Monthly Archives: November 2007
Is Miami Home to the Most Foreign-Born Residents?
Technically, no. That unique distinction is reserved for Sweetwater, FL. Although in Miami-Dade County, City-Data (the source of the list) factors it in as an independent municipality. This is the same for all municipalities within Miami-Dade. In Fact, in the City-Data U.S. Top 100 list of Cities with the Highest Percentage of Foreign Born Residents, the City of Miami ranks fifteenth. Let’s take a look at the top twenty: Continue reading
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Protecting the Urban Development Boundary
The information below was sent to me by Dawn Sheriffs of Cleanwater.org: Urban sprawl strikes again! In 2006, with your help the Hold the Line successfully kept the Urban Development Boundary (UDB) from being moved west into Florida’s Everglades to … Continue reading
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Commercial Development Outook: Central Business District
Using the latest DDA Development Activity Report, I created the chart below. It represents commercial space that has been built since 2002, current active construction, and commercial projects that have been approved but remain inactive.
Chart: Derived from the DDA Development Activity report, the chart above, which is separated by retail and office use, represents new commercial space added to the market since 2002, current construction, and approved but inactive commercial development.
As is the case with Brickell Village, 2008-09 represents a significant hike in new commercial space for the CBD market. At 803,000 sq. ft. of new construction, the Central Business District, ironically, falls short of Brickell Village’s over 1.4 million sq. ft. of new office space coming into the market… Continue reading
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Commercial Development: Brickell Village Outlook
The chart below is one of several I prepared that are based on the latest DDA Development Activity Breakdown Report. It represents office/retail development (built, under construction, and approved) from 2002 to mid-2007 in Brickell Village. In an effort to compare DDA data with with an alternative source (to get the best overall picture), I deferred to CBRE’s market outlook. Let’s look at the DDA derived chart first: Continue reading
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Update on Fisher Island
I received this information from the SEIU regarding the situation with workers at Fisher Island:
“At www.onemiaminow.org –we are soliciting for creative ways to get to Fisher Island’s exclusive shores (and you get a free t-shirt). We are taking anyone who wants to go with us on Saturday to mingle with the super rich who have been squashing the human rights and civil rights of their workers. We are also keeping up a blog of our own at http://fisherislandwatch.blogspot.com where we are going to start listing the ideas people have come up with so far.” Continue reading
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Early Week Links
Media U.S. Housing Crash: History repeating in Florida and Lessons from the Roaring 20′s (Part II) [Market Oracle UK] ArchRecord Interview: Craig Robbins (Dacra) [Businessweek] Finding South Florida’s next economic wave [Miami Herald] Miami-Dade helping bail out State [Miami Herald] … Continue reading
The Height Factor
Brickell Village is seeing the most high density development (mainly residential) with over 13,000 units built or under active construction since 2002, but what about the height race? Let’s see what the figures say: Continue reading
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Residential Development: Actual vs. Speculative
The graph below is based on the DDA Development Activity Breakdown Report 2002-2007:
Chart: Each bar represents one of the three primary urban core segments. Brickell is combined with West Brickell; the CBD with Parkwest and South East Overtown; the Media and Entertainment District with Wynwood, Edgewater, and the Midtown vicinity). Red means speculative development–approved but inactive/unbuilt. Blue means real development–units built or under active construction.
HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IN THE THREE CORE AREAS
The chart above (2002 to 2007) is intended to weigh actual development against speculative development. Speculative constitutes approved but inactive projects–not under construction. Actual development represents projects built or under active construction. Let’s see what the numbers say about the three primary areas of the urban core: Continue reading
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Weekend Links
In the News: Shaq sells Star Island mansion to A-Rod? [Daily Business Review] Tobacco Road turns 95 this week [Miami Herald] Miami set to bid farewell to Orange Bowl [Forbes] One man’s pain is another’s reasonable profit [Chicago Sun Times] … Continue reading
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Wake Up, Fisher Island! A Documentary
Via – SEIU Thanks for submitting Tanya! For more information go to Onemiaminow.org
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