American Dream Miami mega mall should not get public dollars, discounts

American Dream Miami mega mall should not get public dollars, discounts

How much do you wanna bet that 100 people go and speak against the American Dream Miami mega mall nightmare complex that is being pushed for the Northwest corner of Miami-Dade? How much do you wanna bet that commissioners will ignore them and approve the development agreement that basically has the developer, Triple Five, give […]

American Dream mega mall developer would give us buses for our troubles

American Dream mega mall developer would give us buses for our troubles

Buses? Buses?!?! The developer of the American Dream mega mall nightmare in Northwest Dade wants to give the county a few buses for all the trouble that the construction of the largest mall in the United States — a retail center-slash-theme park with a 16-story indoor ski slope, a 20-slide water park, an indoor lake […]

Esteban Bovo to FDOT: ‘Open up NW 170th Street bridge’

Esteban Bovo to FDOT: ‘Open up NW 170th Street bridge’

Miami-Dade Commissoner Esteban Bovo wants the Florida Department of Transportation to open up the Northwest 170th Street bridge over I-75 so that people who live on the west side in Hialeah — where more development is coming, including the American Dream Miami mega mall — can cross over more easily to the Palmetto Expressway and […]

American Dream moves along without any ifs, ands or buts

American Dream moves along without any ifs, ands or buts

As expected, the American Dream megamall project passed its first hurdle — if one can even call it a hurdle — at Wednesday’s meeting of the Miami-Dade County Commission as they voted to move forward with a proposd change to the county’s Comprehensive Development Master Plan that would allow the development of the massive retail […]

Miami Lakes mayor wants a piece of American Dream pie

Miami Lakes mayor wants a piece of American Dream pie

Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid believes the American Dream mega mall have a bigger impact on his town than anywhere else. And, so, he thinks they should be compensated. Cid wrote a letter last month to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and Chairman Esteban Bovo stating his desire to have not only 100 percent of the impact […]

American Dream megamall seeks first county approval

American Dream megamall seeks first county approval

Plans for the Amerian Dream megamall — billed as the largest retail center/amusement park in the U.S. — will go before the Miami-Dade County Commission for the first time Wednesday as they seek changes to the county land use and development master plan maps. And the two big topics will be traffic and tax breaks. […]

The Cortadito Calendar for week of Jan. 23 — busy, busy

The Cortadito Calendar for week of Jan. 23 — busy, busy

It’s the last week of the first month of the new year — and there’s lots going on. From the megamall discussion at the Miami-Dade Commission to an upzone request in Doral to a town hall “brainstorming session” (read: campaign event) in Coral Gables — this is where and when we watch our government and […]