Andres Viglucci
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Amid political scandals, FPL CEO announces retirement
Armando Pimentel will now be president and CEO of FPL. → Read More
Tips on filing Hurricane Ian insurance claims in Florida
Officials warn Floridians to be wary of disreputable claims adjusters, lawyers and roofing contractors who are poised to exploit the vulnerable. → Read More
The massive Magic City project wins a final OK. Will it help or destroy Little Haiti?
Miami commissioners approved the massive and controversial Magic City Innovation District in Little Haiti, which has raised fears of accelerated gentrification and displacement in the neighborhood, by a 3-0 vote. → Read More
A little-known developer promised to remake the West Grove. Now he says he’s ready to go.
Ricky Trinidad, who unveiled plans to remake a stretch of Coconut Grove’s Grand Avenue in Miami, said he has acquired four parcels and is close to starting construction on a hotel and luxury apartment building. → Read More
Miami-Dade sued Miami over the Grove Playhouse revival. Now a court may decide its fate.
Miami-Dade sued Miami to overturn a veto by city Mayor Francis Suarez that blocked the county’s controversial plan to revive the historic but long-closed Coconut Grove Playhouse. → Read More
‘It cracked like hell.’ Feds say engineers didn’t heed alarms before FIU bridge collapse.
A report from OSHA is the latest indication that engineers ignored disturbing signs before failing to close Tamiami Trail in the hours before Florida International University bridge came crashing down, killing six. → Read More
Priced out of paradise: Why locals can no longer afford to live in Miami
Miami’s development boom has made it a global city, but with its growth comes inequality, with low paying jobs unable to keep up with a rising cost of living, and locals getting displaced by gentrification. → Read More
Miami mayor’s veto of Grove Playhouse plan stands. Now a court battle looms.
A vote by the Miami Commission sustained Mayor Francis Suarez’s veto of a Miami-Dade plan to revamp the Coconut Grove Playhouse, setting up a court battle over the historic theater’s fate. → Read More
Miami mayor vetoes controversial Grove Playhouse revival plan. Now what?
After Miami Mayor Francis Suarez vetoed the county-endorsed revival plan for the Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez agreed to meet to talk about what’s next. → Read More
These fully redone apartments may help solve Miami’s housing crisis. The rent stays cheap.
A developer and a Miami city agency have teamed up to fully renovate five apartment buildings in Overtown without displacing residents or raising rents, a model they say can help relieve a housing affordability crisis. → Read More
Jorge Pérez will give away $1M a year to art groups in Miami. Applications are now open.
Billionaire developer and art patron Jorge Pérez unveiled a new program that will distribute $1 million in annual grants through his family foundation to bolster the visual arts in Miami. → Read More
Controversial Grove Playhouse revival plan will go forward. Unless the mayor vetoes it.
Miami commissioners approved a plan to revive the long-closed Coconut Grove Playhouse that calls for demolishing its auditorium and restoring its Mediterranean front, but backers are concerned about a mayoral veto. → Read More
She gave her name and millions to the Arsht Center. Now she’s tackling climate change.
Philanthropist Adrienne Arsht and the Rockefeller Foundation endow a new center focused on resiliency and adaptation to climate change, and Miami-Dade County is the initiative’s first “community partner.” → Read More
An Allapattah mega-project wins easy OK. But it’s no decision on Grove Playhouse
Miami commissioners, facing a pair of consequential planning issues, had little trouble approving a starchitect’s Allapattah mega-project, but put off a do-or-die hearing on a plan to revamp the Coconut Grove Playhouse. → Read More
Dying Sunset Place will get radical surgery after all. Will that save South Miami?
The Shops at Sunset Place, the half-empty themed mall blamed for downtown South Miami’s sliding fortunes, will get its long-postponed radical makeover after all. → Read More
Apartments open at Dadeland North metro station in Miami, FL
A push by Miami-Dade County’s transit agency to bring apartments and shops to Metrorail stations on South Dixie Highway begins to bear fruit as the first tower opens at Dadeland North. → Read More
A new starchitect mega project is coming to Miami. You won’t ever guess where.
Danish star architect Bjarke Ingels’ daring plan to float buildings on stilts over the old Allapattah produce market won the unanimous endorsement of the Miami Commission. → Read More
Is $31M deal right for Little Haiti? Miami commission weighs Magic City development
As Miami commissioners consider a proposal to redevelop a swath of Little Haiti, the Magic City Innovation District, they have to assess a plan to accept $31 million for a community trust to control. → Read More
Waiting for Mana. What does the mogul who owns half of Flagler Street have up his sleeve?
Entrepreneur Moishe Mana, who bought 45 properties along and abutting Miami’s Flagler Street, says he’s finally ready to act. His first move: an art and design university will move to the downtown district. → Read More
The Ludlam Trail is finally ready to go. Work on the first segment will start this year.
The first segment of the Ludlam Trail, a long-awaited conversion of an abandoned six-mile railway into a linear park for walkers, runners and cyclists, will be built by a developer as part of a dense mixed-use project on the south side of Bird Road. → Read More