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Fortune
Coconut Grove is Miami’s billionaire enclave, drawing Larry Page and Ken Griffin. Now luxury hotelier Raffles is building 35 homes there from $4.5M
In an exclusive announcement to Fortune, Raffles unveiled its first standalone residential building—35 waterfront homes in Miami’s most sought-after neighborhood for the ultrawealthy.
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Miami Herald
Want to get your flowers or fish faster? MIA to make cargo run smoother
The growing cargo operation at Miami International Airport transporting flowers, fruit and seafood is about to get a technology upgrade. The airport will start using an AI-based platform to help make its massive cargo system run smoother. MIA is teaming up with Indian technology firm Kale Logistics Solutions to develop what they call the Airport Cargo Community System. That’s a shared online portal for freight forwarders, cargo handlers, truckers, carriers, ground handlers and others involved in handling freight. Until now, these groups worked in a fragmented way and often had to exchange information manually. Kale Logistics Solutions, founded in 2009 in Thane, India, near Mumbai, has already installed an older version of the platform at about 40 airports worldwide, Amar More, co-founder and CEO, said in an interview with the Miami Herald this week. MIA will be the first to use an AI-based platform that the company is developing, More said. He called it “the world’s first AI-based airport cargo system.” MIA and Kale will start rolling out the technology in January, the CEO said, and the system will fully launch in August or September. How big is MIA’s cargo operation? In 2025, Miami International was the busiest airport for
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Homestead Nonprofit Plans 100-Unit Affordable Housing Tower Behind Its Own Building
2000 NW 3rd Ave. — Approximate Site of Affordable Housing Effort. A Homestead nonprofit that has spent three decades helping struggling families is now trying to solve their biggest problem itself: housing. Touching Miami with Love is planning a five-story development with 100 affordable housing units on unused land behind its existing building, a project meant to keep the working families it already serves from being priced out of their own neighborhood.
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Miami Herald
Tallest dorm in state will rise 17 stories, become FIU campus ‘crown jewel'
Florida International University is building what will become the tallest on-campus residence hall in Florida’s State University System, a 17-story tower that one university official calls the “crown jewel of campus.” The dorm and four other construction projects underway at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus in West Miami-Dade — a new medical center, a worship center, a residential food hall and a museum called CasaCuba — are part of FIU’s ambitious plan to become a top 30 public university by 2030 while offering more space for students, faculty and researchers. The centerpiece is the new $248 million residence hall, which will pay homage to the university’s early history when it opens in fall 2028. Here’s what to know about the new tower: Memories of the mascot Sunblazer Hall will carry FIU’s original school nickname. The mascot was a fuzzy yellow monster with a tough guy attitude, topped with a sun-like head. FIU first opened to students in 1972, but the character, called Son of a Blazer, was not introduced until 1985 as the university launched its first athletic teams. FIU retired the Sunblazers nickname and mascot in 1987, paving way for the Golden Panthers and a mascot later known as
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619 Brickell by Nobu Brings a New Vision for Waterfront Living to Miami
Sales are underway for 619 Brickell, a 75-story residential tower from 13th Floor Investments and Key International that brings a new residential presence to the Brickell waterfront. The project is Nobu’s first residential venture in Miami and is designed around its waterfront location, with residences and amenities oriented toward Biscayne Bay.
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This Giant Florida Western Store Will Make You Feel Like You Stepped Into Texas
Who says you have to travel to Texas to experience real cowboy country? Hidden in South Florida is a massive, barn-style store where the shelves are stacked with leather boots, cowboy hats, rugged denim, and just about everything you’d expect to find on a working ranch. Step inside, and you might forget you’re only a short drive from Fort Lauderdale.
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NBC Miami
After years of renting, a South Florida worker finally owns a home. The project that helped her get there
For years, Donna Miller wanted something she could call her own. The 53-year-old has worked at a Coconut Grove hotel for about 20 years, earning roughly $45,000 a year. For much of that time, she rented a home across the street from where she worked. Her rent, she said, started...
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Filing Alert: D3N9 Bayshore Holdings Chapter 11
D3N9 Bayshore Holdings LLC, a Miami, FL-based single asset real estate company, filed for Chapter 11 protection on Oct. 28 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. The company reports $10 million to $50 million in both assets and liabilities. The filing indicates that there will...