Max Gross

1 month ago | commercialobserver.com | Max Gross

Who’s New On Power 100 — and Who’s Returned Illustration: Nien-Ken Alec Lu. Like Gatsby sending his chauffeur — dressed in a uniform of robin’s egg blue — out with a majestically scripted invitation, we have asked some new names to join us on this year’s Power 100. Some have been invited because they’re doing what real estate power gurus do best, like Jonathan Goldstein of Cain International. Goldstein built 830 Brickell in Miami, the premier office product in South Florida, and he’s also...

1 month ago | commercialobserver.com | Max Gross

Power 100 2025: Who Jumped the Most On the List? Illustration: Koren Shadmi.

1 month ago | commercialobserver.com | Max Gross

Richard LeFrak is standing on the back deck of the leasing office of his North Miami project. He is gazing out at a clear blue, 7-acre lagoon. His eyes have some of the same sparkle as the water. “Did you ever see an amenity like that?”SEE ALSO: Southern California’s Industrial Warehouse Market Plays an Anxious Waiting GameThe septuagenarian (he will turn 80 this year) looks as happy and full of wonder as a child. The crystal lagoon is the centerpiece of SoLé Mia.

2 months ago | nypost.com | Max Gross

If you were going to sum up the post-war American Jewish experience, who would you pick as the age’s great exemplars? The choices would clearly be dizzying. In film there’s everyone from Woody Allen to Steven Spielberg to Stanley Kubrick. In literature, there’s Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and Bernard Malamud. In music, there was Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Irving Berlin — well, if we’re going to get into musical theater, we could be here a while . . .

2 months ago | housedigest.com | Max Gross

Wallpaper is a simple and effective way to bring personality and pops of color or pattern to any room. So picture this: you pick out the wallpaper you want, spend hours applying it, take a step back to admire your work, and... it's crooked. There's an easy way to avoid this; all it takes is a quick precautionary measure before you start applying: drawing a plumb line. The difference between a level line and a plumb line is their orientation.