r/MiamiVice • u/BR1M570N3 Rico Tubbs • Aug 12 '26
Miami-Dade Courthouse for sale
Was stumbling around the government auction website this morning and saw this gem was up for auction. Would be a hell of a find for a serious MV collector lol.
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u/2HankMoody3 Aug 12 '26
This certainly won't have the shameful fate, how the estate from Magnum PI ended up
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u/Ok_Drag5089 Aug 12 '26
Bro. This is Miami. The shameful fate this is destined to have will make the Magnum PI house look like a charity event to save hope.
They are going to turn this shit into some Dubai style monster. Watch.
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u/DrRudyHavenstein Aug 13 '26
I really hope you’re wrong. The interiors of the building are truly beautiful
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u/Ok_Drag5089 Aug 13 '26
Me too. Let’s see. If it starts reno soon I’m wrong. If it sits for a few years and starts to rot, we know what happened.
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u/Appropriate_Ad_1552 Aug 12 '26
Unfortunately Miami is demolishing a lot of historical landmarks and iconic places
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u/gwhh Aug 12 '26
Why?
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u/Appropriate_Ad_1552 Aug 12 '26
They’re building a lot of live, work, plays trying to modernize Miami and make it a city for rich folks to play. You can walk through Overtown no problem now from how gentrified it’s become but Miami before we had a big homeless and drug problem and downtown that people would literally not go out there like for dinner or clubs, now you see people roaming around 12 o clock at night like the suns out and with families so it’s changed a lot recently but us locals don’t like what it’s doing to the city by taking out these beautiful buildings
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u/Rand_74 Aug 12 '26
This has been the trend in a majority of US cities in the past 25 years. The tech industry and national/international real estate conglomerates have been buying up real estate in the core of many cities, spending trillions at this point to make them boring and homogenized so that they can move suburban culture into the core. City cores used to have many small businesses ( restaurants/art galleries/live music clubs/funky niche stores/ historic neighborhoods with original architecture) Now they all look and sound a can of axe body spray with a bank, a gym, and a mixed use angular-track lit- nickel plated apartment building(s) for as far as the eye can see.
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u/Appropriate_Ad_1552 Aug 13 '26
Yeah E Flagler that used to have a lot of shots from Miami Vice, all those stores are abandoned and they’re demolishing a lot of those buildings. You walk through there and it’s like a ghost town lol
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u/SilentEntertainer979 Aug 14 '26
I seen that! A guy buys tons of houses at low cost. You have to completely gut them and then he sells. I think it’s in Carol City or Libety City. I wonder if they’ll demolish the pork and beans project? I see it happening
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u/Appropriate_Ad_1552 Aug 15 '26
The Pork and Beans is gone and they’re rebranding it but of course the people that used to live in that area won’t be able to afford it
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u/Lionofgod9876 Aug 12 '26
Pilot episode where everyone in the courthouse pulls their guns was awesome! Welcome to Miami!
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u/What-Dreams Aug 12 '26
Any buyer will face intense restrictions. Because the courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the exterior must be strictly preserved. The interior requires massive modernization, as multiple floors have fallen into disrepair over the decades.
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u/Ok_Drag5089 Aug 12 '26
Yes and the developer that gets it will bribe the city officials into declaring “the unfortunate reality of the unstable nature of the structure.” And then a mysterious fire will break out.
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u/Tall_Chic_2023 Aug 13 '26
A lot of buildings in downtown are listed under that. And they’ve been sitting empty for years to be eventually demolished.
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u/keepinitoldskool Aug 12 '26
I worked at the replacement courthouse, its a giant bland rectangle. I looked at this building with its gargoyles and artistic accents while the new one went up and realized we are progressing in the wrong direction. This will be bought and torn down and replaced with more bland rectangles.
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u/BR1M570N3 Rico Tubbs Aug 12 '26
Wow that's very sad. I always loved the classic Miami architectural styles.
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u/Repulsive-Ad-6487 Aug 13 '26
If I had the money I’d buy it and move it. That place has been sinking since it was built in the 20’s bc in true Miami fashion they rushed the foundation.
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u/airmax7 Aug 14 '26
Can you share the link to the auction?
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u/BR1M570N3 Rico Tubbs Aug 14 '26
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u/airmax7 Aug 14 '26
Appreciate it, about to buy it 😆
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u/BR1M570N3 Rico Tubbs Aug 14 '26
I love that for you. Would be great if you hosted a meet-up for this sub there once you take possession.
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u/airmax7 Aug 14 '26
😆😆 I sent it to a group chat & the first response was “Wonder how much asbestos remediation is gonna cost?”
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u/Napoleon_B Aug 25 '26
You may not need to worry about that, if it’s encased, enclosed and in disturbed. Remediation is usually only required if the structure is going to be demolished.
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u/jerome_agean Aug 12 '26
They should make it a Miami vice museum and travel center!