Red Palmetto Shoppes is a retail plaza on the eastern border of Miami Lakes. It’s well known for its destination tenants, including a Chick-fil-A restaurant that routinely has customers waiting in their cars for the drive-thru.      Built by the Courtelis Company of Miami and opened in 2008, Red Palmetto Shoppes is at 16000 NW 57th Ave., south of the Palmetto Expressway.  ...

      The free, drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Miami Lakes has new hours this week for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.      The site, at the former Hotel Indigo at 7601 Miami Lakes Drive, is a partnership between The Graham Companies, which owns the property, and Longview Technology Services of Herndon, Va.       The normal hours are Monday - Friday from...

  Early in 2021, the Sonesta hotel company acquired numerous Marriott locations in the United States, including the Courtyard Marriott in Miami Lakes that could be seen from the Palmetto Expressway.      “We are trying to get the word out to let people now that we are now Sonesta Select,” said Christen Conte, director of sales at the Miami Lakes location.      The hotel has rebranded its...

 The Art Real Estate Team has been served home buyers and sellers in Miami Lakes for more than three decades.   Realtors Art Rodriguez, his wife Maria Victoria Rodriguez and son Gabriel Baratto make up the dream team.  Although their office is headquartered in Weston, the Art Real Estate Team works out of their Miami Lakes home in the Royal Palm Estates community.        “We are the...

  Jumpstart Developmental Services, a new center for children who may need help with communicating or with their behaviors, has opened in Miami Lakes.      The town has become a hub of schools and therapy centers for families whose members have special needs. There are at least 10 facilities available, as well as a town-funded board of volunteers who advise officials and police on ways to include and accommodate...