Reporter at @WSJ; previously at @MiamiHerald and @nytimes.
Miami, FL
Joined September 2008
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Deborah Acosta retweeted
SCOOP: A @WSJ analysis found some FL residents received NYC’s abatement for years despite being ineligible.
A spox for Steve Witkoff said that after being contacted by @WSJ, he paid the city nearly $78,000 for the years he wasn’t eligible.
wsj.com/us-news/law/nyc-mamd…
Deborah Acosta retweeted
Cuban-Americans are sustaining a Cuban population facing economic collapse, sending food and medicine to counter a squeeze by the U.S. on the island’s communist government. By @DeborahAcosta
wsj.com/world/americas/a-mia… via @WSJ
In 2017 when Blackstone invested $1.8 billion in senior housing, it looked like a can't-miss bet as baby boomers turned 70. Now the real estate giant is quietly selling off its portfolio through a series of one-off transactions, sometimes for over 70% below the purchase price.
Exclusive: Real-estate giant Blackstone is liquidating a major investment gone wrong on.wsj.com/47tcVU9
Deborah Acosta retweeted
So many Venezuelans moved to Doral that it was nicknamed “Doralzuela”
But so many have been deported or are self-deporting due to Trump’s immigration crackdown that it’s causing vacancies in the rental market of this Miami suburb
via @DeborahAcosta
wsj.com/real-estate/miami-su…
Deborah Acosta retweeted
Venezuelans and other immigrants are starting to disappear from Doral, Fla., where President Trump plans to host the G-20 summit next year on.wsj.com/3VI9jXJ
Cape Coral is suffering from nearly every affliction that can cause a housing market to slump. Elevated prices, high insurance and property taxes, natural disasters, a return to the office for remote workers, and investors running for the exit. wsj.com/real-estate/florida-…
Deborah Acosta retweeted
“Cape Coral is the worst housing market in America right now,” says José Echevarria, a Realtor. Home prices for Cape Coral-Fort Myers in Florida have tumbled 11% in the two years through May, the most of any major metro area. on.wsj.com/3ZYsO0H
Deborah Acosta retweeted
Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, said he and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, are discussing bringing together real-estate executives to come up with a plan to rebuild Gaza on.wsj.com/3F1F6O0
Deborah Acosta retweeted
Melania pitched her documentary idea to Bezos over dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Amazon agreed to pay $40M—with more than 70% going to her. And her agent has been trying to sell "sponsorships" for the film—starting at $10M—to CEOs at the inauguration. Buyers would get thanked in the credits and be invited to the premiere.
w/@DanaMattioli @AnnieLinskey @DavidUberti @aosipovich on how the Trumps turned an election victory into a cash bonanza: wsj.com/politics/elections/t…
As he settles into his new home in D.C., Trump is eyeing all the empty office buildings that are owned or managed by the federal government — wsj.com/real-estate/commerci…
Deborah Acosta retweeted
Republicans are descending on Palm Beach, Fla., to be near President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago compound, snarling traffic, filling hotels and looking to buy homes on.wsj.com/3CHn2rz
As @realDonaldTrump runs his transition operation out of Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach has suddenly become the country’s center of political gravity — wsj.com/real-estate/palm-bea…
Deborah Acosta retweeted
At the center of Ken Griffin’s 4.2-acre development and office site in the financial district, Miami’s most intriguing real-estate mystery is unfolding on.wsj.com/3AKclE2
At the center of hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin’s commercial real estate assemblage in Miami sits a 22-story condominium where a mystery buyer has purchased half the units. Remaining residents who don’t want to sell believe Griffin is behind it. wsj.com/real-estate/ken-grif…
When Trump needed to broker peace w/ political allies during his campaign, his best friend and fellow real estate developer @SteveWitkoff was his go-to peacemaker. Now Witkoff is facing the ultimate peacemaking challenge as Middle East envoy for the U.S.
wsj.com/politics/elections/t…
Deborah Acosta retweeted
Interesting WSJ story about influential Trump friend Steve Witkoff: wsj.com/politics/elections/t…
Deborah Acosta retweeted
Much of Florida's housing market is cooling off because of a surplus of inventory and dwindling buyer interest amid high insurance costs wsj.com/real-estate/florida-… via @WSJ @DeborahAcosta
Deborah Acosta retweeted
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump plan to develop high-end resorts in Albania, helped by their political ties and cash from Gulf states on.wsj.com/3TXkgnX on.wsj.com/3TXkgnX
Deborah Acosta retweeted
The standard playbook for family members of candidates running for office is to lie low & avoid getting tangled up in deals that could invite controversy.Kushner is leaning into geopolitical ties to a degree rarely seen for a person so close to a candidate wsj.com/real-estate/jared-iv…
In this Florida neighborhood ravaged by flooding year after year, homeowners all want to sell — wsj.com/real-estate/st-peter…
