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City of Miami Real Estate Development Bonus and Incentive Programs

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Under Miami 21, the City’s zoning code, analysis of a property is more involved than just maximum density and square footage. It is important to know the fine points of potential incentives and benefits available to maximize...more

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Post-COVID Miami: The Changing Landscape of Commercial and Residential Development

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Earlier this month, Bilzin Sumberg’s South Florida Redevelopment Conference engaged hundreds of real estate developers, government staff and officials, architects, engineers, and construction professionals from 12 different...more

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Mayor Levine Cava Highlights Miami-Dade County Priorities at South Florida Redevelopment Conference

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At the keynote session of Bilzin Sumberg’s South Florida Redevelopment Conference, newly elected Miami-Dade Mayor, Daniella Levine Cava, shared her vision for the County in the coming years. ...more

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Rapid Transit Zones: Essential to the Future of Miami-Dade County’s Development

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At this year’s virtual conference, Land Development & Government Relations partners Anthony De Yurre and Stanley B. Price hosted a fireside chat and discussed the history of Rapid Transit Zones in Miami-Dade County, the...more

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Open for Business: Miami Welcomes Corporate Arrivals

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Miami is on the rise- again. A city well-known for its resiliency, Miami has been bouncing back from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic with a vigor that is the envy of other major American metropolitan areas....more

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National P3 Update - Transportation

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This installment of our National P3 Update focuses on transportation.  While the transportation sector has dominated the U.S. P3 market over the last decade, the sector has experienced stagnation since the financial close of...more

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Opinion: Miami-area tourists will be the big winners during Super Bowl week

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As Super Bowl fans arrive in the Miami area, final preparations are underway from Hard Rock Stadium to Bayfront Park to the Miami Beach Convention Center, and everywhere in between. But it’s the progress over the past decade...more

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Florida Zoning Appeals Law: Miami Beach “Ban” on Short-Term Rentals Ruled Illegal

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In recent years, online platforms like Airbnb and HomeAway have made it easier for property owners to enter into the short-term rental market, which allows property owners to generate supplemental income and defray the cost...more

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Ley de apelaciones de zonificación de Florida: Denegación de excepción especial anulada en el condado de Miami-Dade

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En la reciente decisión dictada en la causa Publix Supermarkets, Inc., v. Miami-Dade County, expediente n.º 17-082 AP, el Tribunal del Undécimo Circuito Judicial del condado de Miami-Dade sostuvo lo siguiente: (i) el...more

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Florida Zoning Appeals Law: Miami-Dade County Special Exception Denial Quashed

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In the recent decision of Publix Supermarkets, Inc., v. Miami-Dade County, Case No. 17-082 AP, the 11th Judicial Circuit Court in and for Miami-Dade County held: (i) the applicant successfully carried its burden in a...more

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Proposed Changes to Local Preference for Government Contracts in Miami-Dade County

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We have in the past discussed how government contracts are not utilized only to acquire goods and services for the public, but to further public-policy objectives....more

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Propuestas no solicitadas para las asociaciones público-privadas

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Ya hemos analizado antes la ley de las P3 del estado de Florida, que, a grandes rasgos, autoriza a las firmas privadas a presentar propuestas no solicitadas a las agencias estatales y locales para una amplia variedad de...more

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Bilzin Sumberg’s South Florida Redevelopment Conference: P3 Opportunities

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On October 5th, Bilzin Sumberg hosted its first-ever South Florida Redevelopment Conference. The conference kicked off with “Cafecito with the Mayors,” where Bilzin Sumberg’s Managing Partner-Elect and leader of the Firm’s P3...more

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Florida Blazing the Trail for P3 Legislation

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We have previously blogged about the many recent legislative developments in Florida and the Miami area, with a focus on legislation that is designed to facilitate public/private development projects (P3). ...more

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Aprovechamiento de fondos públicos para el transporte público con las P3

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Previamente escribimos sobre el plan SMART propuesto por el condado de Miami-Dade, una expansión masiva del sistema ferroviario pesado actual a seis corredores de tránsito, y los beneficios de entregar todo o parte del...more

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Leveraging Public Funding for Mass Transit With P3s

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We have previously written about Miami-Dade County’s proposed SMART plan, a massive, six-corridor expansion of the existing heavy rail system, and the benefits of delivering all or portions of the project as a public-private...more

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Nueva ordenanza facilita el transporte público y las P3 en el centro de la ciudad

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Recientemente escribimos sobre la resolución propuesta por el condado de Miami-Dade que designaría las áreas dentro de los corredores del Plan SMART del condado como “Áreas de Importancia para todo el condado”....more

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New Ordinance Facilitates Downtown Mass Transit and P3s

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We recently wrote about Miami-Dade County’s proposed resolution that would designate the areas within the County’s SMART Plan corridors as “Areas of Countywide Significance.”...more

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New Funding Source for Mass Transit under the SMART Plan

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We have previously written about the need for new funding solutions for public transportation, including mechanisms that capture the added value of mass transit on adjacent properties. ...more

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Court Finds Florida Statute Preempts Miami Beach Minimum Wage Ordinance

On December 13, 2017, a Florida district court of appeal held that Miami Beach violated Florida law by enacting a local ordinance increasing the minimum wage. According to the court, Florida law prohibits municipalities from...more

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Condado Miami-Dade adopta nueva legislación P3

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Hemos escrito con anterioridad sobre la nueva legislación P3 propuesta del condado de Miami-Dade, tanto cuando se propuso inicialmente como antes de ponerse bajo consideración del subcomité de la jurisdicción, el Comité de...more

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Contratos gubernamentales locales y leyes de compra estadounidense

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En abril de 2018, el presidente Trump emitió un decreto ejecutivo que pide controles más estrictos de las leyes federales de “Compra Estadounidense” (Buy American). Estas leyes han estado en los libros por varias décadas y,...more

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Florida Appellate Court: State Law Does Not Allows Local Minimum Wage Ordinances

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An appellate court has denied Miami Beach’s latest effort to establish a mandatory minimum wage for employees in that city. Earlier this year, Miami Beach’s minimum wage law, which was intended to raise the mandatory...more

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Miami-Dade County Adopts New P3 Legislation

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We previously wrote about Miami-Dade County’s proposed new P3 legislation, both when it was initially proposed, and prior to it being considered by the subcommittee of jurisdiction, the Government Operations Committee....more

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