Inside South Florida’s fledgling anti-development movements
Permissive zoning and a pro-building culture muted local resistance, but some frustrated communities are now getting organized
Top stories
Get the latest
Real Estate news
Real Estate news
Headlines delivered weekly
Commercial
Texas
Monty Bennett’s no more: Braemar Hotels sells off assets to fund Ashford split
Company slimmed down its portfolio to seven properties and settled with investors ahead of a mid-November split
Commercial
South Florida
“I keep winding up fighting them”: Palm Beach tries again to foreclose on embattled historic building
Owner Robert Roddy inherited property, built by his grandfather in 1935, where $220K in code violation fines have piled up
Commercial
New York
Latest Manhattan office recovery signal? Record rent
Plus, Ryan Serhant receives a cease-and-desist and more in NYC real estate
Magazine
New York
Nikki Field branded herself as new development’s expert finisher. Can she pull off her next big job?
Super-skinny Nomad tower has a challenging location and a decade of controversial history
Residential
New York
Douglas Elliman hits Ryan Serhant with cease-and-desist over veiled comments about Howard Lorber
Brokerage corrects Serhant’s claim he rejected offer after meeting with longtime chairman
Development
South Florida
Billionaire Jeffrey Soffer puts chips on the table with plans for Big Easy Casino redevelopment
Developer applied to build a new gambling establishment in Hallandale Beach
Magazine
New York
Can Al Laboz save Downtown Brooklyn retail?
Developer plans to end years of neglect at the Fulton Mall with a Vegas-lite retail and entertainment complex
Brand Studio
Cervera Real Estate brings history, innovation to South Florida developments
How Cervera Real Estate helped Miami become the international city it is today
Commercial
New York
Chetrit, Moinian and Minskoff lose pair of Midtown towers
Attorney, claiming unpaid bills, looks to withdraw from case over 500 and 512 Seventh Ave
Former Naftali manager accuses longtime execs of pregnancy discrimination
Developer denies claim by former Williamsburg Wharf associate that she was fired after disclosing pregnancy
Former Morgan Stanley head eyes record $80M for UES townhouse
John Mack looking to trade 31-foot-wide home for relocation to North Carolina
Park Avenue triplex snags Manhattan’s top contract
Buyers inked deals for 25 luxury homes in the borough last week
NY Dirt: Mamdani admin goes to bat for pied-à-terre tax rollout
Mayor’s defense against Mastro comes into view
Tri-State
Christie’s International Real Estate returns to New Jersey
Brand launches owned brokerage, franchise operations
Why are nearly half of NYCHA tenants behind on rent?
Plunge in collection coincides with Mamdani’s election win
Lennar’s Millrose was built to hold land. Instead, it allegedly bought homes, rented them at loss
A pair of shareholders sued the spinoff firm, CEO Darren Richman and CFO Garrett Rosenblum
Former Miami Heat player Hassan Whiteside finds new buyer for Miami Beach mansion
Whiteside’s $14.8M home was among most-expensive to go under contract last week
Serhant to market ultra-luxury rentals at Aimco’s Edgewater rental
Rising interest rates, low for-sale inventory make even $25k monthly rents cheaper than buying, broker says
“I keep winding up fighting them”: Palm Beach tries again to foreclose on embattled historic building
Owner Robert Roddy inherited property, built by his grandfather in 1935, where $220K in code violation fines have piled up
Ex-SVP at Related Ross moves to CBRE to oversee Miami and Fort Lauderdale
Greg Kuhlman will lead leasing and investment sales across property types
Turnberry’s Rock Soffer sells another piece of Wynwood assemblage
Seller planned mixed-use hotel, but the project required more land to pencil out
Videos
Does sex sell real estate? REACTIONS
Downtown Brooklyn Is Booming. So Why Are Its Stores Empty?
David Schwartz on NYC Housing + Amir Korangy Breaks Down Ken Griffin’s $1B Miami Deal | TRD Weekly
Terra’s David Martin: Miami Real Estate Has “Arrived” | Salon Series
Why Billionaires Are Betting Billions on Miami’s Wynwood
Homebuilders Explain Why Florida’s Housing Market Is Splitting in Two | TRD Roundtable
Can Sex Appeal Sell Real Estate? 7% Rates, Miami’s $400M Rumor & Scott Everett | TRD Weekly
“It Wasn’t for Sale”: Moishe Mana on Ken Griffin’s $1B+ Wynwood Deal
Why LA Multifamily Deals Don’t Pencil — and Where Investors See Opportunity
Can NYC Actually Build Sunnyside Yard? Inside the $21B Mega-Project
Is NYCHA NYC’s Worst Landlord? Compass vs. StreetEasy Battle, $1B Condo Loans and More | TRD Weekly
Why NYCHA is turning to private developers
Inside the Rise and Fall of S2 Capital’s Multifamily Empire
NYCHA’s $78B Problem — and the Private-Sector Plan to Fix It
Rig collapse at Ken Griffin's Citadel HQ site
Why NYC’s Aging Apartment Buildings Aren’t Getting Fixed
Can Uber's Travis Kalanick disrupt real estate?
Nate Paul, Ken Paxton and the real estate scandal that won’t go away
Air conditioning fight is heating up
Peter Zaitzeff on why New Yorkers are paying $150K in rent
Stewart Resnick pours $4.5M into Silicon Valley-backed group against billionaire tax
Latest check from one of California’s largest landowners came in September
LA County office leasing bounces back to pre-pandemic levels
Century City, Beverly Hills driving demand, highest rents
Coastal wins in luxe signed contracts activity for LA County
Palos Verdes Estates home asking $15M was last week’s top contract
California MLS sues Compass, seeking relief from lawsuit threat
Filing asks federal court to declare its rules pro-competitive
LAUSD taps Affirmed Housing, West Hollywood Community Housing for affordable units
Roughly 600 apartments planned for district-owned sites
Erewhon-anchored shopping center blows past priciest retail sale of last quarter
Edens picks up Dollinger-developed property in Calabasas for $57M
Two Chicago industrial sales, including a Penny Pritzker deal, top $146M
Outer suburban industrial market is drawing heavy hitters
JLL poaches one of CBRE’s top brokerage teams in Chicago
Six-person group led by Dan Lyne and Kyle Kamin jumps to rival firm, part of major push into life sciences and tech research facilities
WP Carey buys Chicago private school campus for $71M
New York-based REIT acquired the campus at 901 South Clark Street seller EPR Properties has owned since it opened in 2015
Investors add nearly $4M in federal RICO allegations to CA Ventures’ Tom Scott, fundraiser Jeff Krol’s legal woes
Goldberg family trusts allege racketeering scheme across real estate and liquor ventures as Chicago developer faces mounting litigation
Old office redevelopment fuels stabilization of suburban Chicago vacancy rates
Conversions of underutilized buildings are shrinking inventory and offsetting remote-work headwinds
Downtown Chicago hotel union workers strike during marathon check-ins
Labor disputes impacted 46 properties and 7K workers as thousands arrived for the Chicago Marathon
Anthropic shifts focus from office to R&D, eyes 100K sf of Mission District industrial
Shoft follows AI giant crossing 1M sf threshold of office space
Sea Cliff mansion sells week after listing, fetches millions above asking
33% premium pushes city's trend of fast sales above list price to new level
California MLS sues Compass, seeking relief from lawsuit threat
Filing asks federal court to declare its rules pro-competitive
Brookfield, Coastal Ridge pick up San Jose student housing tower for $205M
Per-room price more than double local multifamily average
AI surge has Hunter Partners planning new office project at Cityline in Sunnyvale
Investors circling as Silicon Valley office pipeline slows
Lincoln Property, New York Life latest to buy Hayward industrial
$38M deal in East Bay city with lower industrial vacancy, higher sale prices compared to surrounding area
3D printing construction firm ICON announces $200M Series D financing, scaling Texas presence
Austin-based firm with space, defense arm will begin deploying new proprietary construction tech Titan while growing workforce, expanding into other markets
Can Houston’s condo boom keep climbing?
At the latest TRD and BSH event, developers say they’re betting on luxury towers as construction costs climb
Movers: Former Colliers vice chairman joins CBRE as vice chair of industrial and logistics occupier leasing
A roundup of high-level commercial real estate appointments across the Texas Triangle
Monty Bennett’s no more: Braemar Hotels sells off assets to fund Ashford split
Company slimmed down its portfolio to seven properties and settled with investors ahead of a mid-November split
Traffic improvement tweaks key for Leland Burk to get green light for $800M Preston Hollow high-rise
Developer committed to self-funding road infrastructure improvements
Highland Park mansion takes small haircut to $32M as it returns to market
Previous asking price for Blair Pogue’s 14K sf Spanish Colonial estate that features custom stonework, reduced by almost $3M
Rising interest rates reopen negotiations on commercial deals
Buyers want better terms, threaten to walk away without them
$100M+ listings surge across country as wealthiest get richer
First eight months had double number of nine-figure listings from last year
California MLS sues Compass, seeking relief from lawsuit threat
Filing asks federal court to declare its rules pro-competitive
LISTEN: Ken Griffin is the tip of the Wynwood iceberg
TRD’s “Deconstruct” podcast is live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more
Anywhere shareholder sues over “backchanneling” that closed Compass deal
Class-action suit claims resi giants misled investors while pressing on DOJ
Boston
Boston office market splits into distinct camps
Trophy rents hit two-year high, but asks across broader metro slip
Hong Kong builder buys $549M development site with eyes on luxury resi
Units in twin towers could fetch up to $5.7K psf
Spain moves to curtail investors, protect tenants after controversial eviction
Housing overhaul promised after 87-year-old kicked out of Madrid home
KKR buys into $1.2B European industrial, retail portfolio
Company pays Realty Income $608M for minority stake
Luxury Hong Kong apartment linked to convicted Macau gambling tycoon sells
Unit repossessed, listed as foreclosure before selling for 11% off
Singapore developer grows retail hotspot holdings with $138M mall buy
Frasers Property expanding in area with latest acquisition at 30% discount
Hong Kong luxury homes sell at steep discounts as mainland market sees values vanish
Sales activity across city still increasing despite shrinking prices
South Florida
South Florida’s top deals: Dania Beach nursing home sells for $16.6M, Miami Beach waterfront mansion trades for $21.5M
TRD reports the most important transactions for Oct. 12, 2026
South Florida
South Florida’s top deals: Moishe Mana’s boffo Wynwood sale to Ken Griffin hits records
TRD reports the most important transactions for Oct. 9, 2026
New York
NYC’s top deals: UES townhouse sells for $13M
TRD reports top transactions for Friday, Oct. 9, 2026
Los Angeles
Top permits: SoLa Impact closer to bringing 188 affordable apartments to Vermont Square
TRD reports on the top new permits in Los Angeles last week
South Florida
Top permits: $46M North Miami Beach warehouse redevelopment; $14M office shell in West Kendall
TRD reports on South Florida’s top permits for the week ending Oct. 5, 2026
South Florida
South Florida’s top deals: British billionaire Chris Rokos gets $83M for Manalapan estate
TRD reports the most important transactions for Oct. 8, 2026
National
Anywhere shareholder sues over “backchanneling” that closed Compass deal
Class-action suit claims resi giants misled investors while pressing on DOJ
Tri-State
Christie’s International Real Estate returns to New Jersey
Brand launches owned brokerage, franchise operations
South Florida
Lennar’s Millrose was built to hold land. Instead, it allegedly bought homes, rented them at loss
A pair of shareholders sued the spinoff firm, CEO Darren Richman and CFO Garrett Rosenblum
South Florida
Former Miami Heat player Hassan Whiteside finds new buyer for Miami Beach mansion
Whiteside’s $14.8M home was among most-expensive to go under contract last week
Texas
Highland Park mansion takes small haircut to $32M as it returns to market
Previous asking price for Blair Pogue’s 14K sf Spanish Colonial estate that features custom stonework, reduced by almost $3M
National
Little-known mortgage product gives small investors a foothold in distressed markets
Special mortgages helping buyers purchase, fix up homes
Upcoming Events
Miami Forum
Mana Wynwood
Salon Series, Miami: David Martin
Jean-Georges Miami Tropic Residences Sales Gallery
The Real Deal x Artefacto: Staged to Sell, Welcome to the New Miami
Artefacto Coral Gables
The Real Deal’s Podcast
Deconstruct
Deconstruct is the only podcast that brings you all the news you need to know about real estate. Hosts Lilah Burke and Hannah Kramer take you inside the largest real estate-focused newsroom in the country to explain the biggest issues in the industry today.
South Florida
Ex-SVP at Related Ross moves to CBRE to oversee Miami and Fort Lauderdale
Greg Kuhlman will lead leasing and investment sales across property types
South Florida
Serhant to market ultra-luxury rentals at Aimco’s Edgewater rental
Rising interest rates, low for-sale inventory make even $25k monthly rents cheaper than buying, broker says
Texas
3D printing construction firm ICON announces $200M Series D financing, scaling Texas presence
Austin-based firm with space, defense arm will begin deploying new proprietary construction tech Titan while growing workforce, expanding into other markets
Chicago
Two Chicago industrial sales, including a Penny Pritzker deal, top $146M
Outer suburban industrial market is drawing heavy hitters
Los Angeles
LAUSD taps Affirmed Housing, West Hollywood Community Housing for affordable units
Roughly 600 apartments planned for district-owned sites
San Francisco
AI surge has Hunter Partners planning new office project at Cityline in Sunnyvale
Investors circling as Silicon Valley office pipeline slows
Texas
3D printing construction firm ICON announces $200M Series D financing, scaling Texas presence
Austin-based firm with space, defense arm will begin deploying new proprietary construction tech Titan while growing workforce, expanding into other markets
Texas
Can Houston’s condo boom keep climbing?
At the latest TRD and BSH event, developers say they’re betting on luxury towers as construction costs climb
New York
Former Naftali manager accuses longtime execs of pregnancy discrimination
Developer denies claim by former Williamsburg Wharf associate that she was fired after disclosing pregnancy
Texas
Traffic improvement tweaks key for Leland Burk to get green light for $800M Preston Hollow high-rise
Developer committed to self-funding road infrastructure improvements
Chicago
Investors add nearly $4M in federal RICO allegations to CA Ventures’ Tom Scott, fundraiser Jeff Krol’s legal woes
Goldberg family trusts allege racketeering scheme across real estate and liquor ventures as Chicago developer faces mounting litigation
South Florida
Trinity Southern scores construction loan for boutique luxury condos near Faena District
Financing comes as developers face higher borrowing costs following the Fed’s rate hike