When mansion prices touch the sky, what does an extra $100M mean?

Hubris and a lack of comparables at the highest echelons frequently collide for inexplicable price differences from one estate to the next. But as with all real estate, location and size still matter. Continue reading

Surfside condo architect had been suspended for faulty designs in past

William Friedman, the architect who designed the Surfside condo building that partially collapsed in late June, had been suspended by Florida’s board of architecture in 1967 for designing buildings that could not withstand 1965’s Hurricane Betsy. Continue reading