August 2, 2024
Former reality TV star Fredrik Eklund zips up and down Miami in a lilac Rolls-Royce with a turquoise interior, hunting for multi-million-dollar homes for the rich and powerful. That is, when he’s not stuck in the gridlock. Eklund, 47, is …
August 2, 2024
The National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on a tropical wave that could strengthen over the weekend, bringing heavy rain to parts of Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 50 Florida counties ahead of the …
March 20, 2024
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida Jewish center suffered severe damage in a weekend arson fire that police believe was set by a mentally ill homeless man who previously confronted the rabbi and others. Rabbi Chaim Slavaticki said …
March 1, 2024
New York-based hedge fund J. Goldman & Co. signed a lease at a new Miami Beach office building that’s seeking some of the highest rents ever seen in the market. J. Goldman agreed to take roughly 10,000 square feet (929 …
February 29, 2024
Florida legislation that has been called an “agents’ bill” because it could perhaps make life a little easier for insurance agents after storms, passed a major hurdle this week, moving it closer to approval by the full Legislature. But all …
January 12, 2024
As sea levels rise in coming years, younger people will move inland, while aging populations will be stuck with the growing risk in coastal areas, a Florida State University professor and researchers have concluded. “Older populations are the least likely …
January 4, 2024
If you can make it in Florida, you can make it anywhere—especially if you have a billion dollars in capital. That may be the thinking behind a plan by Gallatin Point Capital to purchase a majority stake in Trusted Resource …
December 21, 2023
Tax collectors in more than 30 Florida counties have joined a lawsuit against a home-hardening and energy efficiency program, arguing that it misleads homeowners and saddles them with huge property tax bills. The Florida PACE Funding Agency has pushed back, …
December 18, 2023
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It’s beginning to look at lot like … hurricane season — at least across much of South Florida, where it’s been windy and rainy for two days and the forecast predicts more of the same …
December 12, 2023
(Bloomberg) — Ron DeSantis rattled corporate America by making Walt Disney Co. a target of his conservative culture wars. Now, the Florida governor’s campaignto rid the state of Chinese influence is fueling a forceful backlash from big-name investors. A group …