PlusUrbia Reveals Plans for Port Miami 2035 World Trade Center
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Plans for building a brand new sea-side commercial district, World Trade Center, on the west end of Dodge Island at the Port of Miami, were first announced in 2011.
The port had announced a competition soliciting construction plans for its 2035 master plan. The competition now has a finalist - PlusUrbia, a local design firm, which has released its renderings for the port, reports Curbed.
The Port of Miami, popularly known as PortMiami is the largest operating container port of Florida. It is using a planning tool, POM 2035 to support business sustainability and carry out its operations in an environment friendly manner.
The new commercial project is a part of the Miami-Dade County's Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP) and hopes to prepare the port to compete heavily in the coming future.
PortMiami had announced requirements, that the master plan will need to adopt in its design. The requirements include four efficient cruise terminals and three cruise berth terminals. Plans for development in the nearby Biscayne Bay were also asserted. The area will get new retail and office spaces including a megayacht marina.
Check out the renderings of PortMiami's master plan of The World Trade Center at ExMiami.
Apart from the commercial plans, PortMiami has been signing development plans to improve its infrastructure as well.
In 2012, PortMiami signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to seal a deal that will enable heavy load ships to enter the port. In 2010, construction on the Port of Miami Tunnel started which would connect McArthur Causeway on Watson Island and PortMiami on Dodge island. The Tunnel is slated to be completed by May 2014.
I'm not so sure about this plan all though some of the proposals are good. I don't think the southwest portion of the Port which is undeveloped should be used to build another marina & some more residential highrises. This portion of land should be used to expand the cargo facilities instead if Miami wants to remain a competitive port especially with the deepening of the channel underway to be able to handle the super Panamex ships once the Panama Canal is done deepening in 2014.
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I'm not so sure about this plan all though some of the proposals are good. I don't think the southwest portion of the Port which is undeveloped should be used to build another marina & some more residential highrises. This portion of land should be used to expand the cargo facilities instead if Miami wants to remain a competitive port especially with the deepening of the channel underway to be able to handle the super Panamex ships once the Panama Canal is done deepening in 2014.
They could use all the dirt that they have from this project and dump it into Biscayne Bay to expand the cargo facilities if they want to.
Gorgeous proposal, very innovative. Miami never ceases to surprise.
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Looks nice but I'm not a big fan of the concept (neither are too many other Miamians). Land at the port is very finite and that land should be saved for port uses. They may not need the land now but when they do in the future it will be tough to get it back once hotels and offices are built there (who wants to live in a port with all the shipping related noise anyway?). Plus getting in and out the port isn't easy. The Port of Miami needs money to pay for dredging but there has to be other ways to get it other than selling off its land.
Looks nice but I'm not a big fan of the concept (neither are too many other Miamians). Land at the port is very finite and that land should be saved for port uses. They may not need the land now but when they do in the future it will be tough to get it back once hotels and offices are built there (who wants to live in a port with all the shipping related noise anyway?). Plus getting in and out the port isn't easy. The Port of Miami needs money to pay for dredging but there has to be other ways to get it other than selling off its land.
I agree, the location is terrible. That island should only be for the port/cruise terminal and maybe utilities.
Beckham’s soccer plans conflict with PortMiami’s business plan
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Of all the plans to inject more revenue into PortMiami’s strapped finances, none has the sizzle of David Beckham’s personal soccer team. But can the most indebted port on the East Coast afford the fun and games?
That’s a central question facing elected leaders as they consider Beckham’s offer to bring professional soccer back to Miami in exchange for a stadium site at the port.
The nine acres he wants near the shallows of PortMiami’s southwest corner would upend the port’s own detailed plans for millions of dollars in new real estate income from a proposed trade and tourism center that could contain as much as 7 million square feet of new revenue-generating space. The controversial venture, opposed by Miami’s commercial real estate industry, was designed to help PortMiami create a new profit source as it manages a debt load quickly nearing the $1 billion mark.
The port’s financial challenges — Moody’s downgraded its credit rating last fall, citing concerns about a cash squeeze — raise the stakes for Beckham as his team pursues a stadium footprint that would account for about 25 percent of the land the port wants for commercial development. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has said he will insist on compensation for any stadium land, but the deal could hinge on just how bullish the county should be on the port’s ability to be downtown’s next big commercial district.
“The conversation about soccer has never been just about soccer,’’ Gimenez said Saturday. “If a stadium can be a catalyst to development, we’re interested. If a stadium is going to be a hindrance, we’re not interested.”
Soccer backers see the port’s commercial strategy as too ambitious, and argue that a stadium with Beckham’s cachet can deliver both the foot traffic and the political support that PortMiami needs to bring private development to its island home.
“The port will achieve a greater return sooner because of the higher value of the real estate that remains for development,” said Neisen Kasdin, the former Miami Beach mayor and lawyer leading Beckham’s negotiating team.
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Royal Caribbean Is Fighting To Keep The Port Beckham-Free
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Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, which has enjoyed the unique privilege of having its bayfront corporate headquarters located within the port, right in the middle of all the maritime action, does not like the idea of a soccer stadium being built on its turf, and they're ready to rumble.
The site is too restricted for David Beckham]'s soccer stadium extravaganza they say, security is a big fear too, and congestion is an even bigger fear. Not a word about losing their rarified perch with its sweeping views. On the up side, now that an opposition has been assembled, the real fun of megaproject bureaucracy can begin. Lawyers at the ready? Let the battle begin.
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