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Here is a great pdf (18 megs) with rendering of the area (futuristically speaking):

http://ci.miami.fl.us/cra/pdf/Omni%20Presentation.pdf

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I've created a new "Urban Planning" section in the to track projects such as this one (charettes, land use, zoning, etc.). In the you'll find it under the Special Categories section. More to follow.

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Look what i found at the Miami forum of skyscrapercity.It says something about approving or something.

4. Consideration of a Major Use Special Permit for the Lynx Downtown project, located at approximately 16 SE 2 Street; 60 SE 2 Street; 41 SE 3 Street; and 61 SE 3 Street.

(Downtown NET District)

No.: 2005-036 Applicant: Lucia A. Dougherty, on behalf of Downtown

Associates, LLC, contract purchaser and 1225 SW 8 Street

Property, owner. Consideration of a Resolution approving with conditions a Major Use Special Permit pursuant to Articles 13 and 17 of Zoning Ordinance No. 11000, as amended, the Lynx Downtown project (MU-2005-008), located at approximately 16 SE 2 Street; 60 SE 2 Street; 41 SE 3 Street; and 61 SE 3 Street, Miami, Florida, to construct a mixed use six building cluster development to be comprised of approximately 430 total multifamily

residential units; approximately 91 live/work units; approximately 207 condominium/hotel units; approximately 194 hotel rooms; approximately 147,696 square feet of office space; approximately 50,357 square feet of retail and restaurant space; a 291-foot high vertical

sports club of approximately 111,041 square feet; and approximately 1,459 total parking spaces.

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And this.At-Skyscrapercity.

Consideration of a Major Use Special Permit for the Paramount Park project, located at approximately 728 Biscayne Boulevard and 225 NE 7 Street. (Downtown NET District)

No.: 2005-033 Applicant: Adrienne F. Pardo, on behalf of Panelinios, Limited.

Consideration of a Resolution approving with conditions a Major Use Special Permitpursuant to Articles 5, 13 and 17 of Zoning Ordinance No. 11000, as amended, the Paramount Park project (MU-2005-007), located at approximately 728 Biscayne Boulevard and 225 NE 7 Street, Miami, Florida, to construct a 756-foot, 68-story high mixed use structure to be comprised of approximately 467 total multifamily residential unitswith recreational amenities; approximately 120 hotel rooms; approximately 12,947 square

feet of retail space; and approximately 818 total parking spaces; providing for certain floor

area ratio (

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Just a thing i would like to show.Maybe good new for Miami.

Miami Herald

Work underway on Miami River Greenway project

By ANDRES VIGLUCCI

[email protected]

After years of planning and dreaming, the city of Miami has begun construction on two segments of the Miami River Greenway, the pedestrian promenade that will one day wend its way down the entire course of the waterway.

The new segments will begin connecting older, existing pieces of the pathway even as private condos now under construction on the river banks also start installing the required public riverfront walks.

That means that soon residents and visitors will be able to stroll, skate, jog and bike -- and, egads, dine! -- along uninterrupted stretches of the river in downtown Miami.

''The river greenway is well underway,'' said Brett Bibeau, executive director of the Miami River Commission, a city advisory group that helped develop the promenade project. ``It's moving forward wonderfully.''

The start of work will be marked with an official groundbreaking Tuesday.

Once work on the first two segments is finished, around June, the city expects to immediately commence construction on several other interconnecting pieces, said Danette Perez, a city spokeswoman.

''This is just the beginning,'' said Lavinia Freeman, program director for the Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit group helping pay for and plan the greenway.

The segments under construction since late last month will weave along now-gritty North and South River drives, using public rights of way.

The segment on the river's north bank will start at an existing walkway behind the city administration building west of the Southwest Second Avenue bridge and extend past Lummus Park, by the popular Garcia's and Joe's seafood restaurants, to near the Fifth Street Bridge.

The south segment will begin under Interstate 95, connect with Jose Marti Park, and continue northwest to the recently completed Neo Lofts condo tower.

Workers will install broad new sidewalks, shade trees and native palms, and lights, benches, historic markers and directional signs to guide users.

''It's going to beautify the area, and it's going to improve the streets,'' Bibeau said.

The idea of a riverwalk dates at least to the 1970s, when the city began requiring new developments along the river to install public pathways next to the water.

The river was the birthplace of Miami, but as it grew the city turned its back on the increasingly polluted waterway. The river became a busy industrial port, lined by boat builders, repair facilities and shipping terminals.

The riverwalk idea was a way to provide public access to, and stimulate interest in, the river. Because little new was built on the river banks until recently, however, only a few disconnected sections exist.

Short walkways are tucked away behind the Hyatt Regency Hotel downtown, behind the city administration building, and along Jose Marti Park in East Little Havana, for instance. But they are little known, little used and often hard to find.

A renewed push to install the riverwalk began in 1999, when the Trust for Public Land released a conceptual plan adopted two years later by both the city and Miami-Dade County commissions.

The high-rise condo boom downtown and along the river has given the plan new momentum. With dredging underway to remove polluted river sediment, developers are paying to install riverwalks, typically also adding amenities like restaurants or cafes that will open to the public pathways. The city is considering applications for 16 new restaurants along the river, Bibeau said.

The city is also paying for an elaborate promenade at the mouth of the river designed to provide a grand entranceway to downtown and the river. The $4 million promenade, which will be filled with public art and lushly landscaped, is part of the One Miami condo project now under construction.

Developing the publicly sponsored segments required cobbling together and coordinating money and ideas from a variety of sources, including the trust, river commission, city planners and private property owners.

Total construction costs for the seven segments now financed are around $5 million, a combination of state funds and proceeds from the city's 2001 safe-parks bond issue. The Trust for Public Land paid for the planning and for engineering plans with a $2.5 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

The recently approved county bond issue earmarked $7.5 million more for the riverwalk.

However, that won't be enough to complete the greenway, which planners hope will one day extend from Biscayne Bay along both banks of the 5.5-mile long river to its terminus near Miami International Airport. To avoid interfering with marine businesses, sections of the walkway will run along streets adjacent to the river.

An initial estimate that put the total cost at $25 million is well short of the true price, but a final calculation has not been made, the river commission's Bibeau said.

To ensure the riverwalk is well maintained, the city and its partners are weighing creation of an independent management trust.

The riverwalk is part of a larger and more ambitious plan that would construct a continuous pedestrian loop along both the river and Biscayne Bay, connecting both through a proposed greenway that would cut through Overtown and the Civic Center.

The idea, Bibeau said, is not only to encourage public use of the city's waterfront, but to weave together neighborhoods like East Little Havana, Spring Garden, Allapattah, Brickell and downtown Miami, which are separated by the river as well as elevated highways.

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Miami Herald

As condo towers sprout, prized water views vanish

For condo owners, the building boom has meant nicely appreciating property values. But for an increasing number, rising value comes at a price: water views usurped by the next high-rise.

BY LYDIA MARTIN

[email protected]

On the 32nd story of Blue, the curving high-rise under construction at Biscayne Bay and Northeast 36th Street, there is truth in advertising: The views are gloriously nothing but blue.

From a number of units next door at the Charter Club, the views are also nothing but, well, Blue. While the sexy new condo tower feasts on water and sky, the north side of the Charter Club looks at the concrete and glass of the sexy new tower.

But as some Charter Club dwellers gripe, others look on the bright side. They are among a growing number of condo owners who have sat pretty along Miami's waterfront -- until the construction boom started elbowing them out of their piece of sky -- who are trying to talk themselves into seeing the big picture. They may be losing some blue. But they hope they're gaining higher property values and a bustling city, as pricey new buildings populate downtown and spark a walkable urban lifestyle.

''I lost part of my view. But I feel a little ungrateful complaining,'' said Miami lawyer Michael Gongora, whose two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo at the Charter Club cost less than $100,000 six years ago and has ``probably tripled [in value]. And Blue can only help.''

Most people whose views are on the way to being ''interrupted,'' to use developerspeak, have little choice but to focus on the positives. There are no zoning restrictions in South Florida addressing loss of views, unless they are public views, and thus little stopping one building from getting in the way of another.

''People know that if they have a property between them and the bay, ultimately that property is going to be developed,'' said Otto Boudet-Murias, top development advisor to Miami Mayor Manny Diaz.

Wine dealer Ignacio Melero lost a good portion of his glittery downtown view from The Courts on Brickell Key to a new building called The Carbonell. ''I may have lost some of my view, but the new building I have in front of me is a beautiful building,'' he said. ``And this is still a great investment.''

FIGHTING BACK

Former Miami Beach Commissioner Nancy Liebman has wrestled with the issue for years: personally, when construction started encroaching on her view at Belle Tower, on the Venetian Causeway; as a Beach official, when condo towers -- and controversy -- started multiplying south of Fifth Street; and now as president of the Urban Environmental League of Greater Miami.

''It's happening everywhere,'' Liebman said. ''I used to have an open expanse of causeway and water myself. Until the 10 Venetian building. We went to court. We lost. They had the right to build.'' But she stresses the importance of a neighborhood banding together to fight runaway development anyway. There are some successes.

Residents of the Roney Plaza, 2301 Collins Ave., recently protested plans for a W Hotel that would have blocked views and cast shade on the Roney's pool deck. On the basis of those objections and recommendations from Miami Beach's Historic Preservation Board, W developers agreed to go from two towers to one wider tower that will allow more sun to reach the Roney's pool.

''It clearly made a difference with the W that there were a number of residents next door who were opposed to those two towers,'' said Thomas Mooney, Miami Beach's design and preservation manager.

Last year, Upper East Side residents persuaded the city of Miami to limit height of new construction to eight stories along Biscayne Boulevard from 36th to 87th streets.

''It wasn't so much the views that we argued about, but the fact that 30-story towers were out of scale and would create a canyon effect that is bad for the historic nature of the neighborhood,'' said David Treece, president of the Upper East Side Council.

No such argument in the Brickell area. So Tiffany Lutz tries to focus on the positives, even as construction -- Jade, Emerald, The Sail -- crowds her in and keeps her awake at the Fortune House, east of Brickell Avenue on 14th Terrace.

''It's not just that I've lost my water view. It's that I can't go out on my balcony because of the dust and noise,'' said Lutz, a lecture coordinator for an oral surgery training center.

In 2002, Lutz paid $146,000 for a one-bedroom unit with bay view. Today, similar units, sans view, are listed at around $200,000. Like many others who have been blocked, she is learning to embrace life in the big city.

''They can't build anything any closer,'' she said. ``And you can't find any condo on Brickell these days for the price I paid.''

Some real estate agents see a dimmer picture.

''A lot of people on Brickell are trying to sell their units because they lost their views,'' said Daniel Hornik, who specializes in Brickell-area condos. ``They may not lose money, but the values won't be as high as they would have been with a water view. A view is still everything.''

Builders go to lengths to ensure that their new projects won't get boxed in. Developers of Blue chose their unusual location, a wedge of land between the Julia Tuttle Causeway and a public park, because there's little worry of another project elbowing in.

''Every unit of Blue has a water view,'' said Ulises Peinado, part of the building's architecture team. ``You can't sell units below a certain price and still make your numbers. A view is a necessity to market your product.''

The Related Group has offered to pay undisclosed ''millions'' to end a dispute between the Brickell family and the city over Brickell Park, south of the current Sheraton Biscayne Bay, which Related bought for $94 million and plans to demolish for a new project.

The expensive move would ensure that the condo tower that will rise on the bayfront won't suffer blocked views. It would be between a public park and the Miami Circle, the protected Tequesta Indian site.

''We sell buildings all the time not knowing what might go next door one day,'' said Related's Tom Daly, partner to mega-developer Jorge Perez. ``And yes, it's worth more money to know your views won't be interrupted.''

As more high-rises pop up, potential buyers have learned to ask hard questions about the land around them, which means real estate agents are having to do a lot more homework.

''A big part of my job now, when I hear that a building is going up, is to make sure I know exactly where it's going, what it's going to look like, who is going to take a hit because of it,'' said Jackie Fernandes of South Beach Realty. ``That didn't used to be a major priority.''

BEAUTY OF URBAN VISTA

But it doesn't have to be, said Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, dean of the University of Miami's School of Architecture. ``I would ask not what it's going to look like from the 20th floor but what it's going to look like from the street. Is it going to be a great street? Are you going to want to walk down that street, or is it going to be so unpleasant, because you'll just be walking by parking garages, that you'll want to get in your car anyway?''

When it comes to urbanscapes, Plater-Zyberk is not automatically a fan of open expanses.

``Sometimes it's more interesting to be looking through and between. The long view is always the same. But the short view changes. The lights go on and off, you see people moving around apartments and offices. A cityscape can be very dynamic.''

And that's exactly what worries Mary Jane Soto, president of the Charter Club's homeowners' association. She learned to live with her view being partially blocked by Blue.

``Then I realized: I can't run 'round with the shades open anymore.''

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Lack of planning, lack of vision... Our early settlers did not see the value in it, and even built parking lots fronting the river, if you can believe that... The river was even used as a sewer for the dwellings that fronted it. Today you can now see evidence of the new riverwalk taking shape, along the northern bank of the river.

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REAL ESTATE

Developer's master plan to include Herald land

Knight Ridder and developer Pedro Martin say The Herald building is not presently for sale, but the developer's master plan includes the land.

BY MATTHEW HAGGMAN

[email protected]

Developer Pedro Martin, who agreed to pay $190 million for the 10 acres surrounding The Herald's bayfront headquarters in downtown Miami, is creating a master plan that not only includes the property he is buying but also the acreage on which The Herald's offices and printing operations are located.

Once the plan is completed, Martin intends -- with the support of Knight Ridder, The Herald's parent company -- to seek building approvals from the Miami City Commission for the entire site owned by the San Jose-based publisher, the developer said.

SEEKING APPROVALS

Knight Ridder vice president Larry Marbert confirmed the arrangement Monday allowing Martin to seek city approvals to build on One Herald Plaza, The Herald's home for more than four decades.

As the landowner, Knight Ridder must back any efforts for new building approvals. But Marbert insisted the move does not mean there is any deal or plans to sell the waterfront parcel.

NO DECISION MADE

''No decision has been made . . . to sell One Herald Plaza,'' Marbert said. ``We are in the same spot we have always been.''

Last month, Knight Ridder and Martin agreed to terms for the sale of 10 acres surrounding the Herald's bayfront headquarters that are largely surface parking lots.

The sale did not include the adjacent nearly 5-acre waterfront parcel, One Herald Plaza, which houses The Herald's offices and printing operation.

The site is important to Martin because it sits between Biscayne Bay and the 10-acre property he is buying. In the deal inked last month Martin was given right of first refusal on the One Herald Plaza site. Such an agreement often chills competing buyers, experts said.

If Knight Ridder chooses to sell the land and Martin does not purchase it, he risks having another developer build large towers that block sight lines and water views.

Getting a plan approved for the entire property helps Martin design his 10 acres, knowing what's proposed for the One Herald Plaza site.

If approved by the city, the move also protects Martin against the possibility of another developer buying the site and building towers that block sight lines and water views.

COMMON PRACTICE

''Assuming someone else bought it,'' said Lucia Dougherty, Martin's land use attorney, ``it locks in for him view corridors, where the site planning will be for buildings, and if they want to change that, they will have to start [the approval process] all over and he will be able to protest it.''

Added Dougherty: ``It happens all the time that you master plan someone else's site and purchase it later. Of course, you need the cooperation of the owner.''

Martin said the master plan, currently being done by Miami architectural firm Arquitectonica and San Francisco-based urban planners EDAW, will outline the location of buildings and open spaces, among other things. He said he hopes to have a presentable plan within a month.

''It makes more sense to do an overall plan,'' said Martin, CEO of Miami-based Terra Group.

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Miami Today News

Residential development in Miami continues to grow

By Yeleny Suarez

The City of Miami's development continues to boom, with 254 projects in the pipeline - 21 more than in mid-January. That includes more than 72,500 residences, adding 5,864 units to the 66,648 in the works just three months ago.

Although the $18 billion projected construction is expected to help double the tax roll, city officials caution that too much of anything is not good.

"It's important to focus on winding down a bit and concentrate on the impact the growth in development will have on things like traffic and schools," said Commissioner Joe Sanchez, "look at all negative aspects of over-development. That is what the city's comprehensive plan like Miami 21 will do."

Miami 21, which is intended to become the city's new zoning ordinance based on smart growth principles, is to be unveiled at an 8:30 a.m. launch Saturday at Miami Dade College's downtown campus.

As he sees more and more development, Commissioner Thomas Regalado also thinks the city should discuss service expansion soon.

"As of now," he said, "we should be thinking of how to expand services like the fire department and police."

Of the 254 projects on the city's list, 39 have been completed at a cost of $2.2 billion and 40 are under construction at a cost of $4.1 billion.

Another 67 at $9.2 billion have been approved, 21 at $959 million are in application phases and 87 at $1.4 billion are in preliminary phases.

Downtown is the focal point of Miami's development frenzy, with 87 projects totaling 40,454 residences at an estimated construction cost of $12.9 billion.

The next most active areas in the city are Wynwood/Edgewater, with 8,940 planned housing units at $2.2 billion, and Coral Way, with 25 projects including 3,192 housing units at $300 million.

Twenty-three projects are planned for East Little Havana with 3,547 residences ($252 million); 15 for Allapattah with 3,738 units ($572 million); 13 for the upper east side with 1,292 units, ($319 million); 12 for northeastern Coconut Grove with 1,724 units ($669 million); 10 for Flagami, with 6,870 units ($455 million); seven for Overtown with 1,358 housing units ($129 million); four for West Flagler with 642 units ($35 million); three for Little Haiti with 322 units ($40 million); two for Model City with 271 units ($23 million) and one for southwestern Coconut Grove with 42 units ($42 million).

Tax roll projections for the city are due next month, Larry Spring, city budget and strategic planning chief, has said. From 2003 to 2004 the tax rolls grew $3 billion, and today they're at $22.5 billion. Added taxes could provide the basis for added services.

Commissioner Sanchez says Miami is experiencing a lot of growth and it is important to start putting in some controls.

"What worries me is we don't have the high-paying jobs in the city to accommodate the high-end growth," he said. "Development is good for the city, but we need to bring in more corporations to bring in high-paying jobs to balance it out."

:w00t: WOW!

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