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Downtowners know that their neighborhood has lacked a
large grocery store for quite some time. (The Brickell Avenue area, on
the other hand, has three Publixes. Three??)
Now, with the inflow of new residents taking advantage
of discounted condo prices, the need for a big grocery store within
Downtown is greater than ever. C...heck out this South Florida Business
Journal article to learn how the Miami Downtown Development Authority is getting the ball rolling. And visit the DDA’s website for more information on the initiatives the DDA is taking to fuel Downtown’s growth and development.Read More

MULTI-HOUSING PRO: Feature on Rilea Group's One Broadway luxury rental tower.
Excerpt: Over the past few years, Ojeda saw condo owners become the landlords of choice for renters seeking cheap rents. But some of those tenants are finding they get less than they bargain for as landlords face foreclosure and buildings fall... into disrepair as condo association revenues diminish."Now those renters are coming back to us," said Ojeda. www.schwartz-media.comRead More

THE REAL DEAL: If the first principle of real estate success is location, the second principle is relationships. Particularly in a market that's inching its way back from collapse, where business as usual no longer works, local real estate leade...rs recite that mantra as a path to survival. "Your perspective has to be... about the client's business as opposed to just doing the deal," said Tere Blanca, president & CEO of Blanca Commercial Real Estate in Miami. "You have to [take] the time to understand client goals so you can continually look out for your client's interests."
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FLORIDA TREND: Miami: Thinking Long Term

No market in Florida faces what Miami will next year: Three, new, top-tier office towers adding 1.9 million square feet to a market struggling with falling occupancy and lease rates. According to Tere Blanca of... Blanca Commercial Real Estate: “The market has actually improved s...ignificantly from what it was six, nine months ago. That’s not to say we haven’t had to mark to market and be competitive to attract the quality of tenants we want. Existing landlords have been extremely aggressive.”
Blanca, whose company handles leasing for one of them, 1450 Brickell, argues for context: It’s a market with 47 million square feet, a nearly empty pipeline of new projects and significant barriers to entry. www.schwartz-media.com http://www.floridatrend.com/article.asp?page=4&aID=51811Read More

AMERICAN LAWYER MEDIA: $2.5 million award after breakup to skin-cream creator’s partner. Succesful verdict obtained by Miami's Hall Lamb and Hall law firm.
Results: Judge Wilson asked both sides to draft proposed orders. He signed Andy Hall’s 32-page order Sept. 20, awarding $2.49 million in damages to Bell plus intere...st. Quote: “Meyerson never intended to perform,” Hall said. “He was siphoning off all the profits for himself, and he got caught.” Post-trial motions: Waldman’s motion for reconsideration was denied by Wilson, who is retiring today.
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Dealmakers: Signing flagship deal for 1450 Brickell like a reunion of old friends.


Dealmakers: Danet Linares and Tere Blanca


The Deal: Blanca Commercial Real Estate brokers represented 1450 Brickell landlord Rilea Group in leasing 80,000 square feet of office space to the law firm Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod.... Bilzin signed a 15-year lease to become the first tenant at 1450 Brickell, which is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2010. Read more here: http://www.schwartz-media.com/blog/ http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/news.html?news_id=57807Read More

THE NEW YORK TIMES on Miami Jewish Health Systems: This is an all-purpose, nonprofit facility that evolved through visionary leadership and generous donations from community members to become one of the top-ranked centers in the nation. Many of its features, especially the caring and respect devoted to each resident by... well-trained personnel, could serve as a model for nursing homes throughout the country. It is one-stop shopping, complete with an acute-care hospital, short- and long-term skilled nursing care, in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation services, a memory and dementia clinic, psychiatric treatment, a pain center, recreational and entertainment activities, respite care for caretakers, spiritual and religious services, assisted living quarters, hospice care and even treatment for children with cerebral palsy. http://www.schwartz-media.com/blog/Read More