The Miami Lakes Athletic Club is celebrating 40 years of providing fitness activities to families in town and is inviting members to attend a week’s worth of celebrations. “Our goal is to have the daily events, where members will be interacting socially in the club,” said Anthony Artiles, general manager of the athletic club. “We want to give them the opportunity to enjoy the different themes and times, with live...

As we continue through the Industrial Commerce Center in Miami Lakes' Upper East Side, there are more unique businesses that call the neighborhood home.       The Graham Companies own the complex and built it in several phases, from 1989 to 2016.      There are nine businesses spread between the four buildings, with only one office vacant in the southern section of the park along Northwest 159...

     St. Thomas University on Aug. 24 celebrated its collaboration with AutoNation, which funded the school’s new scoreboard and turf athletic field that were unveiled that day. The massive 50-foot by 32-foot scoreboard and AutoNation Field will serve student athletes who compete on multiple teams: Football; women’s flag football; men’s and women’s soccer; men’s and women’s rugby and...

The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Town of Miami Lakes, is presenting the 22nd Annual Networking Business Expo on Nov. 3. The event is free and open to the public.  It’s an opportunity for business owners to present their enterprises to the community, and to connect with other companies in the area. There will be entertainment and games, and chances to win prizes and gifts. The cost is...

As he walks past storefronts along Main Street in downtown Miami Lakes, Danny Martinez takes inventory: Which beauty business is about to open, restaurants that may be coming to town, whether a retailer could be a good fit with neighboring tenants.      Martinez, 34, is the newest leasing agent in the commercial division of The Graham Companies, which built and owns Main Street and five shopping centers in Miami...