Julia Echikson

Julia Echikson is the South Florida correspondent for Commercial Observer. She graduated from Grinnell College with a Bachelor’s Degree in history and has written for Politico, the New York Times and The Guardian.

Julia Echikson
Marc Smouha of CorePoint Real Estate and 3200 NW 67th Avenue, Miami.
Industrial · Investments & Sales
Miami

Vacant Industrial Site Near MIA Sells at 77% Premium

By Julia Echikson
Developer Russel Galbut (top), former WeWork CEO Sandeep Mathrani (bottom), and The Galleria Mall in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Retail · Development
Florida

Developers Face Opposition to Plans for Galleria Mall in Fort Lauderdale

By Julia Echikson
LNDMRK Development Principal Alexander Karakhanian and I Scream Gelato at Society Wynwood.
Retail · Investments & Sales
Florida

I Scream Gelato Buys Its Store for $2,800 a Square Foot in Miami’s Wynwood

By Julia Echikson
Downtown Boca Raton, Fla.
Residential · Investments & Sales
Florida

Penn-Florida Sells Development Parcel in Bankrupt Boca Raton Project

By Julia Echikson
Postmaster General David Steiner and trays of mail at a post office.
Industrial · Leases
Florida

Postal Service Signs 141K-SF Industrial Lease in Miami-Dade County

By Julia Echikson
Arbor Realty's Ivan Kaufman and a South Dadeland Boulevard sign.
Residential · Finance
Florida

Pennsylvania Developer Lands $62M for South Florida Office-to-Resi Conversion

By Julia Echikson
Jonathan Gray, president and chief operating officer of Blackstone Group; Mirasol Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Residential · Investments & Sales
Florida

TA Realty Buys Back South Florida Multifamily Asset for $193M

By Julia Echikson
Lincoln Rd shopping area in Miami, Florida, Michael Comras.
Retail · Investments & Sales
Florida

Comras Under Contract to Buy Prime Miami Retail Portfolio From Morgan Stanley

By Julia Echikson
Restaurateur Stephen Starr and the Bal Harbour Shops in Bal Harbour, Fla.
Retail · Leases
Florida

Starr to Open Steakhouse at Bal Harbour Shops in Miami

By Julia Echikson
Alex Rosemurgy of Rosemurgy Properties and a rendering of Mainstreet at Coconut Creek.
Land · Investments & Sales
Florida

13th Floor Leads South Florida Farmland Deal With $1B Development Plan

By Julia Echikson
Entrance to the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort.
Hospitality · Finance
Florida

$188M St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort Loan Transferred to Special Servicing

By Julia Echikson
Michael Shvo and The Raleigh Hotel, Miami.
Residential · Development
Florida

Nahla Capital Takes Over Shvo’s Raleigh Miami Beach Project in $270M Deal

By Julia Echikson
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner and Metro Edgewater, Miami.
Residential · Finance
Florida

Resident Group Lands $114M HUD Refi for Luxe Miami Rental Building

By Julia Echikson
Walker & Dunlop's Aaron Appel (top), Jonathan Schwartz (center), and Adam Schwartz (bottom), and Forma Miami at 2900 Biscayne Boulevard.
Residential · Finance
Florida

Crescent Heights Lands $238M Refi for New Luxe Rental Tower in Miami

By Julia Echikson
Lisa Palmer, President and CEO of Regency Centers, and a Publix store.
Retail · Investments & Sales
Florida

Publix Drops $72M for Miami-Dade Shopping Center

By Julia Echikson
Ken Griffin and a rendering of a proposed marina at 120 MacArthur Causeway in Miami Beach.
Hospitality · Development
Florida

Citadel Billionaire Ken Griffin Wants to Develop Private Marina Right Off South Beach

By Julia Echikson
Workers are seen as construction progresses on a large residential project being built in Florida.
Residential · Finance
Florida

Alta Developers Lands $60M to Build Miami-Dade Multifamily Development

By Julia Echikson