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
The W Fort Lauderdale and Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman.
Hospitality · Finance
Florida

Blackstone Lands $115M Refi for Fort Lauderdale W Hotel From JP Morgan

By Julia Echikson
Pedestrians pass by a billboard featuring a condo building being built in downtown in Miami in August 2025.
Residential · Investments & Sales
Florida

In the Miami-Area Condo Market, There Are Two Narratives

By Julia Echikson
Publix CEO Kevin Murphy and shopping carts at a Publix supermarket.
Retail · Investments & Sales
Florida

Publix Buys Second Retail Center Near Boynton Beach

By Julia Echikson
An illustration of a wealthy man in a Hawaiian shirt surfing toward Miami.
Industry · Finance
Florida

South Florida’s Billionaires Wave Is Swamping the Region for Good and Ill

By Julia Echikson
Paul Singer of Elliott Management and Mayfair House Hotel & Garden, Coconut Grove, Fla.
Hospitality · Investments & Sales
Florida

Paul Singer’s Elliott Management Buys Coconut Grove Hotel for $110M: Updated

By Julia Echikson
Prologis CEO Dan Letter and a satellite view of the Davie Business Center, Davie, Fla.
Industrial · Investments & Sales
Florida

Prologis Drops $352M in Top South Florida Industrial Sale This Year

By Julia Echikson
Constellation Group's Eduardo Otaola (top), Berkadia's Scott Wadler (center) and Matthew Nihan, and a rendering of Cora Merrick Park in Coral Gables, Fla.
Residential
Florida

Constellation and Boschetti Land $68M to Build Boutique Condo in Coral Gables

By Julia Echikson
MG Developer's Alirio Torreabla (top), Vertical Developments's Fernando de Nuñez y Lugones, and a rendering of Alhambra Parc in Coral Gables, Fla.
Residential · Finance
Florida

MG and Vertical Land $100M to Build Coral Gables Condo

By Julia Echikson
SA Hospitality Group's Gherardo Guarducci and a rendering MIRAI Design District in Miami.
Retail · Leases
Florida

Sant Ambroeus Restaurant Coming to the Miami Design District

By Julia Echikson
Architect Kengo Kuma and a rendering of MIRAI Design District, Miami.
Office · Finance
Florida

Kengo Kuma-Designed Miami Project Lands $85M Construction Loan

By Julia Echikson
Flow's Adam Neumann and the Miami Worldcenter.
Land · Investments & Sales
Florida

Adam Neumann’s Flow Sells Miami Worldcenter Site: Updated

By Julia Echikson
Fontainebleau Development's Jeffrey Soffer (top), Starwood Capital Group's Barry Sternlicht, and a rendering of an interior at 1 Homes Jupiter Island.
Residential · Finance
Florida

Jeffrey Soffer and Barry Sternlicht Land $104M for Oceanfront Condo in South Florida

By Julia Echikson
Berkadia's Mitch Sinberg (top) and Michael Basinski, and an aerial view of downtown Boca Raton, Fla.
Mixed-Use · Investments & Sales
Florida

Titan General Sells Boca Mixed-Use Campus for $40M

By Julia Echikson
Corporate Logistics Center in Jupiter, Fla.
Industrial
Florida

Alaris Aerospace Inks Big Industrial Lease in Palm Beach County

By Julia Echikson
A satellite view of 7200 Northwest 25th Street, Miami.
Industrial · Investments & Sales
Florida

TA Realty Buys Back Miami Warehouse Campus for $48M

By Julia Echikson
The Container Store at Legacy Place in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Retail · Investments & Sales
Florida

Lone Star Funds Sells Open-Air Mall in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

By Julia Echikson
Henk-Brouwer, CEO of Breevast and the Avida Aventura.
Residential · Investments & Sales
Florida

Dutch Investor Pays $110M for New Rental in Aventura, Fla.

By Julia Echikson