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12/31/2025

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12/30/2025

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12/30/2025

BRICKELL CHANGES COMING: A hotel and branded condominiums are slated to replace the 1001 Brickell Bay Drive office building and the Yacht Club Apartments next door as the first phase of development that is zoned for more than 3 million square feet on 485 continuous feet of Biscayne Bay frontage. Denver-based Aimco sold the two Brickell-area properties for $520 million last week to a joint venture of Oak Row Equities and Miami-based OKO Group. The 4.25-acre parcel has zoning that can allow for multiple towers of up to 1,049 feet in height. Aimco said the sale included $85 million of transferrable seller financing notes that it provided to the buyer at closing. The notes have a two-year term and two one-year extensions at an average interest rate of 18%. TYKO capital provided a $464.5 million acquisition and predevelopment loan, the buyers said. The buyers said the assemblage is “the largest and last remaining developable site of this scale in Brickell.” OKO’s portfolio includes the nearby 830 Brickell office tower that recently opened.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/12/29/fyi-miami-january-1-2026/

FYI Miami: January 1, 2026 by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

12/30/2025

Edgewater’s Forma Suites to add two more buildings

The same company that brought a successful mixed-use tower to Edgewater, along with a Whole Foods, is now ready to move forward with phase two of the development, Forma Suites.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/12/29/edgewaters-forma-suites-to-add-two-more-buildings/

Edgewater’s Forma Suites to add two more buildings by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

12/30/2025

NEW YEAR’S EVE BOAT TRAFFIC: The Brickell Avenue drawbridge over the Miami River won’t open for boaters from 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve and then again from 12:15 a.m. to 1 a.m. to help speed the flood of roadway traffic heading to and from the Countdown Miami 2026 celebration in downtown’s Bayfront Park, the Coast Guard notes. The short break opening the bridge for navigation will come amidst the midnight fireworks display that will illuminate the skies.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/12/29/fyi-miami-january-1-2026/

12/30/2025

BRIDGE TO HOCKEY: The Coast Guard will keep the Twelfth Avenue Bridge over the Miami River closed to boats from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and again from 10:30 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Jan. 2, to allow freer flow of auto traffic to and from loanDepot Park, where the National Hockey League’s Winter Classic ice hockey game will be played outdoors in Florida. The game between the Florida Panthers and the New York Rangers will be the first outdoor hockey game ever in Florida, with a temporary rink stretching from the baseball stadium’s rightfield foul line to the leftfield foul line. The other half of the baseball field will have a Florida beach scene with a street hockey rink that televiewers can see globally. Yes, the stadium’s roof and windows will be open to the elements, but the league has brought in two mobile refrigeration units with water piped to 253 aluminum pans under the rink. Although the bridge will be closed before and after the game, the Coast Guard notes that public vessels and vessels in distress can pass anytime.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/12/29/fyi-miami-january-1-2026/

12/29/2025

400 volunteers make Orange Bowl Committee successful

The Orange Bowl Committee was preparing to make game day a success as the Jan. 1 quarterfinal Orange Bowl between Oregon and Texas Tech neared.

The committee is a non-profit organization made up of more than 400 volunteer members and a full-time staff that work year-round to generate tourism for South Florida. Orange Bowl Cares, the Orange Bowl’s community outreach initiatives, is built on four pillars: youth sports, education, community engagement and legacy programs.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/12/29/400-volunteers-make-orange-bowl-committee-successful/

400 volunteers make Orange Bowl Committee successful by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

12/29/2025

Opinion | Bad proposal would turn transit tax watchdog into a lapdog

Persuaded by a vow that an independent watchdog would safeguard receipts, Miami-Dade voters taxed themselves in 2002 to add transit. Ever since, commissioners have tried to tie down that watchdog on shorter and shorter chains.

Now legislation moving through county hall aims to trade in the watchdog for a lapdog.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/12/29/bad-proposal-would-turn-transit-tax-watchdog-into-a-lapdog/

Bad proposal would turn transit tax watchdog into a lapdog by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

12/29/2025

Analysis finds $286 million Orange Bowl local impact

Last year’s Orange Bowl Festival, including the 2025 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital Orange Bowl, generated $286.3 million in new economic impact and media exposure value for South Florida, according to a study by Rockport Analytics.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/12/29/analysis-finds-286-million-orange-bowl-local-impact/

Analysis finds $286 million Orange Bowl local impact by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

12/29/2025

📢BREAKING NEWS: Five officers poach Miami-Dade County staff via big raises

Miami-Dade’s five new constitutional offices have been poaching key employees from general county government at substantial raises in salary and benefits using payments that come out of general county revenues.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/breaking/five-officers-poach-miami-dade-county-staff-via-big-raises/

Miami-Dade’s five new constitutional offices have been poaching key employees from general county government at substantial raises in salary and benefits using payments that come out of general county revenues. The result is that the 90 people who have been lured from the county to the constitutio...

12/29/2025

Speed detection systems net $17 million in school zones

Miami-Dade County’s first-ever collections from speed detection systems installed across 27 school zones totaled more than $17 million in the eight months ended July 31, 2025, according to a report from Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/12/29/speed-detection-systems-net-17-million-in-school-zones/

Speed detection systems net $17 million in school zones by at MiamiTodayNews.com.

12/29/2025

The Achiever

John Abodeely: CEO leads Oolite Arts in preparing its Little River campus

When John Abodeely stepped into the role of president and CEO of Oolite Arts in February 2025, he brought with him a powerful belief: that artists are not only creators but also catalysts for stronger, more resilient communities.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2025/12/29/john-abodeely-ceo-leads-oolite-arts-in-preparing-its-little-river-campus/

John Abodeely: CEO leads Oolite Arts in preparing its Little River campus by at MiamiTodayNews.com.