Tag Archive for ‘Aventura Mall’

Police shoot suspect in ‘road rage’ incident at mall

A 23-year-old man is in a Hollywood hospital after police say he traded gunfire with police investigating what they are describing as a case of ‘road rage’ at Aventura Mall Dec. 26.
But CBS4 television news is quoting a witness who disputes the police version of events, saying the only shots he heard were fired by [...]

We’re soggy but we’re #1

A stalled weather system dumped up to 3 inches of rain per hour on Aventura and Sunny Isles Beach throughout the evening Dec. 17.
By some estimates, total accumulation had reached a foot of water. Other sources put the rainfall at 9 inches by 11 p.m. Aventura Mall was reporting 7.5 inches at 10:30 p.m. In [...]

Aventura fuels lender’s record month

At least somebody is making money in Aventura’s battered real estate market.
A publicly traded residential and commercial lender is crediting its new Aventura Mall location for driving record business results in August.
Expert Group, which trades as PINKSHEETS:EXPU, reported Sept. 10 it originated $111.7 million in loans in August.
“This is a huge increase over our $12.5M [...]

Cookie Diet coming to Aventura Mall

Good news, dieters. The Cookie Diet is setting up shop in Aventura Mall Sept. 1.
Dr. Siegal’s Direct Nutritionals LLC of McLean, VA., announced Aug. 6 that it would make Aventura its fourth South Florida location.
“Aventura Mall has been on our radar screen since we opened our first retail outlet in New Jersey more than two [...]

One killed as suspects flee robbery at mall

Suspects fleeing the scene of a robbery at the Aventura Mall crashed their getaway vehicle into a car in North Miami Beach Sunday night, killing one person and critically injuring a second.
Police have one suspect in custody and are searching for another.
Aventura police told the Sun-Sentinel the incident began shortly after 8 p.m. in the [...]

Jeffrey Soffer at risk in Vegas hotel bankruptcy

Turnberry Associates, the Aventura-based development company that owns the Aventura Mall, won’t be hurt in the bankruptcy of one of its high-profile Las Vegas projects, the Soffer family tells the Miami Herald.
But Turnberry Residential Limited Partner, which lists Jeffrey Soffer as the majority owner, does have a $100 million completion guarantee on the stalled Fontainebleau [...]

After-hours thief steals clock from mall kiosk

Aventura Police are looking at surveillance video from Aventura Mall for clues in the theft of a $450 musical clock from the Engraving Sensations kiosk.
According to the police report, after midnight May 30 a man carefully leaned over the counter without touching the glass and removed the globe clock from the center island of the [...]