If you want to learn about the preeminent projects rising in Miami and shaping the city's neighborhoods, a sure way is to go on a tour with Iris Escarra.

She is not a professional tour guide. Escarra is a Greenberg Traurig shareholder who has represented big-name developers in bids to build in Miami.

“I love to be able to go down a street and say, 'Oh, I could tell you about this building. This building had an easement, and this building had this, and we did this on this site.' I could totally do one of (those) tours with a microphone on a bus. I would love it,” said Escarra, whose office is in the city. “I would love to tell everybody about how Miami has changed, where it's going. I have been fortunate enough to work on a lot of big projects.”