Sean McCaughan

Editor of thebigbubblemiami.com. Founding editor of miami.curbed.com, gadfly. Lover of architecture, Miami, and boys.

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More Upgrades Coming to Lincoln Road; Amazon Robotaxis Are Coming

A planned enhancement to Lincoln Road is looking fabulous.

South Florida real estate and neighborhoods news: All this rain may be ending the drought we were having, but it’s bad news at the airports [Miami New Times] The Related Group is building a ridiculously expensive building on Fisher Island, and just got a $400 million loan for it [Commercial Observer] Beloved Miami bar broken shaker sold to boutique hotel brand [Miami New Times] Construction…

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The Fontainebleau Hotel's New Convention Center Wing, Opening This Fall, Looks Too Corporate For the Beach Resort

What do you think of the Fontainebleau's new multi-level convention center? Blah, right?

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F1 Miami's American TV Audience is the Biggest in F1 History; The Brightline Raises Fares

And now, a Big Bubble real estate news roundup.

And other South Florida real estate news: New exhibit showcases the importance of Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood [Miami Herald] Last night, Florida storm chasers got a rare glimpse of the northern lights, we shit you not [Miami New Times] It looks like more glimpses of the northern lights are coming to Florida tonight [Miami New Times] The legacy of the lost de la Cruz collection is…

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Perricone's Is Closing; The Most Expensive House on the Market in the U.S. is Guess Where? Here!

And other South Florida real estate and neighborhood news: A restaurant from L.A. called Mother Wolf is opening in the Miami Design District [Commercial Observer] Developer Tibor Hollo, downtown Miami and Edgewater real estate pioneer, has died at 93 [Miami Herald] Here are 17 local South Florida gems to check out, like the Bonnet House and Peanut Island [Fort Lauderdale Mag] Perricone’s…

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Classic Subtropical Modern Miami Shores House by Alfred Browning Parker Lists for $2 Million, Baby

Located in primo East Miami Shores, about two blocks from Biscayne Bay, this historic subtropical modernist house by iconic Floridian architect Alfred Browning Parker hit the market a mere 17 days ago, for just over two million smackers. $2,049,000 to be exact. The house was built in 1949, and looks to be impeccably restored for the most part, with a gleaming new kitchen and baths. Would keeping…

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"Bro" This is What the Miami "Bro" Means; When Winston Churchill Came to Miami

South Florida real estate news, etc: Related Companies is building two condo towers and a church in Downtown West Palm Beach [Florida of TMW] They’ve also just won the bid to build West Palm’s new convention center hotel [RDM] Ahem… When Miamians call each other “Bro,” this is what it means, bro [Miami Creation Myth] For the superstitious types, a new North Beach condo tower called Palma is…

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Fort Lauderdale's Iconic Mai-Kai, is on Track For A Summer Re-Opening After A Big Restoration

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Barry Diller Spends Insane Amount of Money on Empty Lot in Miami Beach; Let's Make the Beach's Art Deco Colorful Again

And other South Florida real estate and neighborhood news: New Coral Gables Publix approved despite community pushback [Miami New Times] The City of Miami is building a snazzy new office building next to David Beckham’s soccer stadium [The Next Miami] Check out photos from the Miami Beach 2024 Gay Pride Parade [Miami New Times] That grand dame, Palm Beach’s Breakers Hotel, is restoring its…

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This Private Peninsula With A Very-Floridian Fantasy House in Lighthouse Point is $25 Million

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Phase II of the Underline is About to Open; The Perigon Breaks Ground

And other South Florida real estate and neighborhood news: Starchitect Rem Koolhaas’s condo tower The Perigon has broken ground in Miami Beach [TNM] Plans for Midtown Miami’s tallest-ever tower have been submitted to the FAA [TNM] This is your last chance to visit the de la Cruz Collection before all the art is auctioned off [Miami Herald] These are the ten best pickleball courts in South…

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Billion Dollar Golden Glades Traffic Nightmare Construction Begins; Miami Condo Life is the Wild, Wild West

A roundup of South Florida real estate and neighborhood news: Fort Lauderdale’s Brightline station is driving lots of new transit-oriented development in its downtown [Fort Lauderdale Magazine] Jeff Bezos has bought a third mansion on Indian Creek [Miami New Times] 43-story apartment tower now rising adjacent to MDC’s Wolfson Campus downtown [TNM] A massive, almost-billion-dollar…

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Another Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect Announces First Miami Building; Inside the Dolce & Gabbana Tower Coming to Brickell

A roundup of the latest real estate and neighborhoods news around South Florida: Pritzker Prize-winning architect Eduardo Souta de Moura is designing a South-of-Fifth office building [Miami Herald] Check out these groovy townhouses proposed for South Beach [Commercial Observer] All the celebrities and billionaires that live on Star Island, including Diddy [Miami Herald] Owners of the…

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A House In A Tiny Private Airport Community In The Florida Keys Lists For $2.25 Million

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Miami Beach's Huge Convention Center Hotel Design Gets Tweaked; Creditors Are Going After Rudy Giuliani's Palm Beach Place

A roundabout of the latest South Florida real estate news: How LVMH helped transform the Miami Design District (not quite an abandoned warehouse district like the article says, but ok) into a luxury hot spot [WSJ] Construction is underway on a huge new parking garage at MIA [TNM] P. Diddy’s Miami homes have been raided after salacious sexual accusations [MNT] Florida is getting a $4.5 million…

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inDrive, a Major Global Competitor to Uber and Lyft, Has Launched in Miami

The duopoly of Uber and Lyft may seem to dominate the rideshare world, and in the United States they pretty much do. But there’s a third competitor that actually has a pretty humungous presence in other parts of the world called inDrive that’s starting to make a presence stateside. inDrive, which launched in the United States, beginning in Miami, last summer, is a lot like Uber and Lyft, but also…

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A Fun Roundup of New News & Older News About Miami Real Estate

Check ’em out: The 25-story Bread Building apartment tower in Hollywood, named after the well-known Hollywood icon it replaced, has topped off [FL YIMBY] Baking powder heiress sells Palm Beach house for $16 million [TRD] The Related Group has launched sales for the 37-story Icon Beach in Hollywood Beach, right next to the Diplomat [FL YIMBY] Is Miami losing its identity to “soulless condos”?…

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The Historic Burdine's Flagship Store in Downtown Miami is Now a Ross

These Rosses are everywhere. Oy.

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