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Cooperator Expo South Florida Returns to Ft. Lauderdale

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7/25/2022  Two Teens in Custody After Fatally Shooting Man, 67, Near Coral Gables Condo Building
7/25/2022  Two Teens in Custody After Fatally Shooting Man, 67, Near Coral Gables Condo Building
Two teens were taken into custody after a man was shot and killed near a condominium building in Coral Gables on Friday morning, leading to a pursuit and large police perimeter in Coconut Grove.
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7/20/2022  “Mind-boggling”: Condo owners in South Beach face millions of dollars in special assessments—The Real Deal South Florida
7/20/2022  “Mind-boggling”: Condo owners in South Beach face millions of dollars in special assessments—The Real Deal South Florida
Unit owners at at least two condo towers in Miami Beach are facing millions of dollars in special assessments to pay for restoration and renovation work, an issue affecting dozens of properties across South Florida.
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7/20/2022  3 bodies found after 911 caller reports blood seeping from condo—WNDU News
7/20/2022  3 bodies found after 911 caller reports blood seeping from condo—WNDU News
Police officers responding to a 911 call found three people dead in a Florida condominium in what is being investigated as a domestic dispute.
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7/20/2022  Hines, Frisbie Group Secure Site In WPB For Condo Development—Bisnow
7/20/2022  Hines, Frisbie Group Secure Site In WPB For Condo Development—Bisnow
Hines and Frisbie Group have dropped $41.5M on a West Palm Beach development site where they intend to build the South Flagler House luxury condominiums.
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7/14/2022  New Requirements Could Impact Overloaded Milestone Inspection System—NBC 6 South Florida
7/14/2022  New Requirements Could Impact Overloaded Milestone Inspection System—NBC 6 South Florida
The deadly building collapse of the Champlain Towers South pushed state and local governments to start taking a closer look at the condition of older buildings.
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7/14/2022  NE Miami-Dade woman says condo HOA ordered doorbell camera removed after video of theft involving security guard goes viral—WSVN News
7/14/2022  NE Miami-Dade woman says condo HOA ordered doorbell camera removed after video of theft involving security guard goes viral—WSVN News
A Northeast Miami-Dade homeowner is upset and frustrated after, she said, her condo association told her to remove her doorbell camera, days after another resident’s camera recorded a theft involving the building’s security guard.
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7/14/2022  Delivery man attacked, called racial slur inside Miami condo building—WSVN News
7/14/2022  Delivery man attacked, called racial slur inside Miami condo building—WSVN News
A delivery man said he walked inside a South Florida condo building and was subjected to some terrible treatment.
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7/8/2022  Forest Development and RPC Land $270M For Luxury Condo Near West Palm—Commercial Observer
7/8/2022  Forest Development and RPC Land $270M For Luxury Condo Near West Palm—Commercial Observer
Forest Development and Dan Kodsi’s Royal Palm Companies scored one of South Florida’s largest construction loans this year, $269 million, for a luxury condo project north of West Palm Beach, Fla.
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7/5/2022  Newgard Lands $170M for Miami Condo Project—Multi-Housing News
7/5/2022  Newgard Lands $170M for Miami Condo Project—Multi-Housing News
Newgard Development Group has secured $170 million in financing for Lofty Brickell, a luxury condominium community in Miami.
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7/5/2022  Man found shot dead in a breezeway at a Broward condominium, police say—Miami Herald
7/5/2022  Man found shot dead in a breezeway at a Broward condominium, police say—Miami Herald
Clayton McFarlane, a 24-year-old native of Brooklyn, New York, was killed in a Tuesday night shooting after witnesses heard an argument, Lauderhill police said.
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6/29/2022  Pool deck leaking into condos?—WSVN News
6/29/2022  Pool deck leaking into condos?—WSVN News
He lives on the top floor of a condo building with a pool on the roof above him.
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6/29/2022  High-End Thief Targeted Luxury South Florida Condos: Cops—NBC 6 News
6/29/2022  High-End Thief Targeted Luxury South Florida Condos: Cops—NBC 6 News
A man accused of pulling off multiple burglaries at luxury South Florida condo buildings including one that involved stolen goods worth more than $1 million was behind bars Monday.
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6/24/2022  The Dawn of a New Reality in Condo and Co-op Lending—The MReport
6/24/2022  The Dawn of a New Reality in Condo and Co-op Lending—The MReport
In January of 2022, new Fannie Mae condo and co-op lending guidelines created broad changes in how condo and co-op loans must be underwritten.
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6/24/2022  Fast Rising Mortgage Rates Now Impacting Miami Home, Condo Sales—World Property Journal
6/24/2022  Fast Rising Mortgage Rates Now Impacting Miami Home, Condo Sales—World Property Journal
The Miami Association of Realtors is reporting this week that Miami-Dade County real estate posted its 10th-highest total existing home sales month in history and its second-best May sales month ever.
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6/24/2022  Miami Condo Residents Protest Association Over Buildings' ‘Alarming' Issues—NBC 6 Miami
6/24/2022  Miami Condo Residents Protest Association Over Buildings' ‘Alarming' Issues—NBC 6 Miami
Owners of a condominium near Miami International Airport aired their grievances in a protest Thursday over worries about the condition of their buildings, saying there's cracking, roof leaks and other "alarming" issues.
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6/21/2022  Residents told to evacuate for 3 days after fire in mechanical room of Hallandale Beach condo—WSVN7 News
6/21/2022  Residents told to evacuate for 3 days after fire in mechanical room of Hallandale Beach condo—WSVN7 News
The Hemispheres Condominium has ordered their residents to evacuate the buildings for the next three days.
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6/21/2022  Another Miami Beach building deemed unsafe as one-year mark of condo collapse nears—CBS News
6/21/2022  Another Miami Beach building deemed unsafe as one-year mark of condo collapse nears—CBS News
Next Friday marks the one-year mark of the Surfside building collapse.
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6/21/2022  4, including child, found shot dead in Central Florida—CBS News
6/21/2022  4, including child, found shot dead in Central Florida—CBS News
Four people including a minor were found Tuesday with a gunshot wounds in a condo in Central Florida and eventually died from their injuries in what appears to be a murder-suicide, authorities said.
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6/21/2022  Officers detain gunman at condo’s balcony in Fort Lauderdale—Local 10 News
6/21/2022  Officers detain gunman at condo’s balcony in Fort Lauderdale—Local 10 News
A police military-like unit responded to the threat of a gunman who was standing on a balcony at the Drake Tower condominium on Tuesday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale.
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6/21/2022  Bank OZK Lends $65M to Finish Boutique Condo in Bay Harbor Islands—Commercial Observer
6/21/2022  Bank OZK Lends $65M to Finish Boutique Condo in Bay Harbor Islands—Commercial Observer
CMC Group and Morabito Properties nabbed $64.5 million from Bank OZK to complete a residential development in Bay Harbor Islands, north of Miami Beach, property records show.
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