Development NEWS

Penrod Brothers and Miami Beach Jointly Dismiss Lawsuit Over 1 Ocean Drive, Ending a Three-Year Fight

Penrod Brothers, the City of Miami Beach and Boucher Brothers Pier Park filed a joint stipulation Oct. 2 dismissing the 2023 lawsuit over the city-owned 1 Ocean Drive site with prejudice, closing a case that spanned state and federal courts.

Journal Staff Oct 08, 2026

Beach Litigation

Government NEWS

Miami Beach Faces Lawsuit Over Officer's Alleged Rear-End Crash on State Road 836

The City of Miami Beach has served a proposal for settlement in a negligence lawsuit brought by a Miami-Dade woman who says an on-duty police officer rear-ended her vehicle in May 2025.

Journal Staff Oct 08, 2026

Litigation

Condos & HOAs NEWS

Continuum Moves to Dismiss Tenant's Retaliation Suit and Asks Court to Sanction Her

The South Tower condo association says Paige Stone has no standing as a tenant and that her claims are unsupported, and it wants her to pay its legal fees. A hearing on the motion to dismiss is set for Oct. 22.

Journal Staff Oct 08, 2026

Litigation

Development ANALYSIS

Architect Sues Engineer Over Structural Designs for Collins Avenue Condo Tower

An architecture firm alleges in a new Miami-Dade lawsuit that a structural engineer's designs for The Perigon at 5333 Collins Ave. were deficient, citing an independent peer review. The complaint does not allege the design was built.

Journal Staff Oct 08, 2026

Litigation

Noise NEWS

South Beach Condo Resident Sues Association Over Year of Mechanical Buzzing That Won't Stop

A resident of the Cosmopolitan Residences on South Beach has filed suit against the building's condominium association, alleging it failed for more than a year to silence disruptive mechanical noise from rooftop equipment and a neighboring unit's air conditioner.

Journal Staff Oct 08, 2026

Litigation

Development NEWS

Developer Seeks $60 Million From Condo Neighbors as City Says Bancroft Tower Needs Their Consent

The owner of the Bancroft Hotel site has added a $60 million damages claim against the condo next door, while the City admits in court that it requires the condo's consent. A Sept. 27 ruling keeps the case moving toward a Nov. 20 hearing.

Journal Staff Oct 02, 2026

Planning Beach Housing Litigation

Business ANALYSIS

Liquid Gold Lounge Fights $162K Rent-Deposit Demand in South Beach Eviction Case

A Miami-Dade judge ordered the tenant to respond by noon Thursday to a $162,000 emergency rent-deposit demand; the tenant fired back that state law requires the court, not the landlord, to set that figure.

Journal Staff Sep 17, 2026

Litigation

Condos & HOAs ANALYSIS

Miami Beach Condo Association Wins Court Order Forcing Out Tenant Who Allegedly Flashed Gun and Terrorized Residents

A Miami-Dade judge granted a permanent injunction against a West Ave condominium tenant after months of alleged threats, harassment, and a confrontation in which he brandished a firearm at building staff.

Journal Staff Sep 14, 2026

Litigation

Condos & HOAs NEWS

Woman Claims She Owns Miami Beach Condo After Living There 13 Years Without Title

A Miami-Dade lawsuit asks a court to declare a woman the legal owner of a Tatum Waterway Drive condo through adverse possession, stripping title from a deceased woman's estate without a sale.

Journal Staff Sep 12, 2026

Housing Litigation

Business ANALYSIS

Landlord Fires Back at Superhuman Museum, Personally Names Berke Brothers in Counterclaim

The California company that owns the former Regal Cinema at 1100 Lincoln Road has denied wrongdoing, raised nine affirmative defenses, and sued the museum's founders personally under a lease guaranty.

Journal Staff Sep 11, 2026

Litigation

Condos & HOAs ANALYSIS

West Ave Condo Owners Sue to Block Facial Recognition System

More than two dozen unit owners at Bentley Bay Condominium on West Avenue have filed an emergency lawsuit to stop their condo association from requiring facial scans to enter the building, pool, and gym.

Journal Staff Sep 11, 2026

Litigation

Real Estate ANALYSIS

$30K-a-Month Penthouse Renter on Collins Avenue Sues Landlord Over Months of Jackhammering, Lost Terrace Access

A Miami Beach penthouse tenant is suing his landlord, alleging months of heavy construction made his luxury unit unlivable — with early-morning jackhammering, workers on his private terrace, and repeated broken promises about when it would end.

Journal Staff Sep 11, 2026

Litigation