Friday, September 18, 2026 · Independent Miami Beach journalism
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Miami Beach's Land Use and Sustainability Committee voted to send a revised residential incentive plan for Washington Avenue back to the full Commission, adding new limits on unit size, lot size, and total corridor density.
Miami Beach's Planning Board took up a proposed Land Development Regulations amendment on May 5, 2026, that would create a new "North Beach Residential Use Incentive Area" along Collins Avenue — extending a residential incentive framework already in place for Mid Beach northward from 63rd Street to approximately the 6800 block.
South Bay Club Condominium Association has filed suit against unit owner James Weingarten, alleging he is contacting their lender with false accusations to derail a $27 million structural repair loan — and stands to profit $2 million if the building is forced into a developer sale.
The Miami Beach Planning Board convenes Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM for a wide-ranging session covering neighborhood impact enforcement, major land use incentive packages, lease amendments on city-owned property, and several code housekeeping measures. Thirteen items are on the docket, touching everything from a Collins Avenue Live Local Act project to a North Beach residential overlay and updates to how the city publishes public notices.
A local neighborhood association is raising alarms over a developer's bid to dramatically increase building height and density on the 1600 block of Alton Road, calling on residents to attend a public Zoom meeting Monday evening.
As aggressive condominium buyout campaigns reshape Miami Beach's residential landscape — and as litigation over coercive developer practices mounts up and down Collins Avenue — the City of Miami Beach is preparing to consider a measure that would insert the city itself as an early checkpoint in any future developer-driven acquisition effort.
The City of Miami Beach Design Review Board convenes at 9:00 AM on Thursday, April 16, 2026, to consider three significant development proposals spanning the city — from a Bank of America redevelopment on Alton Road to a long-anticipated community complex in North Beach. Board members will weigh in on new construction, façade renovations, and public art installations, with staff recommending approval on two of the three items.
A once-bustling commercial corridor that has sat largely boarded up for nearly a decade could be transformed into a 150-foot mixed-use tower under a sweeping zoning overlay proposal that came before the Miami Beach Planning Board on April 7, 2026 — but not before board members raised pointed questions about parking, building mass, and whether the proposal goes far enough to deliver on the city's housing goals.
The Miami Beach Design Review Board convenes at 9:00 AM on Thursday, April 16, 2026, to consider three significant development proposals spanning the city's South Beach and North Beach neighborhoods. The board will weigh in on a proposed new Bank of America branch on Alton Road, a facade renovation at the landmark "Lincoln" building on Michigan Avenue, and substantial design modifications to the ambitious 72nd Street Community Complex in North Beach.
A real estate developer who paid $62.5 million for a ground lease interest on city-owned land near Lincoln Road is now asking to give him 30 more years — and let him tear out nearly 300 parking spaces to build a rooftop restaurant and new Class A office floors. Before any of that can happen, Miami Beach voters would need to say yes at the ballot box.
A private real estate developer is asking Miami Beach to hand over management, programming rights, and effective operational control of a public right-of-way for two decades — in exchange for footing the bill on streetscape improvements that could reshape a neglected corridor just north of the iconic Lincoln Road Mall.
The Miami Beach Land Use and Sustainability Committee unanimously endorsed proposed amendments to the city's Resiliency Code that would allow veterinary and animal clinics in certain residential performance standard zoning districts, forwarding the measure to the City Commission for referral to the Planning Board.