The developer behind the MIA Transport Hub application with the county seeks a comprehensive development master plan (CDMP) amendment changing the zoning from “open land” to “terminal” for the property on the north side of Southwest Eighth Street, just west of Southwest 137th Avenue.
Late last year, just before Miami-Dade County Commissioners made the controversial decision to move the urban boundary that protects wetlands and farms to make way for a warehouse complex in South Dade, former chairman Jose ‘Pepe’ Diaz lectured opponents at the crowded commission chambers. “It is not environmentally sensitive land,” he said. “What is important is that
The Urban Development Boundary is set to expand by 379 acres near Homestead for industrial development after the Miami-Dade County Commission overrode a mayoral veto on Tuesday.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava vetoed a 379-acre expansion of the Urban Development Boundary near Homestead for a major industrial development. The move could put the brakes on a 5.9 million-square-foot industrial project, one of the largest in the region.
It took developers Stephen Blumenthal and Jose Hevia five tries, but in the end they won approval for their controversial proposal to build outside Miami-Dade County’s Urban Development Boundary. Commissioners just voted 8-4 to allow the South Dade Logistics & Technology District to be built on 379 acres on the southeast corner of the Florida