Miami Real Estate News & Blog Posts

One of a kind swimming pool in Shanghai The new landmark building  is  Holiday Inn Shanghai Pudong Kangqiao - international branded hotel in the Kangqiao area.The new hotel features very unique swimming pool. Located on the 24th floor of the hotel, the 30 meters long swimming pool is in suspension over the edge.What’s unique about this swimming pool is that there is a glass underneath the pool....

Custom Tea Trunks from Louis Vuitton On May 2, 2012 Louis Vuitton opened its Taipei 101 Maison on the forth and fifth floor of the iconic Taipei 101 skyscraper - the second tallest building in the world.As an exclusive for the store, three special-order tea trunks carrying tea sets designed by Hsiao Fan Pottery Art were made. Each was sold for 1.7 million Taiwan dollars ($40,000) during a shopping preview for VIP clients....

Julio Iglesias buys $15.2M home in Indian Creek Indian Creek Island and Julio IglesiasSinger Julio Iglesias has paid $15.2 million for a home adjacent to the empty lot he owns on Indian Creek Island. Sources say Iglesias wants to demolish the property, which is located at 7 Indian Creek Drive, to build a new home. The six-bedroom, five-bathroom, 5,504-square-foot home had an assessed value of $7.73 million last year, according to the ...

President of the Title company in Broward pleads guilty Michelle Austin-Wilks, who the president of a Broward County title and escrow company pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud for her participation in two mortgage fraud schemes according to U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Wifredo Ferrer. Austin-Wilks had been charged with an information for her role in the scheme last month. She...

$1billion artificial island resort Real Madrid football club will spend $1B to build a lavish resort island in the United Arab Emirates, complete with luxury hotels, marina and amusement park.Executives unveiled plans for the “Real Madrid Resort Island”, featuring an oceanside stadium and hi-tech club museum in the northern Emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah, on the doorstep of the lucrative football-mad Asian market...

Latest scarf collection from Hermes Following previous team-ups with the likes of French conceptual artist Daniel Buren, Hermès has announced its latest limited edition scarf collaboration will be with Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto.The partnership is in honor of the third edition of the luxury label’s Hermès Editeur project, which intertwines the world of fine arts and crafts with the realm of textiles.Sugimot...

Michael Jackson's home is for sale for $23.9M The plush Los Angeles mansion where Michael Jackson died is on sale for $23.9 million, and a major celebrity is interested in buying it.The 7-bedroom, 13-bathroom property, described as the centrepiece of an “elegant and sophisticated French chateau estate,” includes its own movie theater, a gym and a pool.“The estate… offers a glamorous theater for screenings in a grand style, a...

Madonna is selling her Beverly Hills Mansion Madonna has reportedly put up her French Country-style mansion, in Beverly Hills as a pocket listing with the asking price of $28M.A pocket listing means a real estate agent has a contract to sell it, but it is not listed in the Multiple Listing Service or advertised.Madonna bought the property back when she was married to English director Guy Ritchie in 2003 and paid about $12 million, accor...

World Wrestling Entertainment signed lease on Brickell Key Courvoisier CentreWorld Wrestling Entertainment has signed a 2,000-square-foot lease at the Courvoisier Centre II  building on Miami’s Brickell Key, according to Colliers International South Florida. Colliers’ Joe Abood represented WWE in the transaction. “WWE is launching a new television network, and this location will serve as the Latin American sales office,” Abood said. “T...

Miami will see three more condo towers Currently 26 projects already on the way in South Florida, Miami will now see another three new condominium projects, with two in Coconut Grove and one in Grand Bay, which will be on the site of the soon-to-be-demolished Grand Bay Miami Beach, according to a report from Condo Vultures. The Grove at G hotel, will feature two towers, and the Versailles on the Ocean in Miami Beach will have...