MIAMI | Development Thread - Page 38

lviz · #**741** Posted: **Jan 30, 2008, 2:45 PM**

Mexican real estate developer Jacobo Cababie, whose vision is imprinted in two high-rise condo projects in downtown Miami, has died, leaving his family’s American subsidiary without its leader in the midst of the worst U.S. housing downturn in decades.

Cababie, 39, died Saturday of a massive heart attack.

Link to article:
http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/n...?news_id=46850

lviz · #**742** Posted: **Jan 30, 2008, 3:01 PM**

Here are some photos I took around Brickell this week. The boat photos are from a couple of months back.

Click on any thumbnail for the full size.

Santa Maria, Imperial, Villa Regina, Palace and Four Seasons.

Four Seasons, Jade and Club Brickell Bay.

Mint, Ivy and Neo Wind.

Jade, Emerald, Sail, Four Seasons.

Jade Bay Lofts.

Epic Residences.

Downtown with Loft 2, Everglades and 50 Biscayne.

Mary Brickell Village, Axis and Infinity.

Brickell on the River.

500 Brickell.

Anyone know if 500 Brickell is supposed to be modeled on the Umeda Floating Garden Observatory in Osaka, Japan?(click link for photo). I saw it on the Amazing Race and the design is somewhat similar. Are there plans to have any type of walkway around the circle between the towers?

Surrealplaces · #**743** Posted: **Jan 30, 2008, 4:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkyReefer

Prob. between 5 and 8 grand.

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Wow, that is really high for property tax. That's around 400.00/month and up. Is that typical for all of Florida, or just the Miami area?

Complex01 · #**744** Posted: **Jan 30, 2008, 4:55 PM**

Nice shots Iviz. Very Kewl. What is the status of Met 1, 2, and 3...

dave8721 · #**745** Posted: **Jan 31, 2008, 3:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Wow, that is really high for property tax. That's around 400.00/month and up. Is that typical for all of Florida, or just the Miami area?

It is high but keep in mind there are no income taxes so it pretty much evens out.

JDRCRASH · #**746** Posted: **Jan 31, 2008, 5:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by lviz

Mexican real estate developer Jacobo Cababie, whose vision is imprinted in two high-rise condo projects in downtown Miami, has died, leaving his family’s American subsidiary without its leader in the midst of the worst U.S. housing downturn in decades.

Cababie, 39, died Saturday of a massive heart attack.

Link to article:
http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/n...?news_id=46850

That's too bad, especially to die that young.

Surrealplaces · #**747** Posted: **Jan 31, 2008, 7:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by dave8721

It is high but keep in mind there are no income taxes so it pretty much evens out.

Unfortunately for someone like myself, I'm looking at buying a property and renting it out as a vacation home. I would have to pay my stiff income tax up here, and stiff property taxes in Florida.

This is kind of an off topic question, but I noticed that alot of the swimming pools in Florida have glass coverings. Does anyone know what the reason for it is? Just curious.

brickell · #**748** Posted: **Jan 31, 2008, 8:22 PM**

Most are screen coverings. It keeps the bugs out.

Surrealplaces · #**749** Posted: **Feb 1, 2008, 7:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by brickell

Most of screen coverings. It keeps the bugs out.

Thanks, I didn't know there were that many bugs in Florida. I've never noticed it before.

brickell · #**750** Posted: **Feb 2, 2008, 5:48 AM**

We are a bug's paradise. No winter, lots of rain, and plenty of plants and tourists to munch on.

ThreeHundred · #**751** Posted: **Feb 5, 2008, 6:33 AM**

The hell kind of name is Neo Wind? And how many Jade's are there in Miami?

brickell · #**752** Posted: **Feb 5, 2008, 2:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

The hell kind of name is Neo Wind? And how many Jade's are there in Miami?

Neo is the name of the development company.
Neo Lofts, Neo Vertika, Neo Wind and Cima

There's 3 Jades. Jade Ocean and Jade Beach in Sunny Isles Beach and Jade Residences in Brickell.

There's 2 blues - Marina Blue and Blue
There's 2 Paramounts - Paramount Beach and Paramount Bay

ThreeHundred · #**753** Posted: **Feb 5, 2008, 6:46 PM**

Miami has some of the strangest names for it's buildings. I know that alot of cities name their condo buildings weird names (LA for example has Elleven, Luma, Evo, Jardin) but Miami has Ice, Blue, Mint, Jade in the middle of the ocean, Wind, Fart, Butt, Tree, Branches. Weird.

dave8721 · #**754** Posted: **Feb 5, 2008, 7:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

The hell kind of name is Neo Wind? And how many Jade's are there in Miami?

One Jade in Miami itself (Jade at Brickell Bay is the full name), and 2 more Jades in Sunny Isles (Jade Ocean and Jade Beach)

dave8721 · #**755** Posted: **Feb 5, 2008, 7:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

Miami has some of the strangest names for it's buildings. I know that alot of cities name their condo buildings weird names (LA for example has Elleven, Luma, Evo, Jardin) but Miami has Ice, Blue, Mint, Jade in the middle of the ocean, Wind, Fart, Butt, Tree, Branches. Weird.

Don't forget a project going up called "Eloquence by the Bay" or how about "Loftika"? We have an office tower going up called "Logik" but at least the tower called "Max Tower" was never built.

ThreeHundred · #**756** Posted: **Feb 5, 2008, 11:28 PM**

Well..at least Miami names their buildings better than Dubai. They have a tower called 'The Tower,' a skyscraper named, 'The Skyscraper,' and some buildings called, 'Buildings'