Monday, January 28, 2013

Today’s priciest new listing



January 24, 2013 05:15PM

www.vipoceanrealty.com235 Via Palacio

Today’s priciest new listing is a five-bedroom, six-bathroom, 6,023-square-foot single-family home that is asking $2.39 million, according to Condo Vultures. Most of the house’s chandeliers are excluded from the listing, which is located at 235 Via Palacio in Palm Beach. Michael Leibowitz of Leibowitz Realty Group has the listing. (Condo vultures data includes condos and single-family listings in the main metropolitan areas of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, as well as Monroe County, that are newly listed. Listings are taken from the South Florida MLS.) 

Miami Beach Pinetree Drive home sells for $7.8M



January 25, 2013 09:00AM


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4777 Pinetree
The home at 4777 Pinetree Drive in Miami Beach has been sold for $7.75 million, according to data from real estate information firm StreetEasy. The property was purchased by Indian Creek II, a limited liability company. The sellers were Lewis and Laura Levey, who purchased the home in 2000 for $2.65 million, according to records from the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser’s office.

One Sotheby’s International Realty lists nine-bed Gables Estates manse for $11 million


January 25, 2013 11:15AM


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The home’s location in Gables Estates
One Sotheby’s International Realty has listed the home at 325 Leucadendra Drive in Coral Gables for $10.9 million, according to data from real estate information firm StreetEasy. The nine-bedroom, nine-bathroom home (which also has two half-bathrooms) is situated on a 0.45-acre lot in the tony Gables Estates subdivision. One Sotheby’s International Realty’s Mayi De La Vega has the listing on the home, which was designed by architect Ralph Portuondo. 

Today’s priciest new listing


January 25, 2013 05:15PM

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501 Palm Drive
Today’s priciest new listing is a five-bedroom, five-bathroom, 3,119-square-foot, single-family home that is asking $5.5 million, according to Condo Vultures. The waterfront house, which is located at 501 Palm Drive in Hallandale Beach, sits on 42,430 square feet of land and features a 237-foot seawall on canal for a yacht. Phillip Yaffa of Engel & Voelkers has the listing. (Condo Vultures data includes condos and single-family listings in the main metropolitan areas of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, as well as Monroe County, that are newly listed. Listings are taken from the South Florida MLS.) —

Florida Realtor group doles out scholarships to brokers’ children


January 21, 2013 12:45PM


Are you a South Florida real estate agent with a college age kid? Good news, the Florida Realtors trade group is offering college scholarships to the children of brokers, the Sun Sentinel reported. The Florida Realtors Education Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation, is handing out financial aid starting at $1,000. The funds are open to high achieving Florida students whose parents are real estate agents or employees of real estate boards and will be given out based academic merit, financial need, relationship to the Realtor family and contributions to family, school and community. The program has administered more than $400,000 in 270 scholarships in the past three years, according to the Sun Sentinel.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Today’s priciest new listing


January 17, 2013 05:15PM

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9703 Collins Avenue
Today’s priciest new listing is a three-bedroom, three-bathroom, 3,265-square-foot condo in the St. Regis that is asking $8.5 million, according to Condo Vultures. The waterfront condo, which is located at 9703 Collins Avenue, #2500, in Bal Harbour, features white-glove service, ocean views and fitness center. Lana Bell of Sunny Realty of South Florida has the listing. (Condo Vultures data includes condos and single-family listings in the main metropolitan areas of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, as well as Monroe County, that are newly listed. Listings are taken from the South Florida MLS.)

North Bay Road spec project re-lists for $10M



January 18, 2013 09:45AM


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3114 North Bay Road
A property on North Bay Road in Miami Beach that is currently under construction has been listed for $9.95 million, according to data from real estate information firm StreetEasy. The property, which is located at 3114 North Bay Road, was purchased at the end of November for $5.7 million. It’s being listed by Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell’s Nelson Gonzalez. 

Just 850 developer units remain unsold in downtown Miami: report


January 18, 2013 11:15AM



Downtown Miami
Just 850 new units built after 2003 are still in the hands of their original developers in downtown Miami, according to a new report from brokerage and consultancy Condo Vultures. From January 2012 to December 2012, 800 new units were purchased in the area, totaling $345 million, according to the report, although the pace of new condo purchases has slowed. “Greater Downtown Miami’s new condo oversupply is on pace to sell out by the first quarter of 2014,” said Peter Zalewski, founder of Condo Vultures. “Credit for the turnaround in Greater Downtown Miami’s condo market should be given primarily to foreign buyers who have flooded into South Florida to purchase condo units at discounted prices. 

Palm Beach home lists for $8 million


January 18, 2013 12:45PM



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1157 North Lake Way
A home at 1157 North Lake Way in Palm Beach has listed for $7.9 million, according to data from real estate information firm StreetEasy. The three-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom waterfront property has a total of 3,597 square feet of living space. It’s being listed by Fite Shavell & Associates’ Aaron Warren. The property, which is in the El Encanto subdivision, was last purchased for $3.68 million in 2001.

Douglas Elliman reaches 40 percent at new condo, Palau at Sunset Harbour


January 18, 2013 01:30PM


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Douglas Elliman said it has reached 40 percent sales at the new condominium it is marketing, Palau at Sunset Harbour. The property, which is located in the Sunset Harbour neighborhood in Miami Beach, is being developed by a fund of family of former Disney executive Roy Disney. It’s one of two condos the Disney fund is developing, along with Peloro in Mid Beach. Most buyers are coming from South Florida, bucking the trend of predominantly foreign condo buyers in Miami, according to Ann Nortmann, who is the sales director for Palau.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Setai penthouse sells for $27 million, most ever paid for South Florida condo


January 15, 2013 06:30PM

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The Setai
A penthouse at the Setai condominium in Miami Beach has sold for $27 million, according to Zilbert International Realty. The sale represents the most ever paid for a condominium unit in South Florida.
The 40th floor unit has four bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms and 7,100 square feet of living space.
Jeff Miller of Zilbert Realty brokered the deal, representing the undisclosed buyer.
Miller previously brokered the $21.5 million sale of another Setai penthouse in 2011, at the time South Florida’s largest-ever condo sale.
South Florida’s largest sale was previously set by a $25 million penthouse purchase at Continuum in May.
The Setai is located at 101 20th Street.

Bath Club unit sells for $4.5M


January 16, 2013 12:00PM



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The Bath Club (left)
A unit at the Bath Club condominium in Miami Beach’s Mid Beach neighborhood has been sold for $4.5 million, according to data from real estate information firm StreetEasy. The unit is located at 5959 Collins Avenue. The seller was Takis Mitropoulos, while the buyer was Rodney O’Neal. The deal was officially recorded on Jan. 8. It had been listed for $4.9 million.

Continuum unit sells for $3.1 million


January 16, 2013 01:30PM


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Continuum
A unit at the Continuum condominium in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth neighborhood has sold for $3.1 million, according to data from New York-based real estate information firm StreetEasy. The two-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom property had been listed for $3.2 million by Real Estate Miami. The seller was James Crystal, who had paid $2.3 million for the property in November 2011. It had a market value of $1.96 million, according to the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser’s office. The buyer was Elara Investment Corp. Continuum was the site of a $25 million penthouse sale in 2012.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Hibiscus Island home lists for $16.5 million


January 14, 2013 09:45AM



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271 North Hibiscus Drive
A home at 271 North Hibiscus Drive on Miami Beach’s Hibiscus Island has been put on the market for $16.5 million, according to data from real estate information firm StreetEasy. The six-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom, 9,100-square-foot home is being listed by One Sotheby’s International Realty’s Mayi De La Vega. It has double volume ceilings and its own wine cellar. It was last purchased in 2008 for $9 million, according to public records.

Edition condo lists for $7.9 million


January 14, 2013 12:00PM



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A rendering of an Edition unit
A condominium at the Edition condominium, which launched sales last week, has been listed for sale at $7.9 million, according to data from real estate information firm StreetEasy. The two-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom condo, which will be fully furnished, is located at 2901 Collins Avenue #1202. Douglas Elliman’s Christopher Leavitt has the listing on the property. 

A-Rod takes North Bay Road home off the market


Property, purchased for $7M, had been listed for $38M


January 14, 2013 03:00PM 

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A-Rod’s North Bay Road home
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has been taken his home off the market,The Real Deal has learned.
The property, located at 4358 North Bay Road in Miami Beach, had been listed by One Sotheby’s International Realty’s Mayi De La Vega for $38 million.
According to the MLS and real estate information firm Streeteasy, the property is now listed as “unavailable.” One source told The Real Deal that the property was not under contract, however. Another source said A-Rod simply wanted to “give the home a rest.”
The home is just down the street from where some of Miami’s biggest stars, including Miami Heat players Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, reside.
It was first listed at the end of August. A-Rod purchased the home in May 2010 for $7.4 million.
One Sotheby’s International Realty could not be reached for comment.

SunTrust Bank building sale to make way for expansion of Bal Harbour Shops


January 14, 2013 04:30PM



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9600 Collins Avenue
The Bal Harbour Shops could soon be expanding, thanks to the $13.5 million purchase of the SunTrust Bank building by the shops’ owner, the South Florida Business Journal, reported.
The seller,  a subsidiary of Island American Real Estate Trust, of the 4,987-square-foot building at 9600 Collins Avenue — directly across from the shopping mall — was represented  by CBRE senior vice president Casey Rosen, along with colleagues Mark Drazek and Paco Diaz.
“This was a strategic acquisition for the buyer and will likely be a component of plans for the expansion of Bal Harbour Shops,” Rosen said in a statement.

Luxury Miami Beach condos & homes sales office


Today’s priciest new listing

January 14, 2013 05:15PM
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400 Alton Road
Today’s priciest new listing is a three-bedroom, three-bathroom, 4,379-square-foot furnished condo in the Murano Grande At Portofino that is asking $15.9 million, according to Condo Vultures. The waterfront penthouse, which is located at 400 Alton Road, #PH-B, in Miami Beach, features 22-foot ceilings, flamed limestone floors, floor-to-ceiling windows and views of ocean and downtown. Jill Hertzberg of Coldwell Banker has the listing. (Condo Vultures data includes condos and single-family listings in the main metropolitan areas of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, as well as Monroe County, that are newly listed. Listings are taken from the South Florida MLS.)

Merrick Manor condominium launches sales in Coral Gables


January 15, 2013 10:30AM



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Merrick Manor
The Astor Companies’ Merrick Manor condominium has launched sales in Coral Gables, the project announced. Merrick Manor, the first new luxury condo in Coral Gables since the downturn, is a 10-story, 180 unit property. Construction of the $80 million property, which will be located at 301 Altara Avenue near the Village of Merrick Park, is slated to launch this summer, with completion projected for late 2014. “With Miami’s residential market bouncing back faster than many had predicted, now is the time to move forward with the first luxury condo to take shape in Coral Gables in more than five years,” said The Astor Companies’ Vice President Peter Torres

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Aventura manse sells for $3.5 million


January 08, 2013 12:45PM



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The home in Island Estates
A home on Aventura’s Island Estates private island development has been sold, The Real Deal has learned. The property had recently been placed back on the market for a $1.6 million discount by Prime Realty Investors Corp. It’s located at 4028 Island Estates Drive in Aventura. Prime Realty Investors Corp. broker Lana Bell, Founder and CEO of Sunny Realty, represented the buyer, who acquired the property through an undisclosed trust. It was the first resale on Island Estates in more than three years. Island Estates will be home to the new Village at Island Estates project, which is currently being marketed by Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell.

Jade Ocean penthouse on block for $11M


January 09, 2013 10:30AM



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The Jade Ocean penthouse
A penthouse at Sunny Isles Beach’s Jade Ocean condominium has been listed for $11 million, according to data from real estate information firm StreetEasy. The 6,500-square-foot unit has five bedrooms, 7.5 bathrooms and its own private elevator entry. The unit, which is listed by Fortune International Realty’s Rita Collins, is located at 17121 Collins Avenue #4601. 

Majestic Properties drops listing price by $1.05M on Fort Lauderdale manse


January 11, 2013 09:45AM



Miami Beach Real Estate Office
Majestic Properties has cut the listing price on 2890 NE 28th Street in Fort Lauderdale to $6.95 million, according to CEO Jeff Morr. That represents a $1.05 million reduction from its original price of $8 million. The 8,149-square-foot, five-bedroom, 6.5-bathroom property has 267 feet of seawall and a Poggenpohl kitchen. It also has smart house technology. 

Sunset Islands home sells for $20 million


Four-bedroom home was among the priciest sales closed in 2012.

January 11, 2013 01:30PM 

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The Sunset Islands
A home at 2550 Bay Avenue on Sunset Island #2 off Miami Beach has closed for $20 million, The Real Deal has learned.
The four-bedroom, four-bathroom home, which has 7,209 square feet of living space, officially closed at the end of December, according New York-based real estate information firm Streeteasy.
The seller was Jorge Chammas Neto, who paid just $2.15 million for the property when he bought it in 1991, according to the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser’s office. The buyers were Anne and Patrick Markert.
The sale marks one of the largest of 2012. Another Sunset Island home (on Sunset Island #2) at 1835 West 27th Street recently closed for $12.9 million.
It was was not listed on the MLS.

Rosie O’Donnell drops price on Star Island home


January 02, 2013 09:45AM 


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43 Star Island Drive
The list price on Rosie O’Donnell’s home at 43 Star Island Drive has been reduced by $2 million to $17.5 million, according to data from real estate information firm Streeteasy.
The home, which is listed by Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell’s Pablo Alfaro, had been listed for $19.5 million since it hit the market in March.
The actress’ estate, which features 11,104 square feet of living space, has 203 feet of water frontage and two separate private guesthouses on a 1.11-acre lot. It was built in 1923.
O’Donnell purchased the home for $6.75 million in 1999, according to public records. The property, which has a total of 12 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, had a market value of $10.69 million in 2012, according to the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser’s office.
It is owned through a trust in the name of Jacqueline Hall.
The most recent high-profile deal on Star Island was the sale of shoe mogul Donald Pliner’s home at 29 Star Island Drive for $14.3 million.

Sunset Island home sells for $12.9 million


January 04, 2013 01:30PM 


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1835 W 27 Street
A home at 1835 West 27th Street in Sunset Island #2 has sold for $12.9 million, The Real Deal has learned. The home, which was listed by Coldwell Banker’s The Jills team of Jill Eber and Jill Hertzberg, closed on Dec. 20, according to data from real estate information firm Streeteasy.
“It was absolutely spectacular,” Eber told The Real Deal. “It’s beautiful with incredible bay views.”
The buyer was Miami Islands Property, a limited liability company that lists Javier Sanguino as its manager. The seller was G2 Residences.
The property was built in 1956. It has 9,823 square feet of livable space.
G2 bought the home in 2004 for $4.5 million. It had a market value of $4.59 million, according to the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser’s office.
Last year, The Jills closed the nearby 1435 West 27th Street for $4.1 million.

Luxury Miami Beach Real Estate


Today’s priciest new listing

January 11, 2013 05:15PM
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2901 Collins Avenue
Today’s priciest new listing is a three-bedroom, three-bathroom, 3,002-square-foot condo in the Edition Residences that is asking $7.9 million, according to Condo Vultures. The waterfront house, which is located at 2901 Collins Avenue, #801, in Miami Beach, and features designs by John Pawson, 24-hour five-star services and amenities, poolside cabana and a beach. Christopher Leavitt of Douglas Elliman has the listing. –

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The Secret Life of Russian stars in Miami


Agutin Varum live separately, and Jeanne Friske - apartments in the "budget" home on the third line

Miami has long been home to the Russian show business. If you come here in January, it seems, went straight to the "Blue Light" - here and there glimpses of star faces. The reasons that Florida loves our celebrities - the mild climate, the loyal American laws, ocean and affordable housing.After all the money that you give to Miami for apartments with views of the ocean, is not enough in Moscow and "kopeck piece" for the Garden Ring. That flock to Miami wealthy Russian, like flies to honey.
In a four star Agutin - Varum in Miami just three high-rise apartment in the prestigious in the "Russian" area of Miami - Sunny Isles. Skyscraper has its own tennis court, swimming pools. On Agutin there recorded an apartment (1), and the Angelica (as in passport - Maria Varum. - AM ) - just two (2 - a, b). Housing co-owner listed singer's father - Yuri Varum . Together with them live and 13-year-old daughter Agutin and Varum - Elizabeth. As acknowledged by the parents, the daughter of a long time - the habit of an American who speaks English better than Russian, and were already in the footsteps of his father - played in the school rock band. The only thing that surprises neighbors star family - is the fact that the father of the family Leonid live with the wife and daughter of the apartment, but still a man. In an open database of American homeowners co-owner of a flat Agutin listed Alex Sina. They say it is an American record producer and close friend Agutin.
Stars thoughts with us, and soul - in Miami Igor Sharp with his wife Olga and Alla Pugacheva visiting Valery Leontiev
Stars thoughts with us, and soul - in Miami Igor Sharp with his wife Olga and Alla Pugacheva visiting Valery Leontiev

Nostalgic

There, in Sunny Isles, live Igor Nikolaev (6 - a, b), Irina Allegrova (9) andNatasha Koroleva (10). In the last permanent residence in Miami have long been Rusya older sister and her husband and mother, who teaches at the local music school and has long been successfully married an American of Russian origin. All the family Korolev often ignites in a Russian restaurant "Tatiana", which has long been a cult place for Russian inhabitants Miami. The restaurant reigns emigrant spirit, visitors who torments nostalgia eats Olivier and herring under a fur coat to the songs of Michael Shufutinski and Luba Assumption . In the same meet and organize gatherings to morning Russian stars. Although, if you want a feast for their pure, Queen, Allegrova, Nikolaev and Leontiev often drink at the restaurant on the 21st floor of a skyscraper «One», - where, by the way, not just to celebrate their birthday Igor Nikolaev.

Business

Knowingly Alla Pugacheva has repeatedly recognized that a businessman from it - no. That's the story of buying a property in Miami, Alla left unhappy. In the early 2000's diva decided to get hold of apartment on the beach and bought a luxury apartment for $ 650,000 in one of the skyscrapers built by billionaire Donald Trump . Singer Joy knew no bounds - she finally has a place where it will come to rest and feel at home. But that's a shame! A couple of months after the "successful" acquisition right in front of Alla began building another trampovskogo skyscraper completely blocked her view of the ocean. Pugachev was upset, but the deal has already been framed. Then, take the advice of smart people, Alla wait a year until the price of real estate in the area grew, and resold the apartment, throwing a cost as much $ 300 000. But contact with the local real estate zareklas. And it's not like Pugachev fly as far away from the ocean - is afraid of airplanes.
In January of this year, Sergei Lazarev showed his girlfriend Lera Kudryavtseva beauty of Miami and looked after there a small mansion for $ 1.2 million.  Photos from Twitter Lera Kudryavtseva
In January of this year, Sergei Lazarev showed his girlfriend Lera Kudryavtseva beauty of Miami and looked after there a small mansion for $ 1.2 million. Photos from Twitter Lera Kudryavtseva

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Former spouse diva - Philip to choose their own homes in Miami preparing for a long time. Take into account all the features of the location and the local climate.Why the choice fell on Philippe luxury apartment in the fashionable "Majestic Tower" (5 - b) - a luxury residential complex in one of the richest areas of Miami - Bal Harbour, you can easily guess. Directly opposite the "Majestic" is a luxury shopping mall "Bal Harbour shops." So for the new clothes shopaholic Kirkorov known to drive - just run across the road from the house. The spacious apartments are decorated Philip not only to him but to his native aunt Marie Kirkorov - she has been on the homeowners. By the way, so did the next-door neighbor Kirkorov - Christina Aguilera : It also has an apartment in "Majestic" (8). The owner of the apartment is listed, except for the Christina, her mother - Alla Pugacheva. Christine is often seen on the public beach at the house along with her ​​husband - Mikhail Zemtsov . In addition to an apartment in Bal Harbour, Kirkorov birth to daughter had got a beautiful mansion in another prestigious Miami Beach - La Gorce (5 - a). It is a quiet respectable place, where there is no high-rises, and the only private home overlooking the golf course.
Responsively KUDRYAVTSEVA showed its best local public places.  Photos from Twitter Lera Kudryavtseva
Responsively KUDRYAVTSEVA showed its best local public places.Photos from Twitter Lera Kudryavtseva

Byudzhetnitsa

Very pragmatic choice for real estate in Miami came Zhanna Friske (4). Singer wisely judged that pay thousands of dollars for its proximity to the ocean suites - unprofitable. And bought a modest apartment in the "budget" apartment complex on the third line. Joan also chooses shopping easier - it is often seen on the street with shops not brand names. Frisco can easily go to the store and vintage clothing "hang" there for an hour.

Richly

The richest area of Miami called the famous Fisher Island, enclosed on all sides by water. Get there to the mere mortal is unrealistic - right cross to the coveted coast have only homeowners on the island. Estate there own Igor Sharp (3), Pavel Bure (12). 
addition Bure, settled in Miami and other players: Sergei Fedorov (13), Alexei Zhamnov (14), Alexei Morozov (15), Vyacheslav Butsaev (16). Most of their living space - it is a residence (luxurious multi-room apartments) in high-rise. And here's another sports star - Anna Kournikova , according to the foreign press, his luxury villa in Miami Sunset Island recently sold, although she had lived there for almost ten years (11).

Recluse

The only person who kept apart from the close-knit "community" of Russian stars in Miami, is Valery Leontiev (7). Even in the distant 90's Valery Yakovlevich got a villa in a quiet rayonchik Coral Gables - from her to Miami Beach, a half-hour drive.Leontiev loves solitude and spends the evening in the company of his official wife Lucy yes with a book by the pool. Bustling the Miami party foreign to him.
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Gables home lists for $8.5 million


December 31, 2012 11:15AM



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9570 Journey’s End Road
A home in the Journey’s End community in Coral Gables has been listed for $8.45 million, according to real estate information firm StreetEasy. The five-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom home, which is located at 9570 Journey’s End Road, was completely renovated in 2006, after being purchased in the same year for $4.9 million. It includes a private dock in the Journey’s End Marina. Mayi De La Vega of One Sotheby’s International Realty has the listing.

EDENS acquires Fifth & Alton shopping center in South Beach


December 31, 2012 12:00PM



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Fifth and Alton
Retail developer EDENS has acquired the Fifth & Alton shopping center in South Beach, according to a company press release. The property, which is located at Fifth Street and Alton Road, is anchored by national retail tenants including Publix, Best Buy, Staples and TJ Maxx, among others. It is the 20th property acquired by the firm in Florida, including 13 in South Florida. EDENS said it had paid $300 million for six assets in Miami in the last two years. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The seller was Jeff Berkowitz’ Berkowitz Development Group.