Late Friday afternoon, Lynda Stone and I headed out to Key Biscayne to show
a condominium to prospective buyers. We quickly realized that we were joining
1000’s of others heading across Rickenbacker Causeway to enjoy the Sony Ericsson
Tennis Tournament at the Crandon Park Tennis Center.
The weather was balmy, temps in the low 80’s with gusty breezes coming off the water.
Key Biscayne Park was jammed with families, kids playing baseball and T-ball, joggers and bicyclists. Lots of activity.…

Area 31 Restaurant

Now open, 270 Biscayne Blvd Way, 18th Fl, Miami; 305.424.5234

Overlooking Brickell Avenue and the Miami River from the 18th floor of the Epic Hotel in Miami, Area 31 serves a Mediterranean-style crudo menu including stone crab, yellowfin tuna, and Key West pink shrimp, plus grilled seasonal selections like Spanish mackerel, mangrove snapper, cuttlefish, wahoo, and spiny lobster. The restaurant’s name comes from the UN’s designation for the economically sustainable fishing waters from Georgia to the northern tip of Brazil.

Deep…

The long awaited day has arrived for the ICON Brickell condos on the banks of the Miami River and Biscayne Bay. Closings have started.

Surrounded by parks and water, the ICON Brickell has a unique location with breathtaking views to match.

The MiamiCondoLifestyle team recently toured the Phillippe Starck- Jorge Perez collaboration with the ICON sales team and posted lots of new pictures on www.MiamiCondoLifestyle.com

ICON Brickell Deck

ICON Brickell Chess

Check out the silver and blue chess set!

The…

Mondrian South Beach is undergoing a $50 million renovation which includes oversized studios, 1 and 2 bedroom hotel residences. penthouse hotel residences and four exclusive tower residences with spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean, Biscayne Bay and the everchanging Miami Skyline.

Developed by the Morgan Hotel Group and designed by Macrel Wanders Studio, the Mondrian South Beach has 342 residences in fifteen stories, a 40 slip marina with dockmaster, Agua Spa, a state-of-the-art gym,and a world class…

Miami WorldCenter Mall

Miami WorldCenter at Park West

WorldCenter at Park West, initially reminds me of the Midtown Miami
Project…just in a much better location.

Then I think back to the Omni Center, just a few blocks away…built to
capitalize on the wealthy South America visitors in the 80’s. Bad timing there.

Or I can remember a much smaller project, like the Mayfair in Coconut Grove, which is currently under going it’s third or fourth reincarnation; and ask will this be…

Miami, Florida
September 10, 2008

Thinking about visiting Miami for the Holidays in December? Well, if you’re lucky you might get to stay at the new EPIC Miami Hotel which occupies the first thirty floors of Ugo Columbo’s latest offering…EPIC Miami. The word is that the hotel will soft open on December 15th, 2008.

We recently visited the project with clients and took the exterior construction elevator from the pool deck all the way to the penthouse level…