Miami-Dade Commission votes to kill Calusa preserve for Kendall developer

Miami-Dade Commission votes to kill Calusa preserve for Kendall developer

It seemed like an easy win for residents against a zoning change for 168 acres of naturally overgrown green space that used to be the Calusa Golf Course by those who would turn it into yet another West Kendall gated community of 550 big, square, identical homes. There was evidence of endangered bonneted bat activity […]

Calusa golf course covenant to be killed for massive Kendall development

Calusa golf course covenant to be killed for massive Kendall development

Well, after years and years and suing and pleading and losing in court and Tallahassee and trying again and coaxing and buying properties and people off and threatening homeowners with frivolous lawsuits, developers who want to turn the Calusa Golf Course into 550-plus homes finally got a 75% vote of the homeowners to break a 99-year […]

Calusa golf course controversy shows ‘covenants’ are crap

Calusa golf course controversy shows ‘covenants’ are crap

A group of West Kendall residents in a longtime fight against the redevelopment of the Calusa Golf Course won an important battle last week when the Miami-Dade Commission basically did nothing — and, effectively, killed a proposal to turn the 168 acres into more homes. But Ladra has a feeling that the war is not over and […]