has seen its profits plummet. So, he’s come up with a new plan to jolt his bottom line. Starting tomorrow the Fawlty Towers will now be…
The Gordon Gekko of roundball is apparently downsizing. Slicked-back Miami Heat president and former coach Pat Riley and his wife Christine just sold their appropriately gaudy Coral Gables property. They bought the 180 Arvida Parkway mansion, which is 13,000 square feet on a two-acre beachfront peninsula, in 1996 for $6.3…
The next time you order a Domino’s pizza, pity your humble delivery man. It’s a precarious and potentially deadly world out there for your average door-to-door pie slinger. Take Francisco Prieto. The then-66-year-old Domino’s employee was sent on a run to Liberty City around midnight in October 2010. No sooner…
Here’s the good news: The gap between how much women and men make in Florida is actually pretty low compared to the rest of the country, and the Sunshine State actually has the 11th narrowest gap in the nation.Here’s the bad news: That gap still means a Florida woman makes…
Hey, pssst, I’ve got a plot of beachfront property in beautiful Hialeah to sell you for just $10K. Yeah, I’m just gonna need your social and bank account info, and it’s as good as yours.Yes, to no one’s surprise 247WallSt.com has ranked our sunny state of Florida number one in…
Gaston E. Cantens, a former advisory board member for Belen Jesuit Preparatory School who used his prominence in Miami’s Cuban-American community to target the elderly, has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to running a $135 million Ponzi scheme…
Big drama at two of Miami’s best known hotels this weekend, as two iconic resorts had some dramatic shake-ups on the business side. The owners of the Eden Roc, a Miami Beach classic, are taking their management company to court. Meanwhile, the owners of the Setai, a member of the…
Looks like Star Island is losing one of its longtime celebrity residents. Comedian and talk show host Rosie O’Donnell has put her 11,000-square-foot spread on the market for a whopping $19.5 million. The real estate move comes just days after O’Donnell’s talk show on Oprah’s OWN network was cancelled…
Cecilia “C.C.” Holloman arrived in Miami around 2001 with an impressive resumé. She was an ordained minister, a published Christian author, and a “community builder” in the Clinton administration. Over the next decade, her organizations would receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grants, including $400,000 for a job…
Genting Group shocked South Florida when it bought up the Miami Herald’s current bayfront property and unveiled its ostentatious plans for Resort World Miami. The proposed project looked like a futuristic, alien city, with 10 million square feet of space, two hotel towers, two condo towers, a giant convention center,…
Cristiano Piquet has it all: fast cars, luxury boats, beautiful women, and a booming business. Since 2005, Piquet Realty has sold hundreds of millions of dollars of prime Miami condos to his fellow Brazilians. His handsome, freckled face has graced business segments on CNN and Al Jazeera. He even has…
We don’t need to tell anyone who’s attempted to park at Aventura Mall that the place is busy. It’s so busy, in fact, that it’s actually America’s second most visited shopping mall. The only mall more crowded than it actually has an indoor amusement park, so there’s no shame in…
Online shopping was a boon to buyers who sometimes felt a little embarrassment when buying certain products. The web’s anonymity may have made them feel like no one could judge them for, say, buying an industrial-sized vat of KY Jelly. But the mere presence of social media logos like Twitter…
There may be plans in the works, but Midtown Miami is still far from the reality of actually having a Walmart built. Walmart’s zoning change request has been put on hold by the city planning and zoning department just a day after another major developer in the Midtown area came…
Eager Jason Wu fans lined up by the masses earlier this month to be the first to get their hands on Target’s Wu collection, but in Miami, Kevin Wills and his girlfriend were way ahead of the game. The pair bought out more than $5,000 in Wu merchandise (nearly the…
When designer Jason Wu’s limited edition collection for Target went on sale earlier this month, a couple at the Midtown Miami Target store rampaged their way through the clothing section and made off with a large chunk of the collection. The story and accompanying YouTube video made blog headlines all…
For years the Bal Harbour Shops have not only reigned as the premier point for designer shopping in Florida, but as one of chicest in the world. But now a new challenger is about to emerge in Miami-Dade. Developer Craig Robins is quickly making his dreams of turning the Design…
Apparently, Hugo Chavez is a landlord’s nightmare. The controversial Venezuelan prez recently announced that he was closing his country’s consulate in Miami for good. Problem is, the consulate had just agreed to a ten-year lease for its Brickell office and hasn’t even bothered to pay rent for the last two…
