Jorge Pérez Weighs In On Presidential Election

Jorge Pérez says he thinks the result of the recent presidential election will be good for Miami.

The Related Group founder made his comments in an interview yesterday with Bloomberg.

Pérez said that President-elect Donald Trump is a former developer himself, who understands what it takes for real estate to be successful, including lower interest rates and lower inflation.

He also noted that Trump is a Florida resident, and many of his friends are based here.

Immigration policy is a concern, and a crackdown could see labor costs soar. Pérez said he expects cooler heads will prevail.

Trade policy is also a concern, and Pérez said he is anti-isolationist, saying Miami needs free trade and a functional supply chain to grow.

 

 

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James
12 days ago

I hope so!! I hope we get more federal funds to attract and retain businesses so that more people can move in and help Miami keeping on growing!!🙏🏻

John Blutarsky
12 days ago

We do not need Federal funds to grow and attract business.
Let individuals keep more money in their pocket, rather than wiring it to the thieves in Washington DC, and we will all be better off.

Joe king
12 days ago

And that is why we grew without proper infrastructure

Anon
12 days ago

Don’t tell me Metromover is your idea of “proper infrastructure”.

Anonymous
12 days ago

It’s the best Miami has, and a framework and tracks for a MetroMover 2.0 soon

Anon
11 days ago

^^yeah sure thang spanky

Anonymous
12 days ago

Except for an Amtrak station too short for the trains, what proper infrastructure funding ever came from Washington?

BDub
12 days ago

Depends on which of his myriad promises he actually pursues.
Tax cuts will cause higher deficits and tariffs will cause higher inflation, both leading to higher interest rates.
Mass deportations will lead to labor shortages and higher costs in agriculture and construction industries especially.

Anon
12 days ago

ah yes the typical talking points from the same people that claimed inflation is transitory and fudged both their job numbers and crime statistics – theres a reason they lost man

Anonymous
12 days ago

Democrats lost because the American public is not educated in facts. Trump won because of emotional voters voting with their pockets. Facts.

Anon
11 days ago

You post like facts and pockets are two different things. Why?

Anonymous
11 days ago

You mean the fudged crime reports from the state of Florida that Desantis did and Covid numbers? You need to read a little more and not repeat republican talking points based on BS. Just look at all of trumps picks no one with actual experience or talent

Kenhead
9 days ago

And the current people in those
Same Positions were crushing it right?

Anon
12 days ago

Spoiler alert: We already got tariffs in place. Have for years. Trump increased some tariffs and Biden kept them in place. Obama placed a tariff on car tires. Hopefully Trump will just use the threat of increased tariffs as a bargaining tool for fair trade terms.

Anonymous
12 days ago

Maybe, if it’s done properly with justification and kindness. When tariffs were increased, everything got worst. We soon faced the global challenges of COVID-19 and supply chain disruptions that made everything more expensive. While not necessarily connected, it’s worth studying whether tariffs that raise costs and increase isolation have historically contributed to major crises, like the Great Depression, and how disruptive outcomes can be avoided.

Anon
12 days ago

We already got high deficits and tariffs—have for years

John Blutarsky
12 days ago

Tax cuts do not “cause” higher deficits.
The Federal Gov’t spending more than they confiscate from individuals (or businesses owned by individuals, which is 100% of them) causes higher deficits.

Tariffs do not necessarily cause higher costs (even if you haven’t figured out that the THREAT of tariffs is useful for leverage in negotiation). If you put tariffs on Chinese Steel, but not on American Steel or Canadian steel, steel prices do not go up unless you choose to buy Chinese steel. If you put tariffs on German cars, but not American cars, individuals will have chose between the Mercedes and the Tesla.

Depends on who you are deporting. Parasites or producers. Start deporting the criminals and parasites. The immigrants with the free housing, free debit cards loaded with cash, and who threaten the safety or our most vulnerable need not be here.
There are hundreds of thousands of Americans who need to work and/or re-enter society.

BDub
12 days ago

In your steel example, you are assuming that American producers would not change their prices when those of their Chinese competitors went up. That’s not how it works in practice where companies try to maximize their profits.
I hope you’re right, but I fear you’re wrong. Let’s talk again in a year and see how things are going.

John Blutarsky
12 days ago

Yes….I am assuming that there are more than 1 American Steel manufacturers, and that they will not collude with each other to fix prices.
I’m also assuming that in addition to Canada, China, and multiple US Manufacturers, I am assuming that Brazil, Mexico, India, S. Korea, and other countries make steel, and export it to the United States.

Bottom line:
Tariffs will not cause higher inflation no matter what CNN or the ladies on The View say.

Jay R
8 days ago

@John wishful thinking but in corporate America that is just not how it works. Corporations are created for profit and not people. U.S. companies for years have colluded to fix prices, incentivized by it legally being extremely hard to prove collusion in price fixing. Look at Big Pharma they have been knowingly overcharging for years and it took government regulation under Biden to bring down their prices. Look at Trump on credit card interest rates and how they’re extremely high. If a company has an ability to make money that may be unethical but still be legal, recent history has proven they will do it time and time again.

Pluto
12 days ago

We should inspire people to find purpose, not blame them for problems they didn’t cause—like the false idea that one person’s job takes from another. Everyone has the freedom to choose to contribute or not. Demanding people “need to work” turns freedom into obligation, which risks injustice.

While some in the immigrant community commit crimes, this does not define them. Conflating criminals with those facing hard times is unfair.

The idea that one group threatens another assumes superiority or inferiority—fears history has disproven. Enforcing laws is important, but blaming the poor often reveals bias, not truth. Good governance is built on facts, not feelings.

Anon
11 days ago

^^you want caesars or blue cheese dressing on your word salad?

Fern
10 days ago

No matter what Musk or Ramaswamy say they will not be able to find 2 trillion dollars worth of cuts in the Federal budget without cutting into Social Security or Medicare and such cuts are unlikely given the narrow majorities Republicans have earned in Congress. At the same time Trump is dead set on renewing his 2017 cuts and possibly enacting new ones. Just like last time our national debt will be greater at the end of Trump’s term than at the start

Anonymous
12 days ago

There a legal system to use foreign labor. It should scare anybody if illegal foreign labor is being used to build skyscrapers, because who knows what other corners are being cut.

GOP mouthpiece
12 days ago

Jorge Perez is right, a new era will start soon, thanks to Trump & others. The US need strong leadership, business optimism and national unity.

Chyneesha
12 days ago

He’s right, Trump is good for the economy.

LukeG
12 days ago

There is absolutely no evidence of that

yo yo
12 days ago

We shall see.

Joe king
12 days ago

We have 4 years of evidence

LukeG
12 days ago

No, Joe, we don’t. Trump inherited a booming economy and left it in shambles. Most major economists have said that his proposed policies will bring inflation back and see prices skyrocket

Anonymous
11 days ago

It was so booming that’s why Trump beat Hillary in a landslide

ILoveMiami
9 days ago

One. It wasn’t a landslide, don’t lie.
Two. She won the popular vote.
Three: Ignorance and social media did Hillary in.

Kurt
11 days ago

So did COVID have anything to do with the economy? Let’s see if the prices go down, or will that be of bidens policies ?

Anon
11 days ago

Covid and Dem business shutdowns led to the shambles. How convenient to now blame Trump–he resisted the shutdowns for good reason.

Anon
12 days ago

LukeG was asleep back in the late teens

LukeG
12 days ago

I was awake. I watched Trump destroy the economy. And I’m about to watch him do it again

Anon
11 days ago

Covid destroyed the economy. Remember that libby? Remember libs screaming for economic shutdown to save everybody? How convenient to now blame the lib scandemic downturn on Trump. As they wanted.

Voltaire
12 days ago

less jaguars and more Jeep Cherokee!!!!!!

Anonymous
12 days ago

Less Metromover expansion proposals and more Metrorail expansion under construction.

Anonymous
12 days ago

More street level investment around metro mover and improvements. Metrorail is not needed when we have tri rail to north and metrorail to the south snd west.

anon
12 days ago

a lot of miami’s wealth comes from 89% of trade being foreign, especially from neighboring latin america, china, and europe.

Anonymous
12 days ago

It seems like a symbolic shift reflecting a desire for change, peace, healing, economic development, and unapologetic success, including his role in shaping Miami. While we can recognize efforts like Trump’s in real estate, it’s vital not to depend on one person or group but to come together as a community to address local challenges.

Conno Sir
12 days ago

Agree 1000%

Hola
12 days ago

So at the end doesnt sound that great…???

Build Infill
12 days ago

Very little of that actually matters in Miami development, and Jorge should know that.

Condos and their high post-2008 crash deposits reduce interest rate stress on the developer, hence why construction in many cities has stalled recently while Miami is still breaking ground on new projects. Most of these buyers are investors, wealthy folks, and foreigners hedging their own country’s inflation. Only a major economic downturn like 2008 can stop buyers like that/the Miami momentum.

NPA for life!
12 days ago

As someone who’s an independent, if you don’t want Trump to do the things he say he’ll do, why vote for him?

Anon
12 days ago

Do you love everything–every single thing- that the candidate you voted for said they’ll do? Of course not—you pick the overall best option.

LukeG
12 days ago

Grocery prices are likely to triple over the next couple of years if Trump does what he’s promising to do. Let’s hope that incompetence gets in the way as usual

John Blutarsky
12 days ago

Pick a commodity in the grocery store and I’ll bet you $10,000 that it’s price does not triple over the next “couple of years”.

LukeG
12 days ago

And when all of the illegals are gone and farmers are forced to hire Americans that demand triple pay, how exactly are prices supposed to remain the same?

Anon
12 days ago

They will be targeting the illegals with criminal records 1st and foremost—they will never be able to get out ALL of the illegals. Also not all agricultural work is done by illegals even now—-many are here legally on work visas, and they will stay.

LukeG
12 days ago

Except that Trump has said he will also target legal immigrants as well. Roughly 500,000 agricultural workers are illegal in California alone. They all make below minimum wage. So when (IF) those jobs are filled with Americans they will need to be paid the state minimum wage of $16 an hour. What do you think that will do to the price of food? Not to mention the undocumented construction workers…

If you think the guy who said “migrants are poisoning the blood of our country” will solely target the ones with criminal records than I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you

Anon
11 days ago

No he did not. He never said that. He stated he will target illegals only.

Anon
12 days ago

Most of what I buy was grown/raised/harvested in the USA.

LukeG
12 days ago

But the majority of Americans do not

Anon
12 days ago

Proof? I’ve never seen beef, pork, or chicken breasts NOT raised in the USA. Bread, eggs, milk, peanut butter—all USA origin too. Same with soda and chips. I go to Publix and Walmart (as most do around these parts). I’ve never seen where anyone has the option to buy Chinese eggs or chicken. A lot of farmed fish is from elsewhere, but what else of significance?

Anonymous
12 days ago

Crawl back into your pod and eat some bugs.

Hide the abuela
12 days ago

I hope Trump doesn’t do everything he talked about doing. *Cough*

IAnonymous
12 days ago

UNBELIEVABLE!!

Anonymous
11 days ago

If we have learned anything about the Republican Party is that they don’t care about rising cost or inflation and MIAMI growth is due to immigration and democratic leadership and democratic residents. I don’t see Hialeah building anything and they are called the city of progress. So yeah doubt he knows anything about anything considering he is Argentinian and his countries economy has been crapp for years

Anonymous
11 days ago

There is a reason red states are poor

Matt Gaetz is a P***y
11 days ago

Oh cry me a river Georgie over your diminished profit margins selling overpriced condo units, because you can’t use illegal trafficked labor and Chinese materials to build your Arquitectonica cereal boxes.

Anon
11 days ago

^^enjoy eating your Hungry Man in your Lauderdale Lakes condo.