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Large self-storage facility may be coming to Atlantic Avenue and Turnpike intersection

The country’s largest self-storage company, Public Storage, is looking to build a three-story facility on the southwest corner of Florida’s Turnpike and Atlantic Avenue. The County Zoning Commission on Aug. 25 granted a necessary variance, the first approval in what will be a lengthy process to build a three-story, 71,259 square-foot facility on a vacant […]

Legal battle ramps up at waterfront Bal Harbour condo building

Former unit owner and her buyers allege board president Joseph Swedroe is engaging in “self-dealing” Current and former unit owners at a boutique waterfront building in Bal Harbour allege that the condo board president has illegally obtained control, with the goal of ultimately terminating the association and redeveloping the property. Litigation between Water’s Edge House […]

StrongBlock Lured, Bilked Crypto Investors Via Reward, Suit Says

COURT: S.D.N.Y. TRACK DOCKET: No. 1:22-cv-07313 (Bloomberg Law Subscription) JUDGE: Vernon S. Broderick (Bloomberg Law Subscription) COMPANY INFO: StrongBlock (Bloomberg Law Subscription) Crypto-asset seller StrongBlock promised “lifetime” rewards with the purchase of certain blockchain products but then capped those rewards in a bait and switch, 15 investors say in a suit in federal court in New York. The company also violated the […]

Hollywood trailer park goes under contract to developer

The developer has proposed a 7-story project here. Pinnacle aims to redevelop a trailer park in Hollywood to build the second phase of its affordable housing project. The city’s Technical Advisory Committee on Sept. 6 will consider plans for Pinnacle 441 Phase 2. Miami-based Pinnacle has the 1.67-acre trailer park, containing 50 homes, at 6028 […]

Twin towers, each rising 35 stories, will be the tallest in Hollywood’s downtown

HOLLYWOOD — When glitzy twin apartment towers take up residence on the east side of Young Circle, they’ll have bragging rights as the tallest downtown. The luxury towers, currently dubbed B57 North and B57 South, will rise into the sky nearly 400 feet high, transforming the east side of Young Circle from dormant to dazzling, […]

‘All part of the game’: Commercial landlords seek ways out of long-term leases as more lucrative tenants arrive

Property owners that don’t want to renew leases as rents increase will find unique ways to get out of contracts. Landlords are finding ways to oust long-term tenants and replace them with new businesses willing to pay premium asking rents, two attorneys told the Business Journal. Jordan Isrow, a partner in the Fort Lauderdale-based Government Law […]