Development NEWS

Developer Takes City to Court to Force Live Local Project in Art Deco District

A property developer has filed a sweeping lawsuit against the City of Miami Beach, alleging the municipality is systematically violating state law by blocking affordable housing developments required under Florida's Live Local Act. The case centers on a controversial 249-unit mixed-use project at 1501 Collins Avenue in the heart of the Art Deco Historic District.

Admin User Jan 23, 2026

Planning Beach Infrastructure Housing Litigation

Tourism NEWS

Miami Beach Launches Art Deco Tourism Campaign

The City of Miami Beach has launched "Art Deco: Designed to Move You," a new national marketing campaign celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Art Deco movement. The initiative, developed in partnership with the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau and Arts Agency of Record, aims to elevate the historic Art Deco District as a premier cultural destination where history, architecture and contemporary culture converge.

Journal Staff Dec 28, 2025

Government NEWS

Florida’s New Development Law Faces Court Test After Judge Declines to Pause It

A Leon County circuit judge has refused to halt a new Florida law that prevents local governments from implementing "more restrictive or burdensome" development regulations, allowing a major legal challenge to proceed that includes Miami Beach among the plaintiffs.

Journal Staff Dec 22, 2025

Planning Housing Litigation

Development NEWS

MDPL Weighs In on Four Miami Beach Development Projects as Historic Preservation Board Prepares to Decide

The Miami Design Preservation League's advocacy committee has released its recommendations on four significant projects slated for review by the Historic Preservation Board on December 16, 2025, ranging from controversial operational changes at a Collins Avenue hotel to ambitious "slow streets" infrastructure improvements designed to enhance pedestrian and cyclist safety.

Journal Staff Dec 15, 2025

Planning

Government NEWS

City Commission to Consider Traffic Delineators on Alton Road After Persistent Illegal Parking Blocks Fire Hydrants

Miami Beach commissioners will vote Tuesday on a proposal to install physical traffic barriers along a problematic stretch of Alton Road where illegal parking by delivery trucks has repeatedly blocked fire department access to emergency equipment, raising public safety concerns in the South Beach corridor.

Admin User Dec 15, 2025

Government NEWS

City May Launch Police, Fire Department Charity Calendars

The Miami Beach City Commission will consider authorizing the police and fire departments to create and sell annual calendars featuring creative photos of department staff, with proceeds benefiting charity. The resolution, sponsored by Commissioner Monica Matteo-Salinas, would allow both departments to begin producing calendars as early as 2026 or 2027.

Journal Staff Dec 15, 2025

Government NEWS

Miami Beach Eyes Underground Tunnel Network to Combat Chronic Traffic Gridlock

Mayor Steven Meiner is pushing the city to explore what could be one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in Miami Beach's history: a network of underground tunnels designed to ease the persistent traffic congestion that has plagued the barrier island city for years.

Journal Staff Dec 12, 2025

Budget Infrastructure Transportation

Government NEWS

Florida Prepares for Electric Flying Taxis as Advanced Air Mobility Takes Flight by 2028

The Florida Department of Transportation is positioning the state as a national leader in Advanced Air Mobility, a new transportation system that could bring electric flying taxis to Miami Beach and other urban areas as early as 2028.

Journal Staff Dec 11, 2025

Transportation

Tourism NEWS

Miami Beach Proposes $600K Investment in Fitness Event to Transform March's High-Impact Tourism Period

The Miami Beach City Commission will consider a significant financial commitment next week to sponsor a new international fitness competition, as officials seek to reshape the city's notoriously chaotic March tourism season through strategic programming rather than enforcement alone.

Journal Staff Dec 11, 2025

Budget Beach

Government NEWS

City Commission to Consider Stoneman Douglas Park Mural

The Miami Beach City Commission will vote on approving artist Christina Petterson to create a $15,000 mural honoring environmental activist Marjory Stoneman Douglas at her namesake park in South Beach. The concrete vinyl mural would measure approximately 16 feet wide by 6 feet tall and depict Douglas "relaxing in the habitat she spent her life protecting" on the west-facing wall of the park's restroom facility.

Journal Staff Dec 11, 2025

Government NEWS

City Eyes Advanced Air Mobility Integration Planning

The Miami Beach City Commission will consider referring Florida's Advanced Air Mobility business plan to committee for review during its Dec. 17 meeting. Commissioner Laura Dominguez is sponsoring the referral to the Public Safety and Neighborhood Quality of Life Committee to examine how emerging aerial transportation technologies could impact the city.

Journal Staff Dec 11, 2025

Transportation

Business NEWS

City Proposes $800K Incentive Package to Lure Playboy Headquarters from Los Angeles

The City of Miami Beach is preparing to roll out the red carpet for Playboy Enterprises International, Inc., proposing up to $800,000 in taxpayer-funded incentives over four years to relocate the iconic media company's headquarters from Los Angeles to South Beach's prestigious Lincoln Road corridor.

Journal Staff Dec 15, 2025

Budget