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☆ In Florida, Affordable Housing Joins Luxury Complexes
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Bal Harbour complex is home to about 100 luxury retailers. Photo: Scott McIntyre for The Wall Street JournalBal Harbour Shops in Miami-Dade County, a premier luxury mall featuring swanky brands such as Chanel, Gucci and Tiffany, is getting into the affordable-housing business. Whitman Family Development , the shopping center’s owner, filed plans with the city on Tuesday to build a roughly 20-story luxury hotel and three residential towers with 600 units within the complex. One building with about 240 units will be reserved for workforce housing, as part of Florida’s new housing law known as the Live Local Act.

Persons: Scott McIntyre, Chanel, Gucci, Tiffany Organizations: Wall, Whitman Locations: Miami, Dade County

☆ In Hurricane-Prone Florida, Builders Are Still Making New Homes Out of Wood
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

One of the biggest wood-framed projects under way in Florida began construction this year on the water near Tampa Bay. Photo: Deborah Acosta/The Wall Street JournalDevelopers in Florida are rolling out new homes built with wooden frames, undaunted by the risk that wood can be less reliable than other materials for withstanding hurricane-force winds. Homes with wooden frames are cheaper and faster to build than those framed in concrete, one reason why wood-frame construction is the norm in much of the U.S.

Persons: Deborah Acosta Organizations: Street Locations: Florida, Tampa Bay

☆ New York Developer Who Shunned Miami Reverses Course
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

New York developer Miki Naftali moved to Miami a decade ago. He was in the right place to buy or build at the start of that property market’s huge run-up. Instead, he chose not to develop in his new hometown. Other New Yorkers followed him to Florida, where they developed and sold out luxury condo buildings, built hotels that filled with tourists, and even leased up office towers despite a nationwide office market slump.

Persons: Miki Naftali Organizations: Yorkers Locations: York, Miami, Florida

Property ReportIt offers an ominous warning to other cities that are hoping their office towers will fill up again when more robust economic growth returns.

☆ Home Insurance Is So High in This Florida Town, Residents Are Leaving
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Deborah Acosta | Photographs James Jackman For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Small Businesses Become a Lifeline for Cuba’s Floundering Economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Deborah Acosta | José De Córdoba | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Miami Beach Project Tests Limits of Affordable Housing Law in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Even a Booming Economy Can’t Save Atlanta’s Office Market
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Peter Grant | Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Luxury Apartment Glut in South Florida Offers Some Price Relief
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Deborah Acosta — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Deborah AcostaDeborah Acosta reports on Florida real estate for The Wall Street Journal. She previously covered national and international news at the New York Times, using innovative forms of visual storytelling. Ms. Acosta was part of a team of reporters that won the 2020 George Polk Award for International Reporting for a series of visual investigations.

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☆ Miami Races to Finish $350 Million Soccer Stadium Before Messi’s Time Is Up
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Latest Mar-a-Lago Documents Charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Deborah Acosta | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Miami Sees Its First Population Drop in Decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Konrad Putzier | Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Record Miami Land Sale Collapses Amid Commercial Real-Estate Slowdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Migrant Workers Flee Florida as New Immigration Law Takes Effect
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Deborah Acosta | Photographs Scott Mcintyre For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Donald Trump to Make Initial Court Appearance in Miami
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Disney’s Orlando Campus Cancellation a Blow to Neighboring Projects
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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