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• As the Design District, Midtown and Wynwood continue to evolve, the neighborhoods could replicate the synergy of the Meatpacking District in Manhattan, according to some big-name developers.

• “Twenty to 30 percent [of new clients] said they just recently moved down from New York.

• Metronomic, a development firm based in Coral Gables, has launched its own crowdfunding web platform in hopes of cashing in on financing craze in South FL.

• Crowdfunding is a win-win for both developers and members of the communities where their projects are being built. Residents of Little Havana, for example, can take part in Metronomic’s new projects, while the developer accumulates financing.

• After making major investments in downtown Miami and Wynwood, Moishe Mana has turned to North Miami Beach for his latest deal.

• Migal 699 LLC, which is managed by Mana, paid $9.5 million for the 136,468-square-foot Regions Bank office building at 699 N.E. 167th Street. to 30 percent [of new clients] said they just recently moved down from New York.

• Realtors sold nearly 14,000 single-family homes in Miami-Dade County in 2015, up 3.1 percent from 2014 and an all-time record.

• The third straight year of record-breaking sales.

• Prices hit $285,000 for the year, up from $245,000 in 2014, an 8.2 percent gain.

• The project would total 80,764 square feet in five buildings, each of them three stories tall.

• It would have 32 one-bedroom units and 39 two-bedroom units, plus a small retail space along Miami Gardens Drive. The developer would provide 125 parking spaces.

• The percentage of debtors who hadn’t paid their mortgage bills for more than 90 days sank to 7.25 percent — a 3.42 percentage point decrease compared to November 2014.

• Homeowners in Miami-Dade took a hard hit during the real estate market’s crash during the late 2000s

• The county has since seen an explosive recovery in both prices and foreclosure rates, though recent months have seen a significant drop in sales activity.

• The apartments are located in Faena House, an 18-story tower at 3301 Collins Ave. built by Argentine developer Alan Faena.

• The tower is part of a $1 billion arts district in mid-Beach featuring an opulent, newly renovated historic hotel.

• Home prices across South Florida rose again in November, according to a closely watched barometer of the housing market.

• The Case-Shiller index up 8.1 percent annually for Miami metro. 

• The international influence on South Florida’s residential market was gigantic as foreign buyers accounted for 36 percent of the dollar value of home sales.

• $6.1 billion in home sales to foreign buyers. Miami-Dade led the way with 78.9 percent of that total sales.

• In 1963, the Post Office purchased the 43,632-Square-foot property built in 1947 for $130,000. 

• Located at 66 NE 39th Street the Post Office was sold December 8, 2015 for 43.2 million.

• The property will be mixed-use project with both retail, office, residential and hotel.

• Texas based Morgan group paid $19.1 million for the Midtown 29 sites, nearly an entire block between NW 28th streets, and the east side of the railroad tracks.

• The company plans to develop a new residential retail and restaurant project. A 20 story mixed-use apartment tower with 309 units on the site.

• Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said plans to sell Beckham a 3-acre county service yard as part of the stadium site. 

• Beckham would bring a 30,000-seat soccer stadium to Overtown.

• Beckham's group pledged to spend at least $150 million building the stadium.

• Block long construction continues between NE 41st and 42nd ST at a site dubbed Paradise Plaza, where 60 more ultra -luxury, brand names stores will open end of 2016.

• The design will duplicate the open-air, two-story shopping plaza called Palm Court on NW 39th ST.

• The 6,000 square-foot, two story building will have a 3,000 square-foot rooftop entertainment deck.

• The three-story 13,000-square-foot Hermes store is only its third U.S flagship after Manhattan and Beverly Hills.

• New Design District tenants include Saint Laurent, Tory Burch, Alice + Olivia, Be Miami, Loro Piana, Joseph and all plan to open by the end of 2016.

• Tenants are slated to occupy the building by September 2016 with the rents starting at $35 per square foot for the office space. 

• Thor Equities paid $41.5 million in September of 2015 for more than an entire block in Wynwood.

• Equites bought 2800 NW 2nd Ave, a 100,000 square foot site running from NW 29th Street to NW 28th Street. The corner site includes 5 existing buildings totaling 45,000 square feet, and also features 16,500 square foot parking lot. 

• The property has development rights in excess of 600,000 square feet, ant the plan for the site includes a mix of retail, residential hotel and/or office uses. 

• Developers agreed to pay higher wages and hire up to one-third of their unskilled workers from Overtown and then from around Miami.

• Scheduled for completion in 2018, Miami World center will include a 500-unit Paramount Miami World center condo tower constructed atop the Mall at Miami World center, a 765 square-foot retail and entertainment center anchored by Macy’s and Bloomingdales.

• The mixed-use project also will include an 1,800 room Marriott Marquis hotel and convention center, plus a tower with 429 luxury rental apartments.

• A new mixed-use commercial development project will include a 2,978 square-foot ground floor retail space, and the second and third-floor office space totaling 6,600 square feet.

• The space also includes a rooftop deck for tenants and events, and underground parking for 26 cars.

• Tenants are slated to occupy the building by September 2016 with the rents starting at $35 per square foot for the office space. 

• The mixed-use project also will include an 1,800 room Marriott Marquis hotel and convention center, plus a tower with 429 luxury rental apartments.

• The Board recommended approving Wynwood as the city’s first Neighborhood Revitalization District, which will encourage builders to create wider sidewalks, pedestrian walkways within large projects, provide financial incentives to developers who preserve warehouses, and make it easier to construct affordable housing.

• Wynwood Central, a planned 69-unit building, will go up right across the street from the Wynwood 250 site. 

• The City View Garage futuristic building, with a series of wavy, gold, titanium-coated, stainless steel panels, surrounding its western exterior, is now accepting cars with self-parking just $3 dollars for the first four hours.

• The 7 story, 283,000 square-foot garage, at 3800 NE first avenue, features two public art pieces.

• The villas at 4510 NE 2nd Ave range from 1 bedroom and 1.5 bathrooms to 2 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms and start at $450,000 and go up to $970,000.

• The project is slated for completion at the end of 2016. Amenities will include European kitchens and appliances, underground parking and open floor plans. Fourth floor units will feature private rooftop terraces with hot tubs.

• The 17,391 square-foot retail/office/restaurant building, at 35 NE 4oth Street was sold for 28 million. Miami-Dade property records show the property last sold for $2 million in 2004. 

• By end of 2016, the 10 square-block district is expected to have more than 120 luxury- brand stores, a boutique hotel, 15 to 20 restaurants, luxury residential condos and lofts, galleries furniture showrooms, as well as large scale public art.