Vast Allapattah multi-use project set for final vote
A developer’s plan to transform part of Allapattah’s industrial district into a cutting-edge mixed-use project bringing apartments, offices, urban farming, a school and more is set for final consideration today…
Miami Beach creates ‘welcome wagon’ to lure businesses
Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales has received approval from commissioners to launch a welcome program for new businesses moving to town, with 10 initiatives to help newcomers settle in…
Super-fast 5G may be live in Miami by Super Bowl
Blazing-fast fifth-generation wireless technology (5G) may be here before Super Bowl LIV, as three telecom giants are one county OK from starting to install needed antennas by February. Commissioners in…
Bridge replacement to cause three-year detour
Work is to begin the week of May 20 on a $67.2 million Florida Department of Transportation project to construct a new bridge to replace the 90-year-old bascule bridge along…
Brickell Avenue Bridge hours change may be permanent
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is conducting a traffic study that includes a temporary change in the schedule of openings of the Brickell Avenue Bridge. Depending on what the…
Super Bowl donation from downtown facing a squeeze
The two committees of Miami’s Downtown Development Authority agreed Friday to donate $220,000 to the host committee of Super Bowl 54. The breakdown will be $100,000 in cash, with the…
No Ferris wheel for Maurice A. Ferre Park
There will not be a Ferris wheel erected at Maurice A. Ferré Park on the City of Miami waterfront. That was the clear message from city commissioners March 28. Will…
Transit fare collections far short of ‘ludicrous’ projections
By 2023, transit fares will fall about $791 million short of 2002 estimates when Miami-Dade launched the People’s Transportation Plan (PTP) and voters OK’d a half-percent tax to add transit.…
Ex-Mayor Maurice Ferré pleads to bar bayfront Ferris wheel
One of Miami’s most revered and celebrated former mayors, Maurice A. Ferré, this week delivered a strong message to current leaders at City Hall: Save the waterfront. In a detailed,…
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