At the edge of the Everglades, the Metropica is master planned community making its mark in Sunrise. And a recent sales achievement is signaling how significant the West Broward development is. ONE Metropica Residences recently saw 100 closings in 45 days. Designed by YOO, the building is the first residential offering in the 65-acre community,
Read MoreFlorida’s hospitals are uniting to tell Floridians to wear masks while the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Nine of Florida’s top health-care systems, representing more than 50 hospitals in the state, launched an education and awareness campaign. The collaborative public service effort by Florida hospitals will run on TV stations, in newspapers and on digital platforms as
Read MoreOnly a select few South Florida hotels possess the discernible swagger that flows freely through the contemporary spaces at W Fort Lauderdale. It helps that the 24-floor property still wears its hip, airy, nautically inspired redesign so well—a $55 million soup-to-nuts revamp, finished in 2017, that touched all 517 rooms. But it’s also the result
Read MoreAlready home to one of South Florida’s largest malls and known some of the most luxurious stops in the area, Aventura is about to go even more upscale. Scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2021, 208-room Hilton Aventura Miami will feature well-appointed accommodations, a robust culinary program, artful touches, premium business services, and
Read MoreIt’s been far too long since many South Florida women have been able to play dress-up in the ways to which they’re accustomed. The pandemic has dropped its COVID-19 hammer on business gatherings, after-hours networking events, special occasion outings and the fundraising galas that populate high-season calendars. But with the holidays around the corner, and
Read MorePerfect Match From their first meeting last year, the respective teams at Coconut Creek-based the Friendship Journey and Newtown, Connecticut-based Dylan’s Wings of Change knew their missions would complement each other. The former, founded by Creek resident Samantha Novick (pictured, left), creates friendships between people of all abilities. The latter counters social isolation with empathy
Read MoreAs much as COVID-19 has travelers itching to see a backdrop beyond their own backyard, not everyone is ready to dive into the deep end. Some people, still apprehensive about air travel or more adventurous and involved escapes, just want to test the water. Enter Pelican Grand Beach Resort, a boutique oceanfront retreat that’s perfectly
Read MoreThe American Cancer Society estimates that approximately 276,500 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in U.S. women by the end of 2020. While there remains a 1 in 8 chance that an American woman will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, the numbers aren’t all discouraging. Mortality rates from breast cancer continue
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Read MoreAileen Marty, M.D., remembers where she was when she first learned about COVID-19. It was mid-January 2020. The infectious disease physician and professor of infectious disease at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine was in the Middle East. She was with colleagues from the World Health Organization’s Verification and Inspection Commission. They were
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Read MoreLennox Miami Beach 1900 Collins Ave., Miami Beach About the resort: This eco-inspired boutique property, like many other Miami Beach hotels, has a storied history. Launched in 1936, the Peter Miller Hotel was comprised of four interconnected buildings designed by Russell Pancoast, one of Miami Beach’s major architectural players at the time. The past is
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