Character Preserved

Barlington Group brings new tenants, protects Little Havana’s character By Kevin Gale Redevelopment in Miami has radiated outward from Brickell Avenue to downtown, Overtown, Midtown and the Design District. Now

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What to make of the CityPlace default

The partnership behind CityPlace, the mixed-use development in West Palm Beach, has defaulted on a $150 million mortgage, according to Trepp, which tracks commercial mortgages. Unfortunately, you could see this

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The big Zillow disconnect in Wynwood

News that major developers, including Related Group, are moving into Miami’s Wynwood area made me curious about what’s for sale there when it comes to existing residential. What I found was

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Levinson Jewelers closes

Levinson Jewelers on Las Olas Boulevard has closed a couple of weeks after store owner Robin Levinson said she was having a retirement sale. The company’s website on July 12

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How to reduce the odds of a cyberattack

By Martin Lenkowsky If you’re worried about hackers launching a cyberattack against your business, your concerns are far from unfounded. In our increasingly high-tech world, there are too many bad

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It’s Better to Understand than to Be Understood

By Stephen Garber We have a secret sauce that allows us to be better leaders, managers and business people: The power of listening with an open mind – and indeed

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The Art of Development

Art Falcone works his way up from McDonald’s to real estate projects nationwide By Kevin Gale  |  Photography by Larry Wood It would be tough to find another developer and

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The Panama Papers

Why the U.S. could replace offshore hot spots By David Lyons Inside a Ritz-Carlton hotel ballroom, the setting of a recent wealth management conference sponsored by the Florida International Bankers

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Why More Workers Will Soon Be Entitled to Overtime

By Paul O. Lopez, Esq. For many years, the threshold for exempt employees who were not entitled to overtime compensation has been approximately $455 per week ($23,660 per year), so

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Simple as Pi

Businesses adopt Citrix’s low cost desktop alternative By Chris Fleck Citrix’s HDX Ready Pi is about to disrupt the desktop PC industry as a low-cost, high-performance end-user computing device like

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Compensation Minefields

Even private companies are facing pressure on compensation issues By Kevin Gale Presidential candidates aren’t the only ones scrutinizing executive pay these days. Everyone from insurance companies to minority shareholders

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Are Your Salespeople Just Riding the Wave?

By Greta Schulz The worst seems to be over, but our economy is, inevitably, cyclical. Like the rest of us, it has its ups and downs. Yet, when we are

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