Stan Jablonowski

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Stan Jablonowski has been appointed to executive vice president of sales for AlphaStaff Group. He will be responsible for further developing agency channel partners, expanding into new markets and leading the sales team during the company's national expansion. Previously, he was the national northeast partner for Willis/HRH and has served as president and chief executive officer of Bank of America Insurance Services."

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Miami Herald: "Two directors at Kaufman Rossin appointed to board of South Florida ACFE

The South Florida Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) has appointed Ivan Garces and Jason Chorlins -- both directors at the firm Kaufman Rossin & Co. -- to its board of directors."

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Rothstein Rosenfeldt continues rise

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Rothstein Rosenfeldt & Adler continues its South Florida growth, this time into Miami, via a merger with intellectual property and entertainment law firm Wolfe & Goldstein
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The end of Kluger Peretz

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Kluger Peretz Kaplan & Berlin is no more. According the a Daily Business Review report, out of the pieces of the 50+ attorney firm comes two new boutique firms and one named partner joining Berger Singerman.

Alan Kluger and Abbey Kaplan will remain and the new firm will be a 24-attorney litigation boutique of Kluger Kaplan. Per Kaplan, “We figure specialization is the key” to success as a smaller firm.

Steven Peretz, along with Michael Chesal, Leora Herrmann and associate Paul Kobak, are leaving to launch their own intellectual property firm. Accoring to the article, the split is amicable and they will even remain in the same workspace. “We view IP law as a standalone specialty,” Peretz said. “We can signal to the market our specialization better by being a boutique firm.”

Bankruptcy partner Howard Berlin has joined Berger Singerman’s Miami office along with bankruptcy attorney Deborah Talenfeld.

Per capita income slows in Florida

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Per capita income rose slower than inflation in Florida last year, meaning the average person was effectively earning less, according to federal statistics released Tuesday.

The Sunshine State ranked 45th among the 50 states for growth in per-person income, according to the numbers from the Commerce Department.

Per capita income is the total earned by all people, from all sources, in a geographic area, divided by the number of people who live there.

In Florida, the figure for last year was $39,070, up 1.7 percent from $38,417 the previous year."

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Cap rates are rising

Cap rates could reach late-1990s levels - The Real Deal South Florida Real Estate News: "'Certain fundamentals were not really looked at over the past few years -- especially in places like Miami that don't have a lot of land. People just expected that property to increase,' said Richard Schuchts, senior vice president at Jones Lang LaSalle who has 12 years experience in the South Florida market. 'Now we're getting back to fundamentals.'

With investors unable to leverage the property the way they would have in 2005, the return on "cash investment" plummets, Schuchts said. Making the deal riskier, buyers also face the prospect of tenants not renewing leases or going bankrupt.

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Jose Juncadella to lead Commercial Alliance

Image by Getty Images via DaylifeCongratulations to Jose Juncadella.  Jose was named president of the Realtors Commercial Alliance of Miami-Dade.  Jose is a good man and a great commercial real estate broker.

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Whole Food out of Met project

Image via WikipediaWhole Foods has pulled the plug on plans to open a grocery store at the Met Miami project in the city’s downtown, but the developer hopes to fill the vacancy with another supermarket in the future.
Changes in the construction schedule at the mixed-use project – which includes offices, condos and a hotel – figured into the decision, said Russ Benblatt, Whole Foods’ regional marketing director for Florida.