Whatever It Takes
The battle to redevelop Bahia Mar has been drawn out and ugly. Now the lead developer believes they can make it happen. Last year, controversy appeared to kill plans to…
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“Want A Job, Kid?”
Good, blue-collar tradesman jobs — America just doesn’t produce those anymore, right? Wrong. And one of Fort Lauderdale’s biggest industries is an untapped resource. Millennials, pre- and post-college kids, young men…
Lights, Camera, Lauderdale
Every year, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival brings interesting, independent, foreign and short films to Savor Cinema in Fort Lauderdale and Cinema Paradiso in Hollywood. This year’s festival, which…
Irma Remembered
We filled bathtubs with water and dug out old radios. When phones blasted out tornado warnings, we huddled in closets and bathrooms. It will be fine, we told the children,…
Terrace Envy
The architecture of a boutique condo project in Fort Lauderdale Beach is an homage to outdoor living in South Florida. The architectural design of private outdoor living space for condo…
Style & History
The Needham Estate isn’t your usual Fort Lauderdale house on the market. It’s a genuine and important piece of Fort Lauderdale history. Viewed from the New River, the Needham Estate…
Designed to Drive Sales
The new home of Lauderdale BMW illustrates a trend among luxury car dealerships to modernize their Fort Lauderdale-area properties. A new multi-level building on South Federal Highway could have passed…
Boutique Near the Beach
Adagio Fort Lauderdale Beach may start going up this summer on the quiet side of the city’s barrier island. Despite a deceleration in sales of new condos in South Florida,…
Sirens of the Wreck
In the B Ocean (or Yankee Clipper) Wreck Bar, Marina Anderson and her band of underwater performers are keeping the tradition of swim shows alive. Just don’t call them mermaids.…
Small But Perfectly Formed
A planned condo development is part of the trend towards smaller, boutique projects that offer all the high-end amenities of beach living with less risk for the developer. Some condo…