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Miami Herald
16-07-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
What's new at these South Florida malls? See the changes and coming stores
Business What's new at these South Florida malls? See the changes and coming stores These articles focus on changes at South Florida malls. See below for what's opening at Dadeland, what's happening to a Broward complex and what has recently changed and revamped shopping. Dadeland Mall on Kendall Drive. The Apple Store, Cheesecake Factory entrance. NO. 1: DADELAND MALL'S NEW STORES INCLUDE MIAMI FIRSTS AND CHANCE FOR A DASH AND GRAB Princess Polly is offering freebies to early birds Saturday. | Published May 23, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen Festival Marketplace in Pompano Beach is being vacated and the flea market building will be torn down and the site used for industrial warehousing. By Carline Jean NO. 2: A BROWARD SHOPPING MALL IS CLOSING AND THE BUSINESSES ARE MOVING ELSEWHERE Next up: Demolition. | Published May 28, 2025 | Read Full Story by David Lyons Black Friday shoppers on the move at Dadeland Mall near Lululemon look for bargains on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. By Lex Foderé NO. 3: NEW STORES ARE COMING TO A BIG MIAMI MALL, AND OTHERS JUST ARRIVED. SEE THE LIST The new arrivals include restaurants and clothing shops. | Published May 29, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dear Diary… I Just Dropped My Dream Collab at JCPenney -- and the Vibe es Pura Energia!
Latin Grammy Winner Joaquina turns her teenage dreams and lyrics into a bold back-to-school collection—only at JCPenney. PLANO, Texas, July 10, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JCPenney: querido diario, i used to walk through JCPenney holding my mama's hand, KNOWING who i would become. But never in a million years did i think the same place would be the home of my first-ever fashion collab. but here we at JCPenney --this time, it's mine. introducing: the JCPenney x Joaquina back-to-school collection. my limited-edition drop made for people like me: bold, electric, and figuring it out one lyric, one outfit, one messy, magical moment at a time. i'm obsessed with the lace-knit and plaid mesh dresses that hug just right, the flared low-rise jeans, slouchy dad denim and the oversized sweatshirts printed with my lyrics. the Be Electric collection was inspired by my love of 90s fashion, different textures and layers. but it's more than a love mi heartbreak and being 15 and scribbling lyrics in your math notebook because you didn't know how else to say what you felt. every piece is designed to help you show up as you --even when the words don't come skirts that swish when you walk in the cozy zip-up hoodies that feel like cropped baby tees, the ribbon, my signature lightning bolt.(it's giving main character energy). this isn't just a my story in a reminder that showing up as your truest self is always enough. we're celebrating the only way we know how-- july 19th at Dadeland Mall in my ciudad de miami, with a one-of-a-kind JCPenney bedroom hangout that looks like it came straight out of my diario. i'll be performing IRL as the finale act to JCPenney's "Summer Deal Jam," a music festival-inspired series of can't miss deals, in time for everything you need for be friendship charm stations, journaling corners, spaces to leave a note to your younger self (mine would say, 'keep writing, it's all gonna make sense someday.'), and NYX cat eye tutorials that will have you feeling mas tú que not just fashion. it's a feeling. it's a vibe. also!! ten fans are getting invited to a private meet + greet – AND get a shot at winning $5,000 to help start their next enter, answer two questions on my instagram:what makes you, you? what are your hopes and dreams?whether it's music, writing, art, or your own personal style, i want to hear pick ten standout souls. "I poured my younger self into this collection – the girl who mixed Spanish + English like her own secret language and never saw herself in the dressing room mirror. JCPenney let me tell my story in every stitch. I hope these pieces feel like claiming identity and dressing for the life you dream of." --Joaquina if you're reading this, this is your eléctrica. Because when you own the vibe, es pura energía. xo,Joaquina About JCPenney JCPenney, part of Catalyst Brands, is the shopping destination for America's diverse, working families. With inclusivity at its core, the Company's product assortment meets customers' everyday needs and helps them commemorate every special occasion with style, quality and value. JCPenney offers a broad portfolio of fashion, apparel, home, beauty and jewelry from national and private brands and provides personal services including salon, portrait and optical. The Company and its 50,000 associates worldwide serve customers where, when and how they want to shop – from to more than 650 stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. In 2022, JCPenney celebrated 120 years as an iconic American brand by continuing its legacy of connecting with customers through shopping and community engagement. Please visit JCPenney's Newsroom to learn more and follow JCPenney on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. View source version on Contacts Media Contacts: Adriana Infante | 786-239-0951| Ana Hernandez Quiros | 210-845-9480 | JCPenney Media | jcpnews@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Miami Herald
02-07-2025
- Miami Herald
Causeway cannibal, Versace, Mob hits. See biggest Miami crime through the years
South Florida has been home to some sensational crimes through the decades. The Miami Zombie. The Facebook killer. Cocaine Cowboys. Miami River Cops. Here's a look at 15 sensational crimes: Causeway Cannibal Ronald Poppo made it to 65 despite living on the streets of Miami for more than half of his life. Then on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend 2012, Poppo ventured onto the pedestrian path of the MacArthur Causeway to catch some sleep during the steamy afternoon. Rudy Eugene, 31, a former North Miami Beach High School football player, had been on South Beach for the holiday. Eugene walked west along the MacArthur, shedding his clothes along the way, until he came upon Poppo. Unprovoked, Eugene, who came to be known as the Miami Zombie, straddled his victim, punched him, stripped off his clothes and tore away most of Poppo's face and teeth. Eugene, who refused to stop the mauling when confronted by officers, was shot dead police. Poppo was left blind and in long-term care. Blood and toxicology tests on Eugene detected traces of marijuana but nothing to explain his actions. It wasn't enough that Alberto Mesa stabbed his 18-year-old girlfriend Dina Tormos 111 times, beheaded her with a hunting-type knife and left her body inside his Miami apartment. What Mesa, 23, took from that apartment elevated Mesa's act to a true only-in-Miami moment: At dawn on March 2, 1985, under the Metrorail station near Southwest 33rd Court and 29th Terrace, Mesa stripped bare and leaned against a support column, clutching the severed head of the woman he had dated for six months. As police officer Derek Aycarte, 22, approached, Mesa hurled the woman's head at the cop and shouted, 'I killed her. She's the devil!' Mesa, who believed he was possessed, was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a non-jury trial. He was committed to the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. Cocaine Cowboys The first clue that something wasn't quite right about that white Ford Econoline in the lot of Dadeland Mall in Kendall on July 11, 1979, was the crudely stenciled red signs visible on each side of the vehicle. The company names didn't match: The right panel read: 'Happy Time Complete Supply Party.' The left: 'Happy Time Complete Party Supply.' One of Miami's top cocaine dealers, 37-year-old Jimenez Panesso, and his bodyguard, Juan Carlos Hernandez, 22, might have lived to see the 1980s had they paid more attention to their surroundings and driven off in their white Mercedes with its bulletproof windows. As Gerald Posner recounts in his 2009 book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth, and Power — A Dispatch from the Beach, Panesso was a regular customer at the mall's Crown Liquors. The duo strolled inside. Two men from the Ford van followed. Wordlessly, one of the men shot Colombian drug lord Panesso four times in the face with a .380 Beretta. The other gunman sprayed the store with a submachine pistol. Two dead dealers, four others injured. Years later, Griselda Blanco, 'the Godmother of cocaine,' was linked to the hit. She was killed in Medellín in 2012 by an assassin on a motorcycle. You can almost see this one playing out on an episode of NBC's Miami Vice. The setting: aboard the Mary C at Jones Boat Yard on the Miami River. The date: July 28, 1985. A consortium of crooked cops in the Miami Police Department, masterminded by Armando 'Scarface' Garcia, a 23-year-old officer, storms the boat to rob men guarding a stash of 350 kilograms of cocaine. The startled men jump overboard but three can't swim and drown. The investigation, which made news around the world, lasted for years. More than 100 officers were arrested, fired, suspended or reprimanded. 'Stylish life, brutal death,' the Miami Herald headline read on July 15, 1997, hours after serial killer Andrew Cunanan, 27, gunned down famed fashion designer Gianni Versace, 50. The fashion mogul, who'd partied with Elton John, Sting and Princess Diana, was shot execution-style on the steps of Versace's Ocean Drive mansion, Casa Casuarina. He died three blocks from where he had just eaten breakfast at the News Café. Nine days later, Cunanan, who had left a trail of four bodies from Minneapolis to Miami before he came upon Versace, shot himself to death aboard a houseboat on Indian Creek. Brown, 51, awoke on Aug. 20, 1982, alongside his 10-year-old son. Brown, muttering to himself, clambered aboard his bicycle with its oversized tires and wire basket. A 12-gauge shotgun he had purchased at a nearby gun store just the day before hung off his back. Thirty minutes later, Brown arrived at Bob Moore's Welding and Machine Service on North River Drive, vowing 'to kill everybody.' Employees scattered as he opened fire in the shop. Within moments, eight men and women were killed and three were wounded, the largest mass murder in Miami-Dade history. Brown calmly rode off on his bicycle. Mike Kram, a neighboring metal shop owner, chased Brown in a 1981 Lincoln and crushed him against a concrete light pole with his car. The welder whose work upset the gunman escaped unhurt. Tanglewood mass murder Two beauty queen sisters, Denise and Diane Herthum, 20 and 18, members of a prominent Baton Rouge family, and a drug-dealing suspect, Jackson Smith, 31, were found slaughtered in the Tanglewood apartment Smith had been renting near the Miami River. The women were strangled and found with black hoods over their heads. Smith was shot. The Oct 19, 1972, crime became Miami-Dade's first noted mass murder. But what makes this one novel is that customs agents were stationed outside, 24/7, keeping the apartment under surveillance for narcotic activity. Yet no one saw the killers enter and the case was unsolved. The murders 'sent the investigation down the drain,' U.S. Customs officials told The Miami News in 1977. Many years later police linked execution-style killer Ricky Cravero to the slayings but no one has paid for the crime. FBI Suniland shootout The bloodiest shootout in the FBI's 107-year history shattered the quiet of an unincorporated South Miami-Dade neighborhood, now Pinecrest, on April 11, 1986, behind the Suniland Shopping Center that fronts South Dixie Highway. FBI agents Benjamin Grogan, 53, and Jerry Dove, 30, died in an exchange of gunfire with Michael Platt and William Matix, heavily armed bank robbery suspects. Platt, the more vicious of the two, would rival The Terminator, the killing machine made famous in the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Dove fired what should have been a deadly shot into Platt, decimating his right lung. But Platt darted around a car, ambushed the agents, and kept firing, even as other FBI agents hit him 11 more times. Injured agent Edmundo Mireles finally brought Platt down with a bullet to the spine. He also took out Matix. After five minutes and 145 shots, two agents and the suspects were dead, and six other backup FBI agents were wounded. In April 2015, the FBI dedicated its new $194 million Miramar headquarters in the names of Grogan and Dove. President Barack Obama signed the tribute. Fatty Walsh, bodyguard to a New York mobster, was murdered by rival underworld figure Edward Wilson on March 7, 1929, at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. Walsh came to his untimely end inside a vast 13th-floor, two-bedroom suite that was being run on the sly as a speakeasy during Prohibition. Or did he? Walsh's ghost supposedly haunts the hotel to this day. The No. 1 elevator, the main access to the 13th floor, has been known to automatically rise to that level and stay put. 'They say Fatty Walsh wants company,' storyteller Linda Spitzer told the Miami Herald in a 2000 article. Don Aronow was rich, handsome and a standout among the powerboat set. U.S. Customs agents were so impressed with his Cigarette boats for their ability to reach speeds that helped them elude easy capture, they commissioned Aronow to build an intercept vessel dubbed Blue Thunder. Problem: The 59-year-old Cigarette boat founder and powerboat racer came to the attention of the wrong people. On Feb. 3, 1987, Aronow died on a dead-end street dubbed Thunderboat Alley, so-named for the Formula, Donzi, Magnum and Cigarette racing boats he sold nearby at his USA Racing office in what is now Aventura. Benjamin Kramer was jailed for ordering the hit, carried out by triggerman Bobby Young for $60,000. Prosecutors argued that Kramer, a rival who owned a casino and raced powerboats, wanted Aronow dead over a business dispute. In 1996, Kramer was sentenced to 19 years in prison for his role in the slaying; he was already serving a life sentence on federal drug-smuggling charges. Young, who served his sentence in Oklahoma for the Aronow murder, fled to Miami while on probation. In 2009, he died of natural causes at 60 at Jackson Memorial. Gus Boulis, a Greek immigrant who came to the United States as a 16-year-old stowaway, would find that submarines, as in sandwiches, were the key to his fortune in the new land. The founder of Miami Subs, and a string of other South Florida eateries, including the former The Italian Fisherman in the Keys, was driving his green BMW on Feb. 6, 2001, on Southeast 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale when he was blocked by a Mazda Miata. A black Mustang pulled up alongside his car and a hit man opened fire. The murder-for-hire of the 51-year-old was linked to a floating casino empire he founded, and lost. A group of investors, some linked to the Gambino crime family, gathered to buy the fleet but the deal collapsed and Boulis began making plans to regain the company. The move would prove his undoing. Two men pleaded guilty after their original convictions were overturned. Mob hit at steakhouse A member of the Gambino family, Thomas ''The Enforcer'' Altamura, a Mafia hitman, turned up for dinner on a 1967 Halloween night at the popular A Place for Steak restaurant on the 79th Street Causeway in North Bay Village. He would never enjoy his last meal. As Altamura, 53, strolled inside, rival Anthony 'Big Tony' Esperti, 37, a former boxer, rose from his seat at the Harbor Lounge bar and pumped five slugs into Altamura. Big Tony was a big hit with the crime scene investigators. 'What a beautiful hole that is,' the medical examiner was overheard saying when he saw the victim's head wound. Big Tony was sentenced to life for his handiwork and died in 2002. Stanley Cohen socialite murder Stanley Cohen, 52, a successful developer, married his secretary, Joyce McDillon, in 1974. Twelve years later, his wife, by then a cocaine-sniffing socialite, was convicted of hiring three hit men to kill Cohen in the bedroom of their Coconut Grove mansion on South Bayshore Drive. During her trial three years later in 1989, Frank Zuccarello testified, under a grant of immunity, that he, along with two thug pals, Anthony Caracciolo and Tommy Joslin, were hired by Joyce to kill Stanley on March 7, 1986. The wealthy developer, father of former WPLG-Local 10 reporter Gerri Helfman, was found with four bullet wounds to his skull as he slept in the couple's bedroom on a king-sized brass bed. Joyce was convicted of murdering her husband and sentenced to 25 years to life. In 2013, the Florida Parole Commission voted to set a target release date of April 2048. She would be 97. Facebook killer Derek Medina, 31, a Coral Gables High 2001 graduate, lived his life on social media, but few were interested. All of that changed on Aug. 8, 2013, when the South Miami man posted a grisly photo on Facebook: the corpse of his wife, 26-year-old Jennifer Alonso, as she lay slumped on the kitchen floor of the townhouse they shared on the corner of Miller Drive and Ludlam Road. Attached to the ghoulish photo Medina wrote: 'Facebook people you'll see me in the news.' What he did, police say, is murder his wife by firing multiple shots at her at close range after the two quarreled. The image, quickly removed by Facebook, went viral. Medina was charged with first-degree murder. He pleaded not guilty, citing self-defense. A jury is expected to hear a trial later this year. Meantime, Medina's self-published book, How I Saved Someone's Life and Marriage and Family Problems Thru Communication, is currently ranked 6,047,498 on Amazon. FDR assassination attempt Would-be presidential assassin Giuseppe Zangara, a Miami bricklayer, had it in for capitalists after the Great Depression and a 1926 Miami hurricane made finding work nearly impossible. Zangara bought a .32-caliber pistol for $8 at a downtown drugstore and two days later, on Feb. 15, 1933, he made his way to Bayfront Park. There, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was giving a speech to the largest crowd assembled in Miami. Zangara, aiming at Roosevelt, got off five shots but missed his target when a Miami housewife, Lillian Cross, grabbed his arm, and screamed, 'Don't do that!' But a wayward bullet struck Anton J. Cermak, the mayor of Chicago, in the stomach. He died from the wound weeks later on March 6. Justice was swift. Zangara was executed in the electric chair on March 20. He, too, was in a hurry. 'Pusha the button,' were his last words.
Miami Herald
19-06-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
At this Miami marketplace, small business owners find community and learn to grow
Growing up in Kendall in the '90s, Liz Ceballos was like many young people at the time — she wanted to work at her local mall. 'I had a love for fashion, and I started working part-time at 16 at Dadeland Mall,' Ceballos, 45, told the Miami Herald. 'I loved to be around clothes and people.' That passion for fashion has since blossomed into something she never imagined. Ceballos now relies upon her decades of retail experience as the organizer of Capsule, a marketplace at Allapattah's River Landing Shops designed to support small business owners, including many Latina entrepreneurs. At Capsule, shop owners have their own spaces to sell their products, creating something akin to an indoor farmers market. Ceballos helps them understand how they can improve their businesses and work together to share customers. Capsule has space for between 12 to 20 businesses, depending on the size of the space required by tenants. There are also opportunities for a different set of vendors to sell their products in front of the store every Sunday and on the last Saturday of the month. Almost all of Capsule's tenants started out as vendors selling products on tables in front of the space itself or at farmers markets. 'I like seeing the evolution of businesses that start small. Seeing that happen is such a proud moment,' Ceballos said. When Ceballos was working her mall jobs as a teen, she was also a student at Miami Killian. By her senior year, she had already begun learning store management, and she continued to work in retail after her 1998 graduation. After a brief hiatus from retail where Ceballos worked as a flight attendant, she returned to Miami in 2005 and pivoted back into the retail sector. When the company she was working for had layoffs in 2019, Ceballos decided to put her retail experience to work and, within six weeks of her job ending, launched a clothing business. The challenge of starting a business proved to be a learning experience. 'I have background experience in managing big teams, but it's different when you're by yourself,' she said. The first few months for Ceballos' business went well — until the start of the pandemic in March 2020. She quickly realized that people weren't buying clothes because they were generally staying at home. 'I just thought of ways to pivot, because I wasn't going to give up,' she said. 'I started selling fun fashionable masks.' As COVID-19 restrictions lessened, Ceballos began attending farmers markets and created an Instagram account called Herpreneur By Liz to showcase the different small business owners she met. But Ceballos noticed ways that their businesses could be improved. Some business owners needed social media profiles and websites to better engage their customers. For others, an improved customer service experience could make a difference. 'People missed out on opportunities,' she said. As Ceballos' videos featuring small businesses gained traction on her social media, she began producing events that featured local woman-owned businesses. By 2024, Ceballos had built a reputation for producing pop-up markets throughout South Florida. After her pop-up market at River Landing did well, representatives from the shopping center asked her to come onboard as a business consultant for Capsule. In her new role, Ceballos' background has given her perspective and credibility that seems to resonate with the other small business owners in the space. 'I have my clothing boutique in there, and we are all brainstorming on ideas around collaborative things we can do to work together and make a stronger impact,' she said. For example, they might post social media content that features clothing from one person's business and shoes from another — or encourage customers to take the same mix-and-match approach. At a time when e-commerce has taken over and people are quick to shop online, Ceballos believes concept stores like Capsule represent a positive future for in-person retail. She sees that small business owners can band together to achieve success rather than spending more money to lease or buy their own space. She has also noticed how customers respond to being a part of that community. 'It's a totally different, unique experience, and the customer feels that connection,' she said. Seeing small businesses elevate themselves in real time is something that empowers Ceballos, and she wants to keep seeing that moving forward. 'I want to continue to support the small business community and my community platform,' she said.
Miami Herald
10-06-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
What's changing at malls in South Florida? Take a look
Business What's changing at malls in South Florida? Take a look This collection of stories highlights changes taking place at malls across South Florida, including new stores, redevelopment projects and unique retail concepts. Recent mall updates include the opening of new stores like Princess Polly at Dadeland Mall and a large Eataly food hall arriving at Aventura Mall. At Midway Crossings, new anchors such as Aldi and Micro Center have launched. A planned demolition will clear Sunset Place mall for a set of towers with apartments, a hotel, and a theater, while Sawyer's Walk now features a downtown Target and affordable housing. At Miami International Mall, Elev8 Fun will fill a large former department store space with arcade games, bowling and dining options. Read the stories below. View from Red Road side of the 25 year old Shops at Sunset Place in South Miami on Sept. 11, 2024. NO. 1: SUNSET PLACE MALL WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING NEXT Work on the site is expected to begin in 2026. | Published October 29, 2024 | Read Full Story by Rebecca San Juan Jimmy Neutron flies above the crowds during the Dadeland Mall Macy's inauguration parade in 2005. NO. 2: WHAT IS THAT OPENING AT YOUR FAVORITE MIAMI MALL? LOOK AT THE STORES AND THE PLANS Shopping centers are changing in South Florida. | Published June 11, 2024 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archives Sawyer's Walk development has opened 578 residential units, a public plaza and a new Target, Burlington, Five Below and Aldi supermarket at 249 NW Sixth St. in Miami's Overtown community as of November 2024. A Ross Dress for Less store is next in March 2025. NO. 3: THESE POPULAR STORES JUST MADE THEIR DEBUT IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI AREA. AND THERE'S MORE Here's the lineup and opening dates. | Published November 13, 2024 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen Eataly, the internationally famous Italian marketplace with retail, restaurants and grab-and-go counters, is opening in Aventura. By Pablo Enriquez NO. 4: HOW 'FLORIDA FIRSTS' ARE DEFINING AVENTURA MALL. HERE ARE SOME OF THE NEWCOMERS Eataly promises the Italian experience in Miami. | Published April 17, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen Dadeland Mall on Kendall Drive. The Apple Store, Cheesecake Factory entrance. By Scott Gabriel Morris NO. 5: DADELAND MALL'S NEW STORES INCLUDE MIAMI FIRSTS AND CHANCE FOR A DASH AND GRAB Princess Polly is offering freebies to early birds Saturday. | Published May 23, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.
