Downtown Homestead deal dies — if deadline not met

Downtown Homestead deal dies — if deadline not met

As expected, the Homestead City Council on Tuesday killed the deal between the city and Dade Medical College to redevelop 19 properties in the downtown and make it a vibrant, bustling commercial center. Well, almost. The college still has until January to get the site plans approved under the current agreement — for which an […]

Homestead’s dubious downtown deal is dead, now what?

Homestead’s dubious downtown deal is dead, now what?

You can expect the Homestead City Council today to kill the plan to revitalize the downtown vis-a-vis Ernesto Perez, founder and former CEO of Dade Medical College and serial campaign contributor, who has an agreement to buy 19 city properties under extremely favorable terms and wants an extension on his plans to develop the area […]