Explore Miami’s Top Places to Live in 2021- Brickell at #1
Niche is a website dedicated to helping consumers understand neighborhoods, schools, and colleges. They utilize comprehensive data of factors like location, quality of local schools, crime rates, housing trends, and employment statistics, to create their rankings. According to Niche, these are the top places to live in Miami!
Miami’s Top 10 Places to Live:
Brickell: Offers an urban-feel with many restaurants, bars, and parks. Home to many young professionals. The public schools are ranked above average.
Pinecrest: Offers a suburban feel and a lot more residential homes. There are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops and parks. Public schools are highly ranked.
Edgewater: Offers an urban-feel with many restaurants, bars, and parks. Home to many young professionals. The public schools are ranked above average.
Coral Gables: Offers an urban-suburban mix feel. There are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. The public schools are highly rated.
Coconut Grove: Offers an urban-suburban mix feel. There are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. The public schools are highly rated.
Omni (also known as the Arts + Entertained District): Offers a dense urban feel. There are a lot of bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. The public schools are above average.
Palmetto Bay: Offers a suburban feel with a lot of residential homes. There are also a lot of park and the schools are highly rated.
Key Biscayne: Offers an urban-feel with restaurants, coffee, and park. The public schools are highly rated.
Miami Shores: Offers a dense suburban feel and there are a lot of restaurants and parks. The public schools are above average.
Surfside: Offers residents an urban feel and there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. The public schools are highly rated.
Grab Something Green and Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Miami – 2021
St. Patrick’s Day may be a little different for many this year but there are restaurants and bars in Miami that are still celebrating. Check out the list below for drink specials, bands, and all things green!
The Taurus: Drink specials with St. Patrick’s Day-themed cocktails for $8, Guinness for $5, and Irish whiskey for $5. These specials are from 5pm until midnight.
Tobacco Road: Living Music and drink specials include $5 Green Pabst Blue Ribbon, $6 Irish coffees, $7 Irish Car Bombs and $5 Irish whiskey.
The Wharf: Tonight features live music and games! Food by Spris Artisan Pizza, La Santa Taqueria, and Mojo Donuts! Free Guinness every time you buy a shot of Jameson.
Calle 23 Miami: Beer and Irish whiskey shot specials at $10 each, Guinness for $7 and Irish Mules for $10.
Swarm in Wynwood: This festive street party is free and features live DJ, drink specials and games!
Sunset Skyline Happy Hour Cruise: Departing from Biscayne Bay, this 90 minute happy hour cruise takes you past Star Island, Hibiscus Island, Palm Island, Fischer Island plus the famous Venetian Islands, all while drinking green beer!
Block Capital Group and Kushner Companies LLC Breaks Ground on Wynwood Neighborhood Project
This project will consist of 152 apartments, 46,000 square feet of office space, 33,500 square of retail space, and 232 parking spaces with three roof decks and a large courtyard. There will be one-five and one-eight story buildings located at 129 N.W. 26th Street and 127 N.W. 27th Street, giving it the name WYND 27 and WYND 28.
According to Nicole Kushner Meye, Principal at Kushner, “This project is poised to mesh into the unparalleled Wynwood context and culture, while at the same time expand the vision and limits of this neighborhood with a tremendous addition of creative office, retail, and public space.”
There has been no reported completion date for the construction but we will update this article as the construction and time-line continues.
Subway Corporate Makes its Move to Miami
According to Restaurant Business Online; Subway, the Milford Connecticut based sandwich chain, will be relocating 10% of its operations to Miami. The new location is reported to be near Miami National Airport which also happens to be closer to home of John Chidsey, CEO of Subway, in Coral Gables.
In a statement following the company’s announcement, “A Miami presence allows us to keep our finger on the pulse of more cultural conversations and the evolving tastes of the modern consumer. With its dynamic business climate, diverse population and multicultural influences, it is the ideal place to transition some of our consumer-facing roles.”
The departments that are relocating include; marketing, culinary teams, and global transformation teams. This move will also make their U.S. and Canada based teams have stronger integration with their supply chains. Subway plans to move by the spring of 2022.
This change for Subway comes after a year of layoffs and an ‘executive overhaul,’ with a large number of store closings and buyouts.
Chidsey’s former chain, Burger King, is also located in Miami, as well as its sister company – Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen.
South Florida Welcomes the 69th Miss Universe Pageant at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
The last time the Miss Universe Pageant was in South Florida was 2015 at the Florida International University. This year the pageant will be held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood on May 16 and we can’t wait to see what this year’s pageant has in store!
Miss Universe was last held on December 8, 2019 at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta and South Africa’s Zozibini Tunzi was crowned. Because of the pandemic, the 2020 pageant was cancelled.
The President of the Miss Universe Organization, Paula Schugart, stated that the event will follow CDC guidelines and that they have spent the past year working on ways to make the pageant as safe as possible including masks mandates, Plexiglass separating contestants and judges. Schugart also stated that “Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions.”
It is unclear who the host will be for the 2021 pageant. The pageant will be available for viewing on the Telemundo Network. We will continuously update this article as we learn more information on the Miss Universe Pageant 2021.
The History of Brickell Miami
1920’s Point View of ‘Millionaire’s Row’
Over a hundred years ago, Brickell was a neighborhood of luxurious mansions and home to some of the wealthiest families, dubbing the name “Millionaire’s Row.” Located just south of downtown Miami, Brickell is lined with incredible towers, unique restaurants, marinas, and beaches; today Brickell is often referred as ‘Miami’s Manhattan’ as well as the ‘Financial District.’
Brickell’s Earliest Inhabitants
Evidence of Brickell’s earliest inhabitants include the Tequesta Indians, who are believed to have lived in South Florida for more that 2,500 years. The Miami Circle archeological site that is located at the Miami River to Biscayne Bay is the earliest evidence of the Tequesta settlement. According to the archeological site, a Tequesta hut once stood across the river from a burial mound. During construction of a hotel, the mound was destroyed but the circle still remains.
Will and Mary Brickell
The Brickell Family
Brickell was named after Will and Mary Brickell. They were one of the earliest families recorded to have established a home and a trading post in the Brickell neighborhood in 1871. They purchased large pieces of land and the trading post was located at what is now Fifth Street and Brickell Avenue. The family’s extensive real estate included all of the current Brickell and just south of Coconut Grove. When construction of the railroad reached Miami in 1896, the Brickell’s negotiated the extension of the railroad into Miami, creating a prime location for trade and development.
The Skyscraper Era
During the Great Depression, some homeowners in Brickell began to subdivide their homes, which took on the appearance of ‘rooming houses’ and, after World War II, additional changes of retail and institutional buildings appeared on Brickell Avenue. By the 1980s, the old Millionaire’s Row became the era of towers and skyscrapers and became a banking center headquarters. Atlantis on Brickell is a Miami landmark and was one of the very first towers built on Brickell. It is known for its glass façade and 5-story palm court cut out of the building.
Modern Day Brickell
Brickell has been on a developmental rise since the 1980’s. Present day Brickell is made up of massive residential towers, apartment buildings, offices, and hotels. Brickell is also home to international banks; HSBC, Espirito Santo Bank, and Banco Santander. Towers are getting larger and developments are moving further west towards I-95 to accommodate the growth.
At the heart of Brickell, two large, mixed-use developments ; Mary Brickell Village and Brickell City Centre are located. Mary Brickell Village includes 200,000 square feet of bars, shops, and restaurants. Toscana Divino, Blue Martini, Shake Shack, North Italia, and P.F. Chang’s are some of the notable tenants. Brickell City Centre, opened in November of 2016 spans over 9 acres and cost over $1 Billion. It includes 500,000 square feet of open-air retail featuring luxury brands such as Chopard and Valentino, a 5-star hotel called East Hotel, and 780 luxury condo residences in the Brickell City Centre Towers called Rise and Reach. Brickell City Centre also includes a high-end movie theater and an Italian food hall called Casa Tua Cucina.
It will be exciting to see what the next 20 years have in store for the Brickell neighborhood!
Miami’s First 1,000-Foot-Plus Tower-Waldorf Astoria Residences Miami – Expected to Launch Soon
Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences Miami – located at 300 Biscayne Boulevard – will be Miami’s first supertall building at 1,049 feet high (a supertall building is defined as one that is between 984 and 1,969 feet high). Furthermore, rising 100 stories, Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences Miami will be the tallest residential skyscraper south of New York. The current tallest tower is Panorama Tower at 85 stories and 868 feet high. Waldorf Astoria Residences Miami will include ground-floor retail; 400 ultra-luxe condo residences, and a 140-key, 5-star hotel operated by Waldorf Astoria.
Developer Information:
Developers: PMG – Property Markets Group & Greybrook Realty Partners
Construction for the state-of-art Waldorf Astoria Residences Sales Center is expected to be complete and open on March 15, 2021.
Take a Look Inside Miami’s Most Exclusive and Expensive Penthouse For Sale at The Estates of Acqualina for $59 Million
Welcome to the Palazzo Di Paradiso in the Boutique Tower at The Estates at Acqualina! Listed at $59 Million, this unique penthouse features over 17,000 square feet of flawless architecture, remarkable 360-degree water views, and 2,500 square feet of outdoor living space. It is the most expensive penthouse/condo for sale in all of South Florida by $20 million.
This two-story penthouse boasts up to 9 bedrooms, 10.5 bathrooms, and 21-foot-high ceilings throughout, and a private 4-car air-conditioned garage. The 2 private pools, one cantilevered over 600 feet of sand. The guest suite features 1 bedroom with a full-kitchen perfect for guests!
This is truly a unique and rare listing because it is entirely customizable and full furnished by Fendi, Baccarat, Bugatti, and Trussardi.
Not only is the penthouse unique but the building amenities are exclusive and cutting-edge!
Building Amenities:
Ice-skating rink
Golf simulator
Wall Street Trader’s Clubroom
Cigar Lounge & Billiards room
Teen game area
AcquaFit Fitness & Wellness Center
Wine Room
Private poolside cabanas
Bocce court
Basketball Court
Sculptured art gardens
Outdoor pool table
Meditation areas
Bowling alley with 4 lanes
Formula One racing simulator
Movie-screening theater
Children’s play area
Relaxation lounge
Speakeasy Disco
Zero-entry, infinity-edge and adults-only pools
FlowRider® surfing simulator
Soccer field
Walking and jogging trails
Dog park
Gazebos
In the Boutique Tower, there are also 4 restaurants:
Avra
IL Mulino
Costa Gril
Ke-uH
According to Michael Goldstein, President of Sales, explains, “Our aim was to make this a total turnkey, effortlessly elegant home, and save the buyer a year of decorating.”
Phase 1 of Miami’s ‘The Underline,’ 10-Mile Long Park is Now Open
Miami’s Metrorail has opened its doors and space for the newest 10-mile long park called ‘The Underline.’ It is located on the underside of the Miami Metrorail. Once it is complete, it will begin in Downtown Miami stretching 10-miles all the way to South Miami.
The spaces will be filed with a bike/walking path, exercise areas, butterfly gardens, dog parks, performance areas and even horticultural designs by Fairchild Tropical Garden.
This city has just finished phase 1 of this park with phases continuing through 2025. The first half-mile from Brickell Station to Vizcaya Station is now open for exploration.
According to theUnderline.org, the 10-mile park will be separated into 4 separate areas, with each area having its’ own special purpose and features.
River Room
Separated walking and biking paths
Dog friendly with dog bowls, clean up bags, and play space
Native vegetation
Urban Gym
Strengthening and stretching station
Half-court basketball or soccer field
Running track
Promenade
Sound stage
Gaming station
Outdoor dining area
Oolite Room
20 butterfly gardens along the 10-mile park
The designers are hoping it’ll serve as a space to improve the safety and healthy lifestyles of Miami residents as well as visitors. Phase 2 is set to begin soon and will start at Vizcaya Station.
