Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026: South Florida Beyond the Headlines: News to Share

Hedge-fund titan Ken Griffin is donating $2 billion to start a Carnegie Mellon University campus in Miami, part of the largest-ever individual gift toward higher education

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/ken-griffin-is-making-the-largest-donation-to-higher-education-in-u-s-history-aea22b0a

Port St. Lucie has fastest population growth in U.S. five years in a row via TCPalm. MIAMI REALTORS® + RWorld data sourced

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/st-lucie-county/2026/09/25/port-st-lucie-county-florida-fastest-population-growth-in-united-states-for-2025-martin-county-psl/91886003007

How Wynwood has reinvented itself: Factories to art to tech — and now a university

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article317435978.html

Black luxury real estate agents make big deals in Miami via Miami Herald. BROWARD-MIAMI Governor Tanisha Williams featured

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article316969916.html

More affordable housing units are planned for a new development in Miami’s growing Allapattah neighborhood, offering workforce housing in a new 12-story building at 1368 NW 29th St.

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2026/09/30/12-story-allapattah-building-would-add-live-local-act-housing/