Posted Mar 28, 2015, 2:18 AM
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NYC/NJ/Miami-Dade
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Great State of NJ
Posts: 49,381
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Some more NIMBY bs as of this week:
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You Can't Build That! Island Gardens Opponent Claims the Watson Island Project is Illegal
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A long-time opponent of the Island Gardens project proposed for Miami's Watson Island is claiming newly uncovered city documents prove construction of the sprawling mixed-use development is illegal.
Stephen Herbits, who's fighting several legal battles with the city over the project, filed an emergency motion Friday saying the public documents "are proverbial smoking guns concerning the legality" of the project.
Herbits lives at 1000 Venetian Way, the closest building to the proposed Flagstone Property Group project, and his balcony faces the development site. He is asking the court to sanction the city for delaying the release of records from August until this month. Herbits maintains the delay is evidence the city is conspiring to illegally push the project forward.
Approved by city voters in 2001, Island Gardens would include 221,000 square feet of retail space, 346,000 square feet of leisure space, 450 hotel rooms in two towers, 155 timeshare condos, a mega-yacht marina and parking for 1,610 vehicles.
Herbits has not been granted standing to challenge the city's actions and is in part arguing he should be allowed to sue based on the city's alleged pattern of disregard for the law.
Herbits and other neighbors have repeatedly sought to stop the development and accused the developer of quietly working with friendly Miami officials to increase the project size and illegally keep the lease alive.
In the latest filing, Herbits' attorney, Sam Dubbin of Dubbin & Kravetz in Coral Gables, plays up the significance of documents the city handed over March 5. The lease "required the developer have all permits in play and commence actual construction on or before June 2, 2014," according to the emergency motion.
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http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/id=12...-Island-Project-is-Illegal#ixzz3VduzwAj3
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