When e-commerce surged during the early months of the pandemic, Amazon (AMZN) went on a shopping spree of its own. Case in point: It purchased a 76-acre site on the outskirts of Miami to build the company’s largest distribution center in South Florida. With demand for online shopping faltering, the tech giant wants to keep the warehouse closed for another year, despite having spent $129 million to build it.
A new policy brief seeks to rebut claims that it would limit new supply, pointing to housing production in cities that have similar protections in place.
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Residents and local reporter Julia Echikson say the Trump family is laying low in Florida.
Don Jr. is moving into a $9.7 million mansion in Admirals Cove while Tiffany house hunts in Miami.
Angry neighbors in Palm Beach are resigned to seeing Donald Trump for at least half the year.
When Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend, former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, made an offer in January for an $11 million, seven-bedroom, 12-bathroom baroque mansion overlooking the Florida Intercoastal waterway in the luxurious Admirals Cove gated community, 30 residents protested.
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The daily rundown Between Wednesday and Thursday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 12,873 (0.8 percent), to 1,613,884; active hospitalizations decreased by 123 (1.7 percent), to 7,024; deaths rose by 161 (nearly 0.7 percent), to 24,739.
Courtroom drama Who’s ready to relitigate 2018? It seems as if Sen. Rick Scott wants to. Or at least he wants to somehow use those elections as part of his justification to explain his decision to vote against the certification of President Joe Biden’s election after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.