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CLIENT NEWS: How a housing village rising at a Hialeah train station is changing a community

July 1, 2025

As commuters unload from carpools passing through the parking lot of a Tri-Rail station on a recent weekday morning, they’re greeted by a symphony of construction while waiting for their trains. Buzz saws and percussion drills crank up just 10 feet from the train platform, where workers in green vests and yellow safety helmets are building a new housing development. The eight-story residential building, named Metro Station 1, broke ground in May with a target completion by January 2026. The[...]

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Developer and Tow Company Spar

April 22, 2016

Beach Tow has operated illegally for decades, developer in land dispute says Negotiations deteriorated, and Beach Towing allegedly asked for millions to settle dispute After taking a mean turn, a legal battle between a developer and an infamous Miami Beach towing company is suddenly playing out like one of those nasty curbside spats from South Beach Tow. Beach Towing, the company notorious for hooking up motorists’ vehicles under dubious circumstances and then charging a steep fee to return them, may have tangled with[...]

South Beach Building Gains Historic Designation

April 20, 2016

Extensive renovations are planned for the future hotel at 1700 Alton Road The area surrounding West Avenue, 17th Street and Alton Road on South Beach is quickly becoming a “go-to” destination for boutique hotels catering to the thousands of visitors who flock to Lincoln Road. A 116-room Residence Inn recently opened on 17th Street at the northern end of West Avenue and a restored five-story building built in 1922 that was once the second tallest high-rise building on Miami Beach[...]

Client Applies for New Office Building

April 13, 2016

Oppenheim-designed office building proposed in Miami-Dade An office building crafted by Oppenheim Architecutre + Design has been proposed near Aventura. Miami-Dade County officials received an application for the project on April 5 from 2655 Developers LLC. It wants to build a six-story office building at 2655 N.E. 186th Terrace, which is on the west side of the Florida East Coast Railroad and just east of West Dixie Highway. The site currently has an auto repair shop. Although the proposal[...]

Compromise Reached to Save Home

March 28, 2016

Star Island mansion preserved, moved to make way for new home For the second time in two years, a historic home will be moved to make room for a new mansion Preservationists pleased that Kiehnel and Elliott mansion from 1931 was spared The 7,000 square-foot home at 22 Star Island Drive was lifted up on hydraulic dollies Wednesday and moved to another part of the property. Miami Design Preservation League Provided to the Miami Herald Another historic mansion on Star Island[...]

Urban Development Review Board Approves Projects

March 24, 2016

Major projects in Wynwood, Brickell, Flagler OK’d Three major mixed-use projects have won a thumbs up from the city’s Urban Development Review Board in Brickell, Flagler Street and the Wynwood Arts District. Combined, they would create more than 200 hotel rooms and more than 650 residences. — Cambria Brickell, at 145 SW 12th St., is to bring 204 hotel rooms and a restaurant connected to Southside Park. Developer CS Brickell Hotel LLC proposes a public-private partnership that would sink money[...]