Hello and welcome to Monday.
The daily rundown Between Saturday and Sunday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 3,699 (nearly 0.2 percent), to 1,976,808; active hospitalizations went down by 176 (nearly 5.8 percent), to 2,868; deaths rose by 30, to 32,255; 4,204,186 Floridians have had at least one dose of a vaccine.
Bumpy New Florida Democratic Party chair Manny Diaz is running into some turbulence.
Into the mire The state executive committee spent up to two hours on Saturday debating how and whether to wade into a growing controversy over the Biden administration’s decision to reopen a migrant detention center in Homestead that had been used to house children. This is the same center that came under withering criticism by Democrats when the Trump administration was using it. Kamala Harris, who was as presidential candidate at the time, was among those who went to the center to lash out at Trump immigration policies.
Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 3.15.21
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Imagine youâre in the Super Bowl, and you break free after recovering a fumble for an easy touchdown run. Youâre inches from the goal line and start celebrating a bit too early when a speedy wide receiver slaps the ball from your hand, causing another fumble and denying what should have been an easy score.
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Thereâs an analogy in here for Gov.
Ron
DeSantisâ continued COVID-19 response. Despite some early fumbles, Florida has fared comparatively well and, despite all of the partisan hating against him, heâs been right plenty of times.
Hersha Hospitality Trust sold a Marriott-branded hotel in Coconut Grove for $31 million,
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The Philadelphia-based hotel real estate investment trust sold the three-building, 140-unit Residence Inn by Marriott to AB Asset Management, led by Getzy Fellig and Sam Zalmanov. The Miami Beach-based buyer plans to upgrade the property at 2835 Tigertail Avenue in Miami and convert it to multifamily, Fellig and Zalmanov said.
AB Asset Management financed the deal with a $27.5 million bridge loan from Harbor Group International, arranged by FM Capital’s Joe Back.
The hotel sold for about $221,000 per unit.
Avison Young’s John K. Crotty, Michael T. Fay, David Duckworth, Brian C. de la Fé, Emily Brais and Berkley Bloodworth represented the seller.
2550 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove (JLL)
Suntex Marina Investors bought the long-term lease for Monty’s Raw Bar and Prime Marina Miami in Coconut Grove for $14.7 million, records reveal.
Dallas-based Suntex Ventures purchased the 70-year lease for the marina, also called Bayshore Landing, at 2550 South Bayshore Drive earlier this month. Aligned Bayshore Raw Bar LLC, tied to Jose Hevia’s Prime Marina Group, sold the property.
Records show Aligned Bayshore Raw Bar assigned the lease to Coconut Grove F&B LLC, a Delaware corporation signed by Bryan C. Redmond, the president of Suntex Marinas. Hevia, principal of Prime Marina Group, signed on behalf of Aligned Bayshore Raw Bar.
How LinkedIn engagement shifted and strengthened in 2020
DARE Group Australia founder Sue Parker. Source: supplied.
As the world’s most trusted platform for business networking, LinkedIn represents every brand genre, industry sector and profession. But most importantly, it’s a repository of real humans, their stories and professional challenges.
And by gee did all that come to the fore in 2020.
In January this year, I wrote about the communication shift on LinkedIn due to the horrific bushfire crises. As Australians rallied to support community and business, I observed that self-promotion on LinkedIn was put on hold.
It’s actually surreal reading that article now, as back in January, we had absolutely no idea what would ultimately unfold in 2020.