Memo: ‘Relationships’ would help pass UDB expansion vote at Miami-Dade

Memo: ‘Relationships’ would help pass UDB expansion vote at Miami-Dade

A confidential offering memorandum distributed to potential investors last year, shows that the developers of the South Dade Logistics and Technology District — the complex of warehouses they want to build across the Urban Development Boundary — were counting on the “relationships” they had to make it happen. This is important because the developers had […]

Could mayoral veto of Miami-Dade commission’s ugly UDB vote survive?

Could mayoral veto of Miami-Dade commission’s ugly UDB vote survive?

Same 8 commissioners who approved the application could override The vote last week to move the Urban Development Boundary for the South Dade Logistics and Technology District, a speculative industrial park development on land that should be used for Everglades restoration, could be vetoed by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who recommended to deny the application. […]

Commissioners go out of their way to defend, promote moving the UDB

Commissioners go out of their way to defend, promote moving the UDB

It was painful to watch. But worth noting. And Ladra may watch last week’s Miami-Dade Comprehensive Development Master Plan meeting again. Several Miami-Dade County Commissioners went out of their way and made excruciatingly strange arguments Thursday to defend and promote a land use change that would replace 800 acres of farmland with an industrial park […]

Miami-Dade Commission gives UDB expansion plan its first green light

Miami-Dade Commission gives UDB expansion plan its first green light

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 […]