They didn’t have the votes and they knew it. That’s the only reason why the would-be developers of an 800-acre industrial park on farmland beyond the Urban Development Boundary asked for a deferral Thursday, after several hours making their case before the Miami-Dade County Commission. But it should have — woulda, coulda — died right […]
Town hall focus: Rapid transit zoning density and height increases A group of Pinecrest residents are riled up about a plan that proposes increases in heights and density along the eastern side of U.S. 1, across from where Miami-Dade County plans to build two rapid bus stations. But village officials say they’re worried about nada, […]
Neighbors sue to stop mowing, spraying and cutting of trees In an obvious attempt to skewer the results of mandated environmental studies to verify the existence of threatened and endangered wildlife, the owners and developers of the old, abandoned Calusa Golf Course — which has become a natural preserve in the midst of suburbia — […]
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 […]
What Urban Development Boundary? Despite many concerns and more questions than answers about the eventual project, Miami-Dade Commissioners voted 9-3 Thursday to move along an application to expand the UDB and convert 800 acres of farmland into the South Dade Logistics and Technology District. Developers used an inflated number of jobs as bait to basically […]
Just because there’s an existential threat with a viral pandemic going on doesn’t mean there’s no time to fundraise. And Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is really good at that, if nothing else. Remember, he got and spent around $10 million to stay in office in 2016. But he might be a tiny bit distracted, since he […]
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 […]