In The News
All the Marlins stadium giveaway news that’s fit to print
Categories: Front Page, In The News, Miami
hiWeek of Oct. 7
The architect of Miami-Dade County’s $3 billion Florida Marlins stadium giveaway is seething at a New York Times report that pinpoints some of the boondoggle’s worst aspects.
The article “took unwarranted editorial liberties and omitted important facts about our decision,” County Manager George Burgess wrote in a letter to reporter Ken Belson [...]
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Downtown Miami goes green
Categories: In The News, Miami, Real Estate News
hiAccording to an article I have just read entitled, “Downtown Miami skyscrapers going green”, Three Miami highrises will be making “green” modifications and additions. The three buildings that will be given a more ecologically friendly makeover include the largest tower in Florida, the Wachovia Financial Center as well as the Bank of America Tower and [...]
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HAVE YOU RECENTLY REMODELED YOUR KITCHEN INTO A GREAT ROOM?
Categories: As Heard on the Street, In The News, Just For Fun, Miami, Real Estate News
hiHi Everyone,
Home & Garden Television’s (HGTV) BANG FOR YOUR BUCK is gearing up for its first season and they are looking for fun and enthusiastic homeowners in the South Florida area… RIGHT NOW!
They are looking for fun and energetic people who would like to showcase their FABULOUS renovation on TV! that’s right on TV!!!.
Homeowners must have [...]
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Miami’s Real Estate-Another perspective.
Categories: Buying Real Estate, Coral Gables, In The News, Miami, Moving to South Florida, Real Estate News, South Florida Market Stats
hiSome experts see Miami’s economic future in worse condition than the rest the country – I have different outlook based on my knowledge of design, construction and real estate. I see Miami excellently positioned for the next cycle of growth. South Florida is ahead of the building curve with available inventory and with recent price adjustments, there’s plenty [...]
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Happy Holidays!!! XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING COOL
Categories: Around Town, In The News, Miami, Real Estate News
hiXEROX IS DOING SOMETHING COOL
If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can’t pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of [...]
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Green Printing For Good
Categories: Community Information, Green Resources, In The News, Miami
hi Are you concerned that you are wasting resources when pressing print? If yes, then watch this video.
Today I met Augustus Casamayor, chairman/CEO of AC Graphics in Hialeah, one of the “greenest” printers around.
It was very inspiring to learn that his business became the first triple-certified green printer in the state of [...]
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EWM’s Ron Shuffield Quoted by the Associated Press
Categories: EWM In the News, Fort Lauderdale, Front Page, In The News, Miami, Real Estate News
hiOur own Ron Shuffield was quoted by the Associated Press in the story below about the dramatic increase in rentals, our South Florida market is the perfect example. The story notes the impact of rentals on a national basis.
HOUSING DOWNTURN IS A BOON FOR SOME RENTERS
‘Shadow’ market thrives as investors can’t sell off houses, condos
updated 6:33 p.m. ET, [...]
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City officials walk out on their consciences and the voters
Categories: Front Page, In The News, Miami
hiThe week of April 24, 2008
Two Miami commissioners have added meaning to “voting with your feet.”
The phrase had meant, variously, switching to something you like better, moving to a lower-tax community, or going elsewhere rather than staying and complaining.
To read the remainder of this article, visit
http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/080424/story-viewpoint.shtml
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Miami’s vast project mega-plan falling apart at the seams
Categories: Front Page, In The News, Miami
hiWeek of April 17, 2008
The intricate stitches that bind together this county’s so-called Global Agreement patchwork are gradually tearing apart as piece after piece of the quilt unravels.
How long can the $3 billion crazy quilt of capital projects match its nickname before the individual elements must stand or fall on their own?
To read the remainder [...]
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Democracy, Miami-Dade style: Don’t let the people vote Miami-Dade
Categories: Front Page, In The News, Miami
hiThe week of March 10, 2008
Commissioners are cavalierly tossing out a 21-member team’s legally required proposals to upgrade county government.
Paradoxically, commissioners themselves chose most of the toothless team that by law must recommend every five years updates to the county charter — equivalent to a constitution.
Only voters can make the changes, but commissioners have inserted [...]
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