
The Weekly Dirt: Implosion of Mandarin Hotel on Brickell Key closes a chapter in Miami
A team of engineers, contractors and construction workers imploded the former Mandarin Hotel in Miami on Sunday morning. The demolition by explosives of the iconic Brickell Key property is reflective of the city’s new development market, where developers are working on dozens of new, glossy luxury

North Miami Beach condo board member arrested in $21K kickback scheme
A homeowner and longtime board member of a North Miami Beach condominium was arrested after investigators say she pocketed thousands of dollars in kickbacks tied to building contracts. Maria Del Carmen Alvarez-Concepcion was taken into custody this week, facing charges of organized fraud, second-deg

Kenco cashes in on Palm Beach Gardens homesites for $107M as home prices dip
Some of the region’s most prolific homebuilders dropped a combined $107.4 million on homesites in the master-planned Avenir community in Palm Beach Gardens. Misha Ezratti’s GL Homes paid $28.1 million for 42 sites at the planned Orchid Isles, a planned single-family community development within Aven
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