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
Brookfield Asset Management CEO Connor Teskey and Brookfield Place in Manhattan.
Infrastructure · Capital Markets
National

Brookfield Asset Management Raises $25B Thanks to Infrastructure Investment

By Julia Echikson
Fortress Investment Group Head of Real Estate Equity, US, Eli Edwards, and an aerial view of Delray Beach, Fla.
Healthcare · Investments & Sales
Florida

Fortress Buys Assisted Living Center in Delray Beach, Fla.

By Julia Echikson
Welltower CEO Shankh Mitra and an older man resting his hands on a cane.
Healthcare · Investments & Sales
Florida

Welltower Pays at Least $49M for Broward, Fla., Rehab and Nursing Home

By Julia Echikson
A campaign yard sign advocating for Amendment 3 stands among other political signs in a yard in Delray Beach, Fla.
Industry · Leases
Florida

Florida Voters Approve Property Tax Cuts, Raising Questions for CRE

By Julia Echikson
Interior of modern warehouse.
Industrial · Finance
Florida

Wells Fargo Supplies $133M Refi for Miami-Dade Industrial Campus

By Julia Echikson
A satellite image of the Landings at Coconut Creek, Coconut Creek, Fla.
Residential · Investments & Sales
Florida

Nuveen Sells South Florida Rental for $53M

By Julia Echikson
New River in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Residential · Finance
Florida

Alta Lands $140M to Build Rental Tower in Fort Lauderdale

By Julia Echikson
Terra's David Martin (Top), Fortune International Group's Edgardo DeFortuna and a rendering of 301 Ocean Drive, Key Biscayne, Fla.
Residential · Finance
Florida

Terra, Fortune International Land $220M for Waterfront Condo near Miami

By Julia Echikson
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Residential · Policy
Florida

Florida’s Property Tax Cut Proposal Could Boomerang on Commercial Owners

By Julia Echikson
Karim Alibhai, founder and principal of Gencom, and the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami.
Hospitality · Investments & Sales
Florida

Gencom-Led JV Buys InterContinental in Downtown Miami for $300M

By Julia Echikson
TYKO Capital's Adi Chugh (top), Walker & Dunlop's Keith Kurland, and a rendering of a planned condo project at 24 Southwest 4th Street, Miami.
Residential · Finance
Florida

Fortune Lands Record $817M From Tyko Capital to Build Miami Faena Condo Towers

By Julia Echikson
North Development's Ricardo Dunin and an aerial view of 2100 North Bayshore Drive in Miami. The Paramount (left) and Biscayne 21 (right) are adjacent to the lot.
Residential · Investments & Sales
Florida

North Development Buys Miami Site For $33M

By Julia Echikson
Château Group's Manuel Grosskopf (top), Fortune International Group's Edguardo Defortuna (center), Madison Realty Capital's Josh Zegen, and a rendering of St. Regis Residences condo development in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.
Residential · Finance
Florida

Madison Realty Capital Lends $463M for First St. Regis Condo in Sunny Isles, Fla.

By Julia Echikson
Driftwood Capital's Carlos Rodriguez Jr. (top), Merrimac Ventures' Nitin Motwani (center) and Dev Motwani, and a rendering of the Riverside Wharf development in Miami.
Hospitality · Finance
Florida

Driftwood Capital, Merrimac Ventures Land $145M for Waterfront Hotel in Miami

By Julia Echikson
CP Group's Angelo Bianco (top) and Chris Eachus, and an aerial view of Boca Raton, Fla.
Office · Investments & Sales
Florida

CP Group Sells Third Boca Raton Office for $79M

By Julia Echikson
Grover Corlew's Mark Corlew and 200 East Broward in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Office · Investments & Sales
Florida

Grover Corlew Buys Discounted Fort Lauderdale Tower for $70M

By Julia Echikson
Former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine and a proposed rendering of 930 and 960 Alton Road in Miami Beach, Fla.
Office · Development
Florida

Former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine Plans South Beach Office Dev

By Julia Echikson