Regatta Grove, the long-awaited entertainment venue on Biscayne Bay in the spot of the former Chart House, just opened. Located near the historic Miami City Hall building, the open-air water-front venue is a slightly more upscale Wharf, which makes sense: Breakwater Hospitality, the creators of The Wharf Miami and Wharf Fort Lauderdale, owns and and operates the sprawling new place to eat, drink and play.

Although higher interest rates on mortgages have caused housing prices to fall overall in most of Florida and across the United States, Miami-Dade keeps bucking that trend. In short, people continue to relocate to the county from New York, Chicago and San Francisco, among other cities.

Fifteen talented Miami-Dade County high-school students were just awarded scholarship funding. Each student was jointly awarded a $3,000 check by the Coconut Grove Arts Festival Board of Directors and EngageLive, producers of the annual festival.

The five-story Elemi at Grove Village will feature 46 apartments on the 0.73-acre site at 3333 to 3363 Thomas Ave. Silver Bluff and Abbhi Capital anticipate completing the apartments in the second half of 2024.

Taxable property values grew 12.3% in Miami-Dade as 2023 began, according to a county report just released by the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser’s Office, marking the second straight year of double-digit growth in Florida’s largest housing market.

The fine casual, high-quality sushi concept expanded beyond its original restaurants in Wynwood and Aventura by opening in the heart of Coconut Grove on May 17, 2023.