Archive for the ‘Condo Hotels’ Category

Regent’s Out, Hilton’s In, and What’s Up with The Gansevoort?

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

According to the Miami Herald, the Regent Hotel has left as operator of the new hotel at 1458 Ocean Drive in South Beach.  The new hotel operator is Vincci, a Spain-based hotel chain.  The 80–unit property opened nine months ago were sold as condominium hotels. If I were a owner of a unit, I would be pretty annoyed.  […]

SBCB Scoop: Miami Beach’s $29M Setai Penthouse Under Contract

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

I remember when I got into the real estate business about 15 years ago that agents who primarily sold condos were considered second-class brokers. How times have changed. Word on the street (or in my ear) is that the penthouse at Setai South Beach, located at 101 20th Street in Miami Beach, is under contract. […]

Coming Soon: Canyon Ranch Living Hotel, Spa & Condos Miami Beach

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Today I went to a presentation by the Canyon Ranch Miami developer. To give you a little background on me and my history of this project, I have been a fan of this project since BEFORE the project was launched over three years ago. The project consists of three towers on OVER 6 acres of oceanfront […]

BREAKING NEWS: Two more condos bite the dust!

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Rumor has it that Vitri South Beach – just north of the “SoFi” neighborhood (ICON, Murano Grande, Apogee) is returning deposits and considering a change of use to a hotel. From what I know the units on the lower end of the price range sold well, but the penthouses, which were priced @ $1100 p.s.f., […]

Miami Beach Penthouse Report, May 2007

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Lots to report on Miami Beach real estate, so I will get right to it! Surprisingly, there has been an abundance of real estate activity in ultra-high-end Miami Beach condos and Fisher Island this year. I was a bit surprised to see how many of the $5M+ condo sales this year were on Fisher Island. […]