Posts involving business and culture in the city.
Category: Commerce
FPL in a Post-Irma Florida
Everyone's favorite punching bag brought power back to 99.9% of households within 1 week. While that is nothing to sniff at, it is important to ask how the system can be designed to work better, instead of designed to fail …
The EB-5 Paradox
EB-5 Visas have been an important post-recession tool in Miami for raising money, but have also fueled unaffordable housing in the City.
Miami, a Retail Paradise?
While retail jobs are falling across the Country, Miami has continued to add retail sqft across the city; But will that be enough for the new American Dream Mall?
The Beckham Deal is Good for Miami
How Miami pushed a run of the mill bad stadium deal, into a new kind of agreement.
The Virtue of AirBnB
Miami's crusade against AirBnB does not understand the problem, and therefore, will not find a solution.
The Midtown Migration
"Midtown" is not only in your city, but is part of a movement popping up across the United States, and they seem to follow a specific pattern.
A Story of Highways and Railways
How the construction of various transportation corridors gave the city of Miami its topography.
The FIU Factor
FIU is an important part of Miami's Future, and can be leveraged as such.
Moonlight on Miami
What the powerful Best Picture winner gets right about Miami as a city and a place to live.
Regulating Luxury
Regulations and conventional wisdom incentivize developers to build luxury, and it is hurting Miami's future.
Miami Grid 