Posted Nov 24, 2020, 4:12 AM
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Highways nightmare stalls massive American Dream Mall
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Delays in the completion of freeway interchanges that will provide access to American Dream Miami, a mammoth entertainment and retail complex to rise in Northwest Miami-Dade, could push back the opening for about a year.
“Our development agreement stipulates that the interchanges have to be in place before we can open, so we are tied to that,” said Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, a land-use attorney at Saul Ewing Arnstein and Lehr who represents Triple Five Group, the project’s developer.
“Our plan was to file in September for administrative site plan approval from the county,” he said – a step that must be completed before pulling permits and getting shovels in the ground. “We did secure the turnpike interchange, and we have been working with Florida Department of Transportation, the Florida division of the Federal Highway Administration and the county on the interchange off Interstate 75. That is the one piece that has been delayed, and it is blocking progress on the rest of the project.”
Once that hurdle is crossed, Mr. Diaz de la Portilla said, build-out is projected to take three and a half to four years.
The project, usually referred to as a mega-mall, is technically not a mall but a family entertainment destination, a distinction that required a change in zoning from industrial & office uses to business & office.
County commissioners voted in 2018 to rezone nearly 174 acres in unincorporated Northwest Miami-Dade to allow Triple Five to build several million square feet of retail space, a massive theme park and 2,000 hotel rooms on a vacant site between I-75 and Florida Turnpike’s Homestead Extension.
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“We’re remaining flexible because there are so many imponderables,” he said. “Sometime in 2021– probably by spring – the picture should be a lot clearer. The interchange piece will be in place, and we will make some decisions.”
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https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2020/...an-dream-mall/
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