Timing is everything in real estate. When Arnaud Karsenti got serious about real estate investing, the South Florida market was in the tank, and buying and selling distressed property was the way to go. As the market revived, the longtime Miami resident changed tack to focus on new development. But…

Some six years after the South Florida real estate market began to collapse, preconstruction condo units emerged once again as the investment darling of the local market in 2013. The seemingly endless influx of foreign buyers from Latin America, Western Europe and Russia willing to hand over 50 percent deposits…

Encouraged by the resurgent South Florida market, many real estate firms expanded their presence in the region in 2013. Major companies like Avison Young, Douglas Elliman Florida and Related ISG International Realty ramped up in South Florida this year. Industry employment surged throughout the state. Year-over-year real estate sales, leasing…

Real estate development’s rapid rebound in Brickell, with undertakings such as the $1.05 billion Brickell CityCentre and several high-profile condominium projects, has come as a pleasant surprise even to developers. Last week, the Rilea Group broke ground on the Bond, a 43-story, 328-unit condominium project at 1080 Brickell Avenue. Diego…

Almost 60 percent of Miami business leaders recently surveyed by law firm Bilzin Sumberg expect to see investment pour into real estate over the next 12 to 18 months. According to the New Miami Investment Survey, which was commissioned by Bilzin and surveyed 200 local executives, condominium homes (33 percent…

Contracts for nonresidential and residential future construction in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach metro area are up 62 percent for the year to date, according to data released by McGraw Hill Construction. For the year to date, total contracts have reached $4.73 billion, up from $2.91 billion in the same period…

Art Miami will launch a new art fair in the spring, dubbed Art Wynwood. The program, which will be held in the same pavilion used for Art Miami during Art Basel, will open on President’s Day weekend. “With the continued expansion of the Wynwood Arts District and Miami as a…

This week we are taking our Architecture City Guide to South Beach. Miami’s architectural styles range from austere corporate architecture, as it has the largest concentration of international banks in the United States, to colorful and playful architecture that reflects its beach and Latin American culture. Architecture lovers can’t miss…

He helped shape modern Miami, and that makes developer Tibor Hollo a world figure of sorts. Last week, that was confirmed when Hollo, the president of Florida East Coast Realty, was named “Global Citizen of the Year” for 2009 by the City of Miami and the Greater Miami Host Committee.…