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Good morning to you Coral Gables! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why this Coral Gables mansion jumped $4.5 million in a year
  • Why Coral Gables still has one of Sears’ last five stores

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  • Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 68, low: 54.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 71 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Coral Gables Mansion Sells for Millions More Than It Did Just Last Year (mansionglobal.com subscription) — A luxury mansion in Coral Gables’ gated Snapper Creek Lakes just resold for $21.5 million, a $4.5 million gain in barely a year. The nearly 10,000-square-foot Old Cutler Road home, completed in 2023, offers rare new construction on over an acre in a secure community, with access to a private marina and a layout geared to both family life and entertaining.
   

• Sears on brink of extinction: Iconic retailer down to final 5 stores (silive.com) — One of Sears’ final five stores in the entire country is located in Coral Gables, making it a rare remaining outpost of the once-dominant retailer. The article explains how Sears shrank from hundreds of locations after bankruptcy and why experts say it can’t compete with modern brick-and-mortar and online rivals.
   

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  • Hi everyone;
    I’m available all this Holiday week and weekend for dog walking : watching in the neighborhood. Please reach out should you need my service. Thanks. (Nextdoor Granada North)
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    They came and this is what they did to open the door with a standard $25 lock. Yes. the only solution they found was to destroy the door lock and I… (Nextdoor Downtown Coral Gables)
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