Good morning. What we’re covering in today’s Spotlight:
- An Unusual Transfer of Density Credits
- E-Bike Safety: Much Concern, Little Action
- Expansion Plans at Coconut Grove Elementary
- Where We’ll Be: A Grove Guide to Events
With little notice, Miami officials reassigned unused density credits from Mr. C Residences to The WELL Coconut Grove, allowing the proposed luxury condo project to increase its unit count by 50% — a first-of-its-kind maneuver with no clear basis in city code.
By David Villano

The proposed luxury condo project The WELL Coconut Grove can build 50% more housing units than typically allowed after city officials quietly signed off on a plan to transfer unused density credits from another luxury condo project in Center Grove, Mr. C Residences — despite no city rules or programs that authorize such a maneuver.
The transfer is the first of its kind, a city spokesperson confirmed to the Spotlight.
Miami-Dade County has formed a working group to address the issue of e-bike safety, as public concern grows and a recent report suggests that injuries resulting from e-bike and e-scooter crashes in South Florida are surging.
By David L. Snelling

Coconut Grove residents are calling on local government leaders to step up and address the dangers of e-bikes and other electronic mobile devices that caused two deaths in the Key Biscayne area and left a couple seriously injured near Kennedy Park.
Local officials say they are working to address those concerns but to date have little to show in terms of progress or concrete proposals.
“We recognize the need for policies and measures within county jurisdiction, such as County Parks, and are working closely with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office on public education and enforcement and collaboration with our municipal partners,” Miami-Dade County’s Chief Operating Officer Jimmy Morales told the Spotlight.
School board members greenlighted the design and construction of a new 3-story classroom building this week at Coconut Grove Elementary School, with the capacity to serve 176 students when it opens, perhaps as early as 2028.
By Jenny Jacoby

The Miami-Dade County School Board has approved the design and construction of a new $15 million, three-story classroom building at Coconut Grove Elementary School at Grand Avenue and Matilda Street.
The proposed 23,000-square-foot building will include eight new classrooms and a skills lab, with capacity to serve 176 students, and should be ready for student use at the start of the 2028-2029 school year.
Founded in 1887, Coconut Grove Elementary is the oldest continuously operating school in the county. Its main classroom building has stood since 1911.
Readers React: A Spotlight reader imagines a long list of enticements (mostly negative, like white boxes and fewer trees) that might convince someone to move to Coconut Grove

This weekend starts innocently enough. Maybe a concert. Maybe a quick stop at Fairchild. Maybe a library book club if civilization is to survive at all. Then Pow! You’re riding a free shuttle through the Grove, buying tropical plants you absolutely did not plan to own, cruising aboard moonlight sailboat races, and scouting future Broadway performers before everybody else starts bragging they “saw them early.”
Spring in Miami has fully entered that dangerous phase where there are too many good options and staying home begins to feel oddly unconvincing. Choose carefully. Or don’t.
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