MIAMI-New condos to begin construction in Miami’s Brickell area. Sounds like a fantasy headline from 2005. But this project is no mirage, according to a Miami Herald report. Next month, the developer of SkyPalace, a 35-story condominium atop a Publix supermarket in the Mary Brickell Village mixed-use development, is set to begin work on the development after three years of delay.

Although SkyPalace--which is being developed by real estate developer, philanthropist and former First Lady of New York State Evangeline Gouletas--was planned in the early 2000s and preconstruction sales started in 2004, problems pulling permits and the start of the financial meltdown delayed the project. For the full story, click here.