As a general contractor, Mike Neal has ridden the highs and lows of the South Florida construction market. He’s enjoyed success with firms he’s worked for or owned. And he’s endured the struggles that recessions bring to the construction industry. A high point in his career was successfully leading Kast through the Great Recession. Today,…

This year, 140 companies based in the tri-county area made Inc. magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the United States. Fourteen of the South Florida firms on the list had over 1,000 percent three-year revenue growth. Four ranked among the Top 100. There were 371 Florida-based companies that made the list. Click through…

Gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine and developer Scott Robins have sold their holdings in Miami Beach’s Sunset Harbour for $69 million — with help from Bilzin Sumberg’s Martin Schwartz. Levine, a former two-term Miami Beach mayor from 2013 to 2017, and Robins, founder of the Scott Robins Cos. Inc. development company and SRC Properties LLC property…

Construction of Panorama Tower and two other towers in Miami’s Brickell District left some common areas and private balconies unusable at nearby condominiums, a lawsuit claims. The work on Panorama, The Bond and 1010 Brickell damaged the nearby two-tower 1060 Brickell Ave. condo tower’s roof, facade, balconies, cooling tower, pool deck trellis and residents’ personal…

No. 3: m2e Consulting Engineers The way Miroslav Mladenovic sees success, there’s no better way to grow a business than organically – through referrals and word-of-mouth – allowing both team members and clients to become the firm’s “most trusted and vocal marketers.” More growth is planned. The firm opened an office in Orlando, doubled the…

The Gale Residences Fort Lauderdale Beach has been completed and all 129 units have been sold. Located at 401 Bayshore Drive, the 12-story project was built by Newgard Development Group and Merrimac Ventures. It has 122 traditional condo residences and seven two-story townhomes. The developer said the sellout value was $90 million. Units in the…

Inc. Magazine Unveils Its 37th Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000 m2e Consulting Engineers Ranks No. 3053 on the 2018 Inc. 5000 With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 131% Percent Follow the link for the complete list

After reaching the half-way point back in December, downtown’s upcoming Paramount Miami Worldcenter has achieved its final height of 700 feet. Paramount Miami Worldcenter has more international buyers than any other single residential building in the United States, according to its developers. Read more

In another lateral move in Dallas’ heated hiring market, Greenberg Traurig has picked up two corporate lawyers from big firms. Scott Ellis joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in Dallas, coming from Winstead. And Tayna Goins joined the firm as counsel in Dallas after leaving Holland & Knight. Read more

A partnership between Avra Jain and David Martin of Terra closed on a property and financing for a new project in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, just west of Little River. Jain and her business partner Joe Del Vecchio are partnering with Martin to build a 95,000-square-foot flex warehouse development on the 4.7-acre site…