As everyone knows, Raquel Regalado can count Residents of Calusa — fighting the development of the long-abandoned golf course with an organic, urban rookery into a mega gated complex of 500+ homes — got a mulligan Thursday when county leaders, again, put off a decision for another month. Ladra has been writing about Calusa since […]
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago likes to talk about political theater, but his recent guest appearance in a supporting role at a Miami Commission meeting deserves its own program insert. Lago showed up to the city commission’s December meeting to support a resolution that would help declare several aging hotels along SW 8th Street in […]
Water, water everywhere — except not really Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava took to video last week with a message that sounded less like routine government housekeeping and more like a gentle but unmistakable warning shot: We have a water problem. A “water shortage warning“ is in effect. Not a watch. Not a suggestion. A […]
Protected wetlands are too important, she says Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava dropped a veto this week on the Kelly Tractor project — the same wetlands-eating, UDB-jumping development our esteemed county commissioners approved 9-2 just weeks ago, despite complaints from staff and advocates. Bold? Sure. Effective? Almost certainly not. Political? Now that’s the question. The […]
Miami-Dade has a line. It’s called the Urban Development Boundary. The idea is simple: inside the line, you build. Outside the line, you don’t — because that land is supposed to protect water, absorb floods, and keep the Everglades from becoming a memory. In theory. In practice, the UDB is more of a polite suggestion. […]
Miami’s first official Build-and-Flood™ pilot program is on. Last week, the Miami City Commission gave final approval to an ordinance that will establish a “resiliency infrastructure” slush fund and allow for double allowable density in Edgewater — from 150 to 300 units per acre. Same deal, same sponsor, same developer perfume lingering in the air. […]
Builders get a BOGO special and Miami gets… flooded Miami commissioners are set to vote Thursday on yet another Damian Pardo special. The Miami commissioners has proposed a shiny new ordinance that would let developers double the allowable density in some of the most flood-prone, overdeveloped corners of the city — as long as they […]
Miami City Hall is at it again, mismanaging public land like it’s a clearance rack at Ross. The city commission on Thursday will consider what looks like a fire sale on the south side of Watson Island, and the only ones getting a bargain are — surprise! — the developers. On the agenda for the […]
Looks like Lennar Homes, the country’s second biggest homebuilder and longtime Miami-Dade campaign donor, is back at the county commission asking for a little favor — the kind that turns farmland into profit. On the agenda for Thursday’s meeting: Application No. CDMP20250003 — doesn’t that sound friendly? — which is really about turning 20.1 acres […]
Miami loves being at the top of lists. Best beaches. Best nightlife. Most international flights. But now we get to add a new crown jewel: world’s riskiest real estate bubble. A new report from the Swiss banking giant UBS ranked Miami at the very top of 20 global cities in its annual Global Real Estate […]