Miami Beach renews $1 hourly parking from August through October
The city renewed its $1 hourly rate from August into October to pull visitors through the slow season. Plus a cocktail bar that isn't closing, a $15 million two-hotel sale, and The Bass on Friday and Saturday.
Miami Beach has renewed its $1 hourly parking program. It runs from August through October. The city frames it as a tourism move. Late summer is the slow stretch here, and rates are the easiest lever a city can pull. A dollar an hour changes the math on a weeknight dinner. It changes it on a Saturday beach run too. The renewal is the real story. This is a repeat program, not a one-time experiment. That suggests the city liked what it saw before. Check the posted rate at your garage or meter before you park. (WSVN)
A popular Miami Beach cocktail bar isn't closing after all
A popular Miami Beach cocktail bar is not closing after all. Miami New Times reported the reversal on July 31. Closing news travels fast on this island. Corrections travel slower. That gap is how a working bar loses a month of regulars. The name and the particulars are in the New Times piece. The direction is what matters here. One more room stays open in a market that sheds them steadily. Rent, staffing and August slowness all press the same way. A reprieve is not the same as a good quarter. If it is your bar, go this week. (Miami New Times)
The Bass runs two Immersive Worlds programs Friday
The Bass has two Immersive Worlds programs on Friday, August 7. One is billed as Installation Nation. The other is Step Inside the Art! Both run the same day under the same banner. Immersive work is the easiest art to bring a restless kid to. You walk into it rather than stand in front of it. August is also when a museum is coldest and quietest. In Miami Beach, that is not a small argument. Two programs on one day makes the trip worth the parking. Check the museum's event page for times and access before you go. (The Bass events)
Highlight Tours at The Bass on Saturday
The Bass Highlight Tours run Saturday, August 8. A highlight tour is the short version of a collection. You get a guided path instead of a floor plan and a guess. For a first visit, that is the better door in. For a repeat visit, it shows you what you walked past. Pair it with Friday's Immersive Worlds programs and the weekend fills itself. One museum, two days, no driving in between. Times and access are listed on the museum's event page. (The Bass events)
A second virtual meeting on Urban Core Residential Incentives is Thursday
Miami Beach holds a second virtual community meeting Thursday, August 6. The topic is Urban Core Residential Incentives. The city bills it as a meeting and a workshop. Incentive rules decide what gets built and where. They are usually written while almost nobody is watching. A virtual format drops the cost of watching to nearly zero. This is the second session, so the conversation is already underway. Showing up early beats objecting late. Details are posted on the city's events calendar. (City of Miami Beach events calendar)
Two Miami Beach boutique hotels sell for nearly $15 million
Two Miami Beach boutique hotels sold for nearly $15 million. The buyer is a North Bay Village developer. The South Florida Business Journal reported the deal on August 3. Boutique hotels sit in the middle of this market. They are small enough to trade fast. They are big enough to change a block when they do. One buyer taking two at once is the detail worth holding onto. Which properties they are, and what comes next, stay open. Renovation, rebranding and redevelopment all start the same quiet way. Watch for permit filings and name changes. That is usually where intent shows up first. (South Florida Business Journal)