Newly released payroll records show Miami City Manger’s Art Noriega’s salary has skyrocketed, far outpacing union raises and helping drive a surge in city spending that Miami Mayor-Elect Eileen Higgins has vowed to scrutinize.
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Four Properties to Receive Bonus Height Under Disputed Law
Before a zoning loophole was closed in June, the Ritz-Carlton and three other properties secured the city’s’ blessing to build three stories higher than is typically allowed.
City Proposal Would Open Hundreds of Civic Sites to Housing Development
A proposed zoning overhaul would constitute a major citywide upzoning by allowing multifamily housing — with minimal affordability rules and no public hearings — on churches, schools, nonprofits, hospitals and government-owned land.
City Proposal Could Green Light Special Event Use at The Hangar
The ordinance would formally allow historic buildings to operate as event spaces — a move that would eliminate the administrative gray area clouding operations at the controversial, city-owned venue along Coconut Grove’s waterfront.
City Commissioners Signal Alarm Over Added Density — While Approving Another Increase
The Miami City Commission advanced a proposal allowing developers to double density in exchange for climate funding, even as commissioners voiced mounting unease with the pace, scale, and consequences of Miami’s ongoing development push.
Miami Promised ‘No Net Loss’ of Parks, then Changed the Fine Print
With no public notice, a last-minute “substitution ordinance” in 2023 allowed the City of Miami to sidestep requirements to acquire new land for parks when it turns its existing ones over to developers.
City Proposal Would Double Density – For a Price
A new “Resilience Trust Fund” proposal heading to the City Commission on Thursday would let developers double project density by paying into a fund for flood and climate-resilience upgrades — a plan that could significantly alter the scale of new construction across Miami.
Regatta Harbour: Sales Soar as Questions Mount
Coconut Grove’s once-gritty waterfront is generating millions in rent for the City of Miami as an upscale entertainment zone. But a close look at the lease shows the city may be shortchanging itself with favorable terms for the developer.
The Hangar at Regatta Harbour: From Bait to Birkin Bags
Once envisioned as the retail centerpiece along Coconut Grove’s working waterfront, a former seaplane hangar on historic Dinner Key is now a playground for the well-heeled.
Extended Hours for Construction Noise Off the Table
Acknowledging the challenge of selling his proposal to residents, Miami District 2 Commissioner Damian Pardo withdrew the measure ahead of a scheduled vote this week — but vowed to bring it back.
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