People Should Consider What Aventura Real Estate Has To Offer Within Its Ideal City Setting

Aventura is a city located about three and a half miles away from North Miami Beach in South Florida. Property buyers who are looking for an ideal suburban city setting are sure to find Aventura real estate options to consider as doing so will ensure them high quality of living within one of the most ideal residential areas within the region today. Among the first developments that ever took place within the city involved a series of high-rise residential projects which brought about numerous condominiums which now prove to be among the best real estate options that the city has to offer. Continue reading

Neighborhoods crumble as thousands of homes sit in legal limbo, Sun Sentinel finds

Banks that made reckless home loans have been tiptoeing away from foreclosures in a tactic designed to cut their losses. The result: Orphaned, dilapidated homes dot the landscape from Kendall to Lake Worth. There are no owners willing to claim and care for them. Continue reading

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Reports First Quarter Results

BETHESDA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB – News) (the Company) today reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. The Companys results include the following: (1)See tables later in this press release for a description of pro forma information and reconciliations from net income (loss) to non-GAAP financial measures, including earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), Adjusted EBITDA, Funds from Operations (“FFO”), FFO per share, Adjusted FFO and Adjusted FFO per share Continue reading

No sympathy for the creative class

Sunday, Apr 22, 2012 1:00 PM UTC Taxpayers bail out Wall Street and Detroit. But there’s no help, or Springsteen anthem, for struggling creatives VIDEO By Scott Timberg (Credit: Benjamin Wheelock) Theyre pampered, privileged, indulged part of the cultural elite. They spend all their time smoking pot and sipping absinthe. Continue reading

Lighthouse Project – Chapter Three: Barron Gift Collier was 'ahead of his time'

Barron Gift Collier Collier County’s founder had a gift for business.He made millions in the advertising business, then poured $17 million of his own money in the 1920s into developing what he saw as Florida’s last frontier. A persuasive and persistent man, he worked 12 hours a day in New York or on the road and built a real estate empire in Florida. In Southwest Florida, he once owned hotels, bus lines, banks, utilities and newspapers including what is now the Naples Daily News Continue reading

Trump Hollywood poaching public beach, neighbor says

HOLLYWOOD In typical South Florida fashion, there’s a tug-of-war underway over sun and sand. This latest seaside skirmish has neighbors living in the shadow of Trump Hollywood incensed, arguing that the luxury condo treats the public beach like a private one Continue reading