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Báez-Geller challenges Basabe for Aventura-area House seat
Former Miami-Dade School Board member Lucía Báez-Geller is challenging Republican Rep. Fabián Basabe in Florida House District 106, the Aventura-to-Miami Beach seat, after a Leon County jury found Basabe liable for sexual harassment and awarded $450,000 in damages.
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Six Florida laws hit Aventura drivers, renters Oct. 1
Six Florida laws taking effect Thursday, Oct. 1, raise the crash-reporting damage threshold from $500 to $2,000, make rental fraud a felony, ban nitrous oxide sales at tobacco shops and toughen animal-cruelty penalties.
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Miami-Dade dissolves five diversity boards under new state law
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New Fannie Mae condo rules squeeze Aventura buyers
Local Government
Báez-Geller challenges Basabe for Aventura-area House seat
Former Miami-Dade School Board member Lucía Báez-Geller is challenging Republican Rep. Fabián Basabe in Florida House District 106, the Aventura-to-Miami Beach seat, after a Leon County jury found Basabe liable for sexual harassment and awarded $450,000 in damages.
Local Government
Six Florida laws hit Aventura drivers, renters Oct. 1
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Aventura mayor's race pits incumbent Weinberg against Zaltzberg
Local Government
Miami-Dade dissolves five diversity boards under new state law
Local Government
Báez-Geller challenges Basabe for Aventura-area House seat
Former Miami-Dade School Board member Lucía Báez-Geller is challenging Republican Rep. Fabián Basabe in Florida House District 106, the Aventura-to-Miami Beach seat, after a Leon County jury found Basabe liable for sexual harassment and awarded $450,000 in damages.
Local Government
Six Florida laws hit Aventura drivers, renters Oct. 1
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Aventura mayor's race pits incumbent Weinberg against Zaltzberg
Local Government
Miami-Dade dissolves five diversity boards under new state law
Local Government
New Fannie Mae condo rules squeeze Aventura buyers
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View MoreMiami-Dade rail expansion faces $7.6 billion gap, threatening Aventura's Northeast Corridor
A memo from Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava's administration reveals a $7.6 billion funding gap that effectively shelves the county's SMART Plan rail expansion, including the Northeast Corridor that would serve the West Aventura Brightline station.
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View MoreMiami-Dade launches free barcode-scanning app to cut Aventura-area recycling contamination
Miami-Dade County's free Scrapp recycling app gives Aventura and Sunny Isles Beach residents barcode-scan disposal guidance and removes one piece of Biscayne Bay litter per scan, targeting the county's 39% recycling contamination rate.
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View MoreBentley Residences reaches seventh floor in Sunny Isles Beach; completion pushed to 2028
Vertical construction at Bentley Residences Miami, the 62-story luxury tower at 18401 Collins Ave. in Sunny Isles Beach, has reached the seventh floor with crews adding about one story every five to six working days, though the project's completion has slipped from late 2027 to 2028.
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View MoreAventura Mall bets on World Cup traffic after 9% foot traffic jump
Aventura Mall entered the 2026 FIFA World Cup on a growth streak, with foot traffic up 9% in Q1 and average dwell times near two hours, and is now leveraging pop-up activations, watch parties, and a dozen new tenant signings to capture tournament visitors with Hard Rock Stadium seven miles away.
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View MoreAventura advances zoning overlay for denser development near mall and Brightline station
The Aventura City Commission passed a new Metropolitan Urban Center Zoning District Overlay on first reading Tuesday, July 7, advancing a plan to allow denser mixed-use development near Aventura Mall and the Brightline station, with a final vote set for Thursday, July 23.
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