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Read Analysis →How this differs from the stories below. This is a maintained reference rather than a dated news item, and it is updated as projects are delivered and certification statuses change. It does not rank, score or recommend any development.
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Buyer Risk & Due Diligence Boca Raton, FL
A lender group has filed a $417.7 million mortgage foreclosure complaint against the entity developing the condominium at 105 East Camino Real. The allegations are unadjudicated — but the case is a clear lesson in how construction financing, escrow terms and the gap between a hotel brand and a project entity decide what a pre-construction buyer is actually exposed to.
Read Analysis →Where this stands. The complaint was filed July 17, 2026 and is pending. No outcome has been determined, and a foreclosure filing does not by itself establish that a development will or will not be completed. Buyers holding contracts at any project should take contract-specific questions to qualified Florida counsel.
What changed this month across the South Florida development pipeline, and what each change means before you sign anything. The framework behind every story — how the rebate itself works — is in the Florida Buyer Rebate Guide.
Market & Policy Coral Gables, FL
The city’s taxable value rose 6.6% this year, ahead of the county. But the number that decides a buyer’s carrying cost is the gap between market value and taxable value — a gap that belongs to the current owner and is recalculated after a sale.
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Buyer Risk & Due DiligenceMiami, FL
A four-tower architectural concept for the former Miami Herald waterfront site has circulated widely. The architect labels it schematic design, and no developer, approval, permit or sales programme was located — the distance between a rendering and a preconstruction project, shown in detail.
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Development & Construction Miami Beach, FL
A $97 million phased permit was issued at 1901 Collins Avenue in late July — but the tower's foundation pour was reported complete in November 2025. The project was already active, and the distinction changes how a buyer should read the milestone.
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Buyer Risk & Due Diligence Florida
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac changed condo project-review standards in 2026. What Florida buyers should know about reserves, inspections, assessments and building eligibility.
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Development & Construction Sunny Isles Beach, FL
The mat foundation for the 62-story South Tower was poured over three days in late July. Roughly thirty-five months separate the 2023 groundbreaking from that slab — and that interval is the most useful number in the announcement.
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Luxury Market Moves Brickell, FL
A penthouse at the RAMSA-designed South Brickell tower is reported under contract at $47 million. The figure has not been independently verified — and a pre-construction contract creates no public record at all. What that means for buyers pricing a deal in the same market.
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Development & Construction Coconut Grove, FL
Demolition is complete and the 3101 Grand Avenue site has been cleared, but vertical construction has not started. What the milestone proves about the project's progress, the published figures that don't yet agree, and what buyers should watch next.
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Buyer Risk & Due Diligence Downtown Miami, FL
The condominium association is asking a court to appoint a receiver over the tower's shared components. The allegations are unadjudicated — but they point to the association records a buyer at 1100 Biscayne should read before making an offer.
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Luxury Market Intelligence Miami-Dade, FL
Miami-Dade's $30M+ single-family market has expanded dramatically since 2020. We examine what wealth migration, waterfront scarcity and record transactions mean for luxury buyers in 2026.
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Market & Policy Miami, FL
Zillow data shows more Miami listings within reach and a smaller housing deficit. Both are real — but the two figures are eighteen months apart, and Miami improved less than any other major Florida metro.
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Market & Policy West Palm Beach, FL
City commissioners moved to pause new rezoning applications on seven named South Flagler Drive properties while the corridor is studied. It is not a citywide freeze — but it lengthens the runway for any project that has not yet been filed.
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Development & Construction Coral Gables, FL
Demolition is complete at Ponce Park Coral Gables as site work begins and the project moves toward vertical construction. The current timeline points to an early 2028 target — and a defined window for pre-construction buyers.
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Market & Policy Coral Gables, FL
Commissioners closed the $3.9 million gap for the $11.2 million Ponce Circle Park redesign. What a fully funded park means for buyers at Ponce Park Residences directly across the street.
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Luxury Market Moves West Palm Beach, FL
Penthouse A, the 27th-floor signature residence at 1717 North Flagler Drive, went under contract after being listed at $16.95 million — reported as a corridor record. It is a demand signal at the top of the stack, not a closed sale.
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Development & Construction Fort Lauderdale, FL
New interior renderings give the first detailed look inside the oceanfront tower — and a read on the finish level buyers should expect as sales continue.
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Development & Construction Sunny Isles Beach, FL
The Dezer Development tower has gone vertical past Level 7 on Collins Avenue, climbing roughly a floor every five to six working days toward a planned 62 stories. Visible, documented progress is evidence a buyer can actually evaluate.
Read Story →Four standing categories. Every story we publish belongs to one of them, because each answers a different buyer question.
01 — Development & Construction
Construction milestones, delivery progress, project changes and development execution — the observable record behind a rendering.
02 — Market & Policy
Municipal planning, zoning, development pauses, regulation and market-level changes that reshape what can be approved and when.
03 — Buyer Risk & Due Diligence
Financing risk, developer risk, distress and foreclosure matters, contract and escrow structure — the questions worth answering before capital is committed.
04 — Luxury Market Moves
Major sales, contracts, record transactions and demand signals across South Florida luxury real estate — the comparables that set the next negotiation.
Why this desk exists
The headline is only the beginning. The buyer-relevant question is what it changes about risk, leverage, timing or value.
Asking price is the most visible number in a luxury purchase and, in new development, frequently the least negotiable. What moves is everything around it — and almost all of it shows up in public first.
A construction loan's maturity date sets the schedule a developer has to keep. A zoning study lengthens the approval runway for every unfiled concept in a corridor while leaving permitted towers untouched. A record penthouse contract resets the comparable a seller will point to next quarter. A floor-per-week climb converts a rendering into something a buyer can verify. None of that appears in a brochure, and none of it is speculative: it sits in commission agendas, court dockets, county records and construction reporting.
We read those sources the way a buyer's representative has to — asking what each one does to completion risk, to deposit exposure, to delivery timing, to supply, and to the small number of terms that are genuinely negotiable in a developer contract. Where something is alleged rather than adjudicated, we say so. Where we could not verify a figure, we leave it out.
That is the whole discipline. Not prediction — position. Knowing precisely where a project stands is what turns a headline into a decision.
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