Consumer Price Index hikes in South Florida outpace nation
Written by Miami Today on May 16th, 2023
South Florida’s consumer prices rose 9% for the 12 months ended in April, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week, far faster than the 4.9% increase for the…
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Brickell City Center record-setting office tower nearing
Written by Genevieve Bowen on May 9th, 2023
Demolition crews are hard at work in the heart of Miami’s business district at the site of what will be the most spacious and tallest commercial skyscraper in the southeastern…
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99-year Miami Riverbridge hotel lease faces city vote
Written by Genevieve Bowen on May 9th, 2023
Lease negotiations for the Hyatt hotel in downtown Miami are expected to be final this week, clearing the way for construction of new high-end accommodations and a reimagined riverfront. Today…
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52-story Miami Worldcenter tower adding to project as it rises
Written by John Charles Robbins on May 2nd, 2023
The plan to build a new hotel and condo tower in Miami Worldcenter, already under construction, is changing due to the purchase of an adjacent property. Miami Worldcenter Legacy Hotel…
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Florida Council of 100 offers solution to primary care shortage
Written by Miami Today on May 2nd, 2023
Floridians pay doubly for low access to primary health care, a new report finds: illnesses that might not have required hospitalization if they were better managed through primary care cost…
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Tri-Rail offered to lead new Miami-Dade rail plans
Written by Miami Today on April 25th, 2023
As transportation planners seek more rail service in Miami-Dade County, the board chairman of tri-county Tri-Rail says it, rather than the county, should be driving the train. “I think that…
More CSX freight trains seen as route to add passenger rail too
Written by Miami Today on April 25th, 2023
Planners who had been spotlighting transit passenger solutions to Miami-Dade’s road congestion are suddenly shifting their focus to freight, but with the same objective. For years commissioners looked to dormant…
Gears shifting from buses to rail for East-West Transit corridor
Written by Miami Today on April 18th, 2023
Plans for East-West Corridor rapid transit in Miami-Dade County, which since 2020 had officially been targeting express buses in partnership with the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX), now are focusing again…
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Metromover-like transit targeted in five systems countywide
Written by Miami Today on April 18th, 2023
Transportation planners are looking to add automated people mover lines like downtown’s Metromover system in as many as five Miami-Dade County locations. The Transportation Planning Organization today (4/20) is to…
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