It has been reported that the ultra modern EPIC Hotel in Brickell’s restaurant Area 31 has been closed…indefinitely. Why? Oh, just a little Legionnaire’s Disease outbreak that killed one person back in September. Why would something this awful occur, you ask?

This is arguably the finest residential property in Yountville.

This is arguably the finest residential property in Yountville.

This fabulous penthouse with 14 ft. ceilings & a 17 ft. living room ceiling has floor to ceiling glass affording wonderful unobstructed ocean & Lake Worth views.

Haute Living loves high-tech splurges on the best and most interesting products, and it would be hard for anyone to remember that we’re in a recession by the looks of this list of opulent items we have gathered. Here are our most luxurious and excessively priced items of 2009

Alan Kluger and wife Amy Dean hosted a special cocktail reception during Art Basel week for members of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s (MOCA) International Collectors Circle, an upper donor group of the Museum

Today we are excited to welcome to our elite membership circle high-profile professionals from South Florida and Aspen, Colorado.

Famous Mexican architect Enrique Norten’s One York’s penthouse had previously jumped from $25 million to $34 million. However, the penthouse has failed to find a buyer and now the sales team is trying a new strategy, traveling to Shanghai and Beijing to chat up potential buyers.

The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne celebrated one of this year’s hottest art markets with a private pre-Art Basel soiree in honor of renowned artist, Carlos Estevez. Recognized by The Wall Street Journal as being among the leaders of the Cuban art movement