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Week of December 29, 2005
Parkland acquisition on hold as county debates price
Coral Way shopping center to be rebuilt
$2 million added to budget for Flagler streetscape project
Work slated to begin in spring on massive Gulfstream project

Visitors bureau to step up Latin American effort next year

Gables firm scheduled to launch balloon rides this spring
Conversion of historic hotel on hold as owner notifies neighbors
ViewPoint: See the USA in your Chevrolet - that is, if you can pay the way
Profile: Ralph Gazitúa, President & CEO, Miami Free Zone
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Week of December 22, 2005
Metromover ridership doubles in three years
County awaits cities' paperwork for bond funds
Miami OKs new impact fees for developers
County grants $8 million to Beach health-care center

Developer cuts affordable-housing requirement in Allapattah project

Miami grants major-use permits to Biscayne, Little Havana projects
Port dredging project stuck in US Senate
ViewPoint: Now that Burger King's order is filled, let's keep on serving
Profile: Agustin J. Barrera, Chairman, Miami-Dade School Board.
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Week of December 15, 2005
Tourism sets records again last month
Work on new Burger King campus to begin next month
Chiquita's rejection raises concerns about land scarcity
County panel OKs $2.2 billion in transportation projects

Investors buy Gables apartments, historic office building

Liberty City building gets historic designation
Newspaper opens nominations for Gold Medal Awards
ViewPoint: Broward's gamble on slot machines is a bad bet for Florida
Profile: Mark Rosenberg, Chancellor, Board of Governors State University System of Florida
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Week of December 8, 2005
Foyo steps down as Miami chamber's CEO
50 Chinese companies plan instructional visit here
Aventura to consider limiting height of buildings on Biscayne Boulevard
Miami expects $9 million in tax revenue from condo developments

Tourism officials plan to seek visitors in India

Commissioners - not county manager - to choose trade center leader
County commissioners unhappy with system for approving land plans
ViewPoint: Hurricane flags won't wave away global business interests
Profile: Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa, President, U.S. Trust Corp.
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Week of December 1, 2005
Miami's so nice, 'Vice' visited twice
Miami-Dublin flights could follow treaties
Caribbean-Central America conference to start Monday
Work expected to start soon on project near UM

Art museum officials still searching for director

Financial projections expected soon on airport hotel
Canada emerging as state's top trade partner
ViewPoint: Partnership revs engines in drive to recover from Wilma
Profile: Neisen O. Kasdin, Shareholder, Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart PA.
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Week of November 24, 2005
Homestead could get caviar production facility
Businesses pledge funds to help local Wilma victims
Homeowners group to resume fight against Biscayne development
Developer to try again for permit for Coral Way project

Hotel room rates continue to climb with no top in sight, pros say

Miami Beach considers ballroom deal with Cirque du Soleil
Art Basel expected to fill Miami Beach hotel rooms
ViewPoint: Just when we thought we'd outgrown childish name-calling ...
Profile: Rosa Sugraņes, Chairwoman, Iberia Tiles Corp.
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Week of November 17, 2005
Miami to consider revamped impact fees
County pulls in record bed-tax collections in September
Free Zone plans $200 million hotel, trade hub
Developer plans hurricane-resistant office building in Doral

State economic development group names new CEO

Philadelphia investor snaps up another Miami-Dade warehouse
Florida hotels group pitches agenda to legislators
ViewPoint: Hire-at-home rule doesn't do justice to taxpayers or region
Profile: Mehmet Bayraktar, Chairman  and Chief Executive Officer, Flagstone Property Group
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Week of November 10, 2005
County on pace for record tourism numbers
If you work for county, you must live here, commission says
County to extend contract of Miami airport consultant
Miami to consider housing program for returning vets

Realtor launches Web site for condo flippers

Beacon Council sets workshops on loans for Wilma recovery
Japanese garden closed for post-Wilma restorations
ViewPoint: Vote to double transit tax was wrong road to fill funding gap
Profile: Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy University of Miami
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Week of November 3, 2005
Transit trust recommends doubling sales surtax
County transit board to consider moving port freight by rail
Almost all hotels in county are open for business
Miami Beach community center to get $6 million windfall from bond

Airport officials will try once again to land retail operators

Businesses with damaged offices scramble for temporary quarters
Limited damage reported at South Florida construction sites
ViewPoint: In the wake of Wilma, we long to shout We Will Rebuild
Profile: Patricia Forde Ahr, President and gerontologist, Forde's Functional Fashions Inc.
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Week of October 27, 2005
New opera house may become part of mixed-use project
Doral working on annexation of 640-acre development site
Hotel groups split from newly formed hospitality association
County commissioners can only hope gun-control activists go away

County transit board to study moving freight from port by rail

Warehouse investor adds to county portfolio
Performing Arts Center working on naming-rights deal
ViewPoint: We've been right all along - we are a global business hub
Profile: Eris H. Sandler, President & CEO for retail banking, South Florida Colonial Bank.
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Week of October 20, 2005
Italian businesses visit to eye Latin American opportunities
County OKs study of Fisher Island incorporation
Buses, emergency vehicles to get dedicated lands on expressways
Port of Miami dredging project nearly completed

Miami River dredging project under budget after a year

Miami extends deadline for Melreese proposals
County approves jetty project on Miami River despite objections
ViewPoint: 15 faces you may see in public places again and again and ...
Profile: Osvaldo "Ozzie" Dominguez, General Manager, Dadeland Mall
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Week of October 13, 2005
Hotel-condo planned for Gables
BellSouth gets restrictions eased on North Miami Beach land
Developers race to beat deadline for new state building code
Miami preservation board approves two residential projects

Korean delegation to visit Miami next week

Hotels continue setting records for occupancy, rates
400 professionals expected at life-sciences conference
ViewPoint: As Miami's towers rise, so do needs for vital infrastructure
Profile: Theodore Carter, Senior managing director for South Florida CB Richard Ellis
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Week of October 6, 2005
Spanish restaurateur to open US headquarters here
Gables mall ready to open one more time
Russian airline seeks scheduled Miami-Moscow flights
Fisher Island incorporation bid revived after county's change of heart

Columbus High to name new tech building after Mas brothers

Investors purchase two landmark Grove office buildings
Upscale Asian hotel to open on Watson Island
ViewPoint: Good information is vital in assessing continuing condo boom
Profile: Carlos J. Davila, President, Citibank Florida
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Week of September 29, 2005
Miami approves county's tallest building
County could get major feature film from Louisiana
County turns away meetings displaced from New Orleans
County will pay delay costs on Gables sewer project

Seven set to be sworn in on county transit panel

Miami clears way for residential project on Sheraton site
Chamber delegates ask for more US funds for airport security
ViewPoint: Analysts eye Miami's condo boom, raise a 'more risk' sign
Profile: George Joseph, President & CEO, Dade County Federal Credit Union
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Week of September 22, 2005
Miami chamber plans more lobbying in Washington
Commercial development booming in Coral Gables
Chinese businesses could open in Miami Free Zone
Gables close to expanding trolley service

Gables chamber members to attend zoning workshop

Miracle Mile business playing musical chairs
Terremark seeks waiver of $11,000 fee from city
ViewPoint: Heed lessons from the Performing Arts Center's problems
Profile: Marcos Freire, General Manager, Mary Brickell Village
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Week of September 15, 2005
Tourism officials enjoy record summer
County thwarts Fisher Island bid to incorporate
Gables welcomes three meetings displaced by Katrina
Car dealer hits resistance in effort to build auto mall

County, Miami to beautify stretch of I-95

Bid deadline for Melreese project extended
Miami Gardens approaches deadline for submitting master plan to state
ViewPoint: >>>>Miami is on Pace to retain hemisphere's military command
Profile: >>>>Carol Berns, Program Director, Children's Bereavement Center
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Week of September 8, 2005
New Orleans conventioneers look to come here
County considers $4 million incentive to lure financial company
Zapata complains that West Dade residents pay too much in tolls
Change in reporting method boosts county's jobs report

County seeks developer for airport hotel

Regional panel studying impact of Gulfstream project
Displaced New Orleans students seek classes in South Florida
ViewPoint: The mayor's on the wrong horse again; at least it's not a bear
Profile: Virginia A. Jacko, President & CEO, Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
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Week of September 1, 2005
Jackson South hospital plans $102 million expansion
Arts center officials still working on residents' lease contracts
Kendall homeowners' suit against Disney to get review
Philadelphia investors continue acquiring commercial properties here

Little Havana landmark back on block after developer's bid fails

Operators of Watson Island hotels could be named soon
Hospitality veteran assumes leadership of Miami City Club
ViewPoint: The economy has treated you well, and you do the same for us
Profile: Sergio J. Masvidal, Vice Chairman, American Express Bank Ltd
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Week of August 25, 2005
SunPass to be replaced by new program
Three Spanish banks to open in Miami-Dade
Peru expected to support Miami's FTAA bid
Local Realtors expect no bubble to burst

Aventura officials concerned about Hallandale growth

Speedway upgrades expected to be ready for November finale
Master plan being prepared for Grove waterfront
ViewPoint: State's Brickell land quadruples in value - is it time to sell?
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Week of August 18, 2005
County schools to expand career academies with federal grant
FIU to add master's program in international real estate
County sales-tax collections grow 4.4%
South Florida business to appear on silver screen