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On-again, off-again construction reserves a tourist season
BY VICTOR CRUZ
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Years of dialogue between
Collins Avenue merchants,city , _ '_ '
officials and the Florida Depart- `e•3
ment of Transportation have led
to an agreement to improve in- 3s,,- F.
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frastructure only during Miami " , t•'41'
Beach's off-season, says Stuart - '" �I.. sT T
Blumberg, hotel association '. 4.' :,I1' .
president and chairman of a re- .
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construction task force. : - `
Terms of a construction con- - �`V � ' '� ' " 1'9I �`'� �— �— work
V u a 700
tract with Central Florida Equip- .., __ _ � '� _a _ _- _ o t
x +� can't fr r` - _ - straight days. `You'll
ment Rental include incentive � f�
bonuses for on-time work in a ;
-,:_== destroy the winter
massive project along Collins
a� � season
Avenue, said Joseph Johnson, 7 rF p�'• t_ ,,z ,� i-
Miami Beach director of trans- A • .7 -.1-*'... 7 Stuart Blumberil
portation and concurrency. •r,,21. .'' `?,
To appease hotel owners along • °` ,rJ, ^ _ `:". killed the project. But in 1997,
Collins, the project—originally - •
r .. > .� when it became clear that devel-
expected to take 700 days tocom- 4.4i-. • . opment of the Loews on Collins
plete, with potential detriment '` •r-'�,< = P, , ,, as a convention hotel was im-
to tourism — was split into two Photo by Maxine usaan portant, a small portion of the
250-day sections of construction, Central Florida Equipment works against a deadline along Collins Avenue.Work is to halt Dec.14. Collins Avenue design plan was
said David Rosemond of the implemented and 16th Street was
Florida DepartmentofTranspor- time, the contractors get a "You can't do that here;you'll Following presentation of the extended from Washington Av-
tation. $650,000 incentive payment. destroy the winter season," said findings in September 2000,the enuetoCollins,Mr.Johnson said.
Work on the first phase of the After that, they must stop all Mr. Blumberg,who is president concept for the project changed They took the part of the origi-
$7 million project began in April. construction in time for the peak of the Greater Miami and the and the incentives were added, nal state transportation depart-
This portion runs along the tourism season, Mr. Rosemond Beaches Hotel Association and said Mr.Johnson. ment plan for Collins Avenue
west side of Collins Avenue from said. also heads the Citizens' Task In addition, Mr. Rosemond from Espanola to 16th Street and
Lincoln Road to 23rd Street. It On April 8, 2002, they are to Force for the Collins Avenue said,road resurfacing on Collins moved it forward in preparation
will replace the main drainage resume work on the second part Reconstruction Project. Avenue from Fifth to 15th Street for the hotel,"Mr.Johnson said.
line and lay new sidewalks while of the project beginning on the The city commissioned an eco- is to start in 2003. "At the same time, the suc-
making curb and gutter repairs. west side of Collins, from 23rd nomic impact study by Price- The project's roots date to cessful implementation created
Phase one is expected to be Street to 26th Street and moving WaterhouseCoopers.It revealed 1992,when the state Department new interest in the corridor
finished in August, when work to theeastside.This secondphase a$38.6 million loss to the hotel of Transportation made a pre- project," he said.
is set to continue on the east side runs until October and carries a industry along the corridor, or liminary study of the stretch of With developers'investments
of the avenue until Dec. 14. A $350,000 incentive for on-time 20 % of expected revenues in road and recommended total re- along the avenue, north of Lin-
city ordinance was changed to completion, said Mr. Johnson. 2001, and $13.3 million, or 5% construction,Mr.Johnson said. coin Road ranging from $500
allow work to occur from 9 a.m. In April 2000,the Department of expected revenues,in 2002,if A 1995 attempt to gain ap- million-$800 million, Mr.
to 9 p.m., as needed. of Transportation had proposed the state used the continuous proval for work on Collins met Johnson said,the urgency for the
If they finish phase one on the 700-day project. work schedule. strong resident opposition that project increased.
$425 million in hotel development helps spur Beach grovvth
BY JOHN P.HERNANDEZ are to convert the existing 334- ► by the end of 2002 include the Miami," said William Talbert,
room hotel into a 385-room bus i- in just a couple o� 200-room Atlantic Hotel,the cost president and CEO of the Greater
By the end of next year,devel- ness and leisure resort. years, the South Beach of which is unknown. The Con- Miami Convention & Visitors
opers will have spent more than The Royal Palm Crown Plazatinuum,a$320 million,40-story Bureau."The Lincoln Road area
$e P Y office market has
$425 million on Miami Beach to hotel began construction last year luxury condo at 1 South Pointe has benefited the most from this
transformed into one o� Drive in South Beach,has COM- boom."
give birth to seven new or re- and is scheduled to be finished
done hotels, according to the by August.The$65 million,422- the most sought-after pleted construction to the 12th Of the 1.04 million square feet
Greater Miami Convention & room hotel will be at Collinsfloor and is expected to be corn- of office space in South Beach,
addresses in all of
Visitors Bureau. Avenue between 15th and 16th pleted by the fall of 2002. the city says about 840,000 is
But Miami Beach's economic streets. Miami 0 The Carillon Group has sub- near Lincoln Road. The largest
growth has not been restricted to In September, construction William Talbert mitted plans for a 700-room ho- office space corridor on Miami
tourism.According to a study by should be completed on South tel and convention center at 68th Beach,Lincoln Road is home to
the city's economic development Beach's only five-star hotel and "disparity between expectations street and Collins as an expan- some 75 companies such as MTV
department,real estate is hot and condo,the$100 million,98-room of growth in visitation with the sion of the 40-year old Carillon Latin America, Columbia Tri-
is getting hotter. Bentley Beach Hotel at 101 number of rooms being added, Hotel. Star,NickelodeonLatinAmerica
"As more homes,condomini- Ocean Drive. Condos at the the question remains the suffi- "It seems like every day we and Sony Discos. It is also the
ums and apartments are rend- Bentley Beach will range from ciency of overall demand.While have another luxury hotel spring- center of "Silicon Beach" and
vated, property values have in- the $300,000s for a studio, to much of the new supply is des- ing up on the Beach, or another home to Internet companies
creased at an unprecedented more than $1 million for a two- perately needed by current first- hotel getting a major face lift," Yupi.com, SportsYA.com,
pace," the study reports. "The bedroom, two-bath residence. class leisure and commercial said Kevin Crowder,of the eco- Fiera.com and Patagon.com.
estimated value of building ac- The $125 million, 325-room travelers, the probable immedi- nomic development office. To accommodate the area's
tivity has remained steady over Shore Club on Collins and 19th ate effect of the new supply will But luxury high-rise hotels and office boom,six projects total-
the last five years,between$150 Street is expected to be corn- be a short-term weakening in condos overlooking the Atlantic ing 370,395 square feet are be-
(million) and $200 million an- pleted by the end of the year. occupancy, although a rebound to the east and beautiful city ing built on the beach.The Lin-.
nually." According to Ernst&Young's is expected long-term as Greater views to the west are not the only coin, at 17th and Michigan, is
This year Miami Beach will 2000 Greater Miami Lodging Miami matures both as a region developments on the Beach. the largest project with 120,000
see four hotels spring up,includ- Forecast, the hotels are much and a first-class leisure and corn- "In just a couple of years, the square feet of office space while
ing the$100 million Ritz-Carlton needed, as more than 1,000 mercial destination." . South Beach office market has Lincoln Palace at 16th and Wash-
at the DiLido Hotel on Lincoln rooms and 803 jobs will be cre- Otherprojects in Miami Beach transformed into one of the most ington will have 110,000 square
Road and Collins Avenue.Plans ated. While the forecast cites a that are expected to be completed sought-after addresses in all of feet of office space.
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Cash-short visitor information center to open in September
BY CATHERINE LACKNER „,:1,-',F.:.,
, .,,s2 : Mr.Singer says will benefit Mi-
x -1-••-v--4.--„, , ami-Dade County and the City
Plans for the Miami Beach ,# ,,� . -1 of Miami as well as Miami
Visitor Information Center are , ..
.> Beach.
going forward, though only , "The amount of the public
$450,000 of theneeded$600,000 money that is involved in this
in individual and corporate funds ,. -ell :# insignificant,”
rp "/ �� project is really
have been raised. •
����""„ he said. Having cutting-edge
"It's a million-dollar project x ' ' 1 �� '�•r"- technology will set the visitor
and we still have to raise a mea `Amor moi►
` , ; t �"� center apart from the competi-
sl $150, 000," said Bruce M. \
Y s. � � tion,he said."It's not about size
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Singer, president& CEO of the . ,: . w -its about the delivery of infor-
Miami Beach Chamber of Com- ` j < r :, mation and service."
merce,which is building the cen- ° • 'n,
:,, The good financial news is
ter. There's enough moneyto ' that the chamber has a deal to
'� meet cash flow needs, he said, �t k1.
I, i a I/ ;.; ' bring in a tenant for the second
but"we would have preferred to ? - /� } '
retire the mortgage sooner." 4, E� Ff A,"; i'1 'o "` i F � -. _ floor. Mr. Singer declined to
r! • name the potential tenant but
The visitor center,under con- 3 2. f .4 ' ni ° F ,� . _ ,IS said the chamber hopes to in-
struction at 1920 Meridian Ave. " `
t; 1 P $ t nounce the signing of a five-year
and projected to open in mid- r ' _- A , ' I "'' lease within weeks.
September,will occupythe fist - `' 1`
P f �' �""" > ' • ` ' - "This lease will generate nec-
floor of a $1.1 million building --,',..7,-„r41-- ' _ essary income to apply to the
that will also house the chamber. 11!16.4., T i,, aback of our mortgage," he
The center is to offer a travel `• .� a ` a �� payback
bureau with airline ticketing, a �. ....... _._=r.... _tee : :..�� "� ��, • :�' , •. :-� _ ' ._ sa
to by Maxine Usdan The visitor center fulfills a
video wall for historic and tour- Visitor Information Center will occupy first floor of$1.1 million building rising at 1920 Meridian Ave. mission for the 78-year-old
ism-related information, a cen- chamber. The land on which it
tral hotel-reservation system, era through the Art Deco period $20,000 per year. Without the nomic slowdown a direct factor sits was purchased in 1974 with
computer terminals for Internet and into the present day. chamber's participation, it's es- in the funding deficit,he said he the goal of eventually being able
access, an automatic teller ma- The cost of capital improve- timated the center would cost wouldn't rule it out entirely.The to provide "first-class personal
chine and concierge services. ments and operating the center $200,000 per year to run. cooling economy might have an service" to legions of visitors,
"We want it to be a `Wow!' seven days a week has been Despitethefund-raising short- impact "on the size of gifts and according to chamber docu-
We're trying to get a flat screen pegged at $125,000 a year. Of fall,the building is coming in on people's willingness at the mo- ments.
or a big screen" for interactive that,the chamber will contribute budget,Mr.Singer said."This is ment. It's created a challenge." "It's quite amazing for a not-
video displays about local at- $55,000;the Miami Beach Visi- not about cost overruns. The Though "we're still concen- for-profit organization to attempt
tractions, Mr. Singer said. tor and Convention Authority community,the vendors,the con- trating on doing the best we can this,"Mr.Singer said."We're so
At the heart of the center, a and the City of Miami Beach tractors, the phone company - from the private sector," mem- excited about the center. The
multimedia presentation is to have pledged$25,000 each;and everybody has looked at this as a bers of the chamber's board of demand is tremendous and the
describe Miami Beach's history, the Miami-Dade Tourism De- community project." directors are seeking more pub- role it will play in local tourism
from the Carl Fisher boom-time velopment Council will donate While he didn't call the eco- lic funds for the project, which cannot be overestimated."
Beach's job: managingmassive . 1. vw,, . , . ..,
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improvements, says outgoingmayor _ t:em
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BY SHERRI C. RANTAMr. Kasdin will return to the possible to residents and visi- tt
full-time practice of law with the tors. , , ;�°
Managing improvements Miami firm of Gunster,Yoakley "It's a big challenge,"he said. ,d .. ,
projects worth millions of & Stewart, P.A., where he will Transportation and traffic con- � 4 E% .7`, ` '
dol-
lars represents a major challenge lead an Urban Development gestion represent another major °' .ti# ;F ;. m
for the City of Miami Beach in Group that will specialize in is- challenge to the city,Mr.Kasdin -
the coming years, according to sues related to infill develop- said. s ��.F � .� � ,` r .•.
outgoing Mayor Neisen O. ment and urban revitalization Miami Beach must identify •• • , - )1114 m ..
Kasdin. projects. alternative transportation sys- <
"If it's done well,it will make "I loved almost every minute tems,he said,that will get people
this city even more spectacular," of being in public office," he outof their cars and put them on . y LI
he said."Handled poorly,it could said, "but it's time to focus on the street a.s pedestrians,or move . s
turn into a major catastrophe." career opportunities andm.yfam- them on light rail or trolleys. e .
Mi.Kasdin said the city's most ily." The mayor and his wife "People should disabuse them ; � t ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, . L: ,..... ,,,..,„P5.
important job in the next few Ana Kasdin have two teen-aged selves of the notion that you can $
yearsmanaging sons. solve parking and traffic prob- �
will be mana in $400 '� F �.-�. � � � ��.�� ,�>
million to$500 million worth of City officials are well-aware lems in a city with a large his. ' A a� "�
park, street, neighborhood, of the importance and magni- toric district, where you can't
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infrastMaxine ructure."Nelsen O.Kasdin looks forward to"magnificent infrastructure.
stormwater and traffic improve- tude of the vast number of teardown any buildings and a lot
ment projects -funded by gen- projects before them.City Man- of activities are going on," he Mr. Singer said the idea of a center of cultural activity. He
eral obligation bonds and match- ager Jorge Gonzalez recently said. Miami-Miami Beach mass trans- cited the success of Miami City
ing state and federal money. created a Capital Improvement At Mr. Kasdin's request, the portation linkBallet, New World Symphony
"At the end of the day, if it's Program office,charged with the Metropolitan Planning Organi- goes back to the mid-1980s to and the Wolfsonian Museum.
done well, the city will have a oversight and coordination of all zation, the region's transports- City Manager Rob Parkins's ad- "We have to be careful that
magnificent infrastructure," he capital projects. tion planning group,is consider- ministration. He had light rail people will not exploit our city,"
said. "There's so much going on in ing a request to fund a study for model cars on his desk,said M.r. he said."The commission has to
Mr.Kasdin,who leaves office all departments, it makes sense a light rail system linking Miami Singer, a former city commis- be vigilant to protect that."
in November, is known for his to bring them together," Mr. Beach to the mainland via the sioner. While city laws regulate lob-
work on the city's 20-year revi- Gonzalez said. Venetian Causeway, possibly "The community was not byists,he said,their influence is
talization efforts.He served five An assistant city manager,Bob using the Convention Develop- ready at that time.The timing is greater today than 10 years ago.
years with the Miami Beach Middaugh, will be in charge of ment Tax as a funding source. better now on a number of The city commission is ex-
Community DevelopmentCorp. the capital improvement office Planning organization Secre- fronts, Mr.Singersaid."There's pected to consider on June 6 a
followed by nine years on the and those of public works,parks tariat Jose-Luis Mesa said the much more congestion. It's a proposal to further regulate lob-
city's planning board, six years and neighborhood services,also selection committee chose acon- younger community that's more byists.
as a city commissioner and the a new office. suiting team under Parsons, responsive to the concepts of "In my opinion,the influence
past four years as mayor. Miami Beach Chamber of Bsrinckerhoff,Quade&Douglas public transportation." of lobbyists and private interest
He lectures nationally and in- Commerce President and CEO Inc. to conduct the Miami-Mi- Mr. Kasdin said the city must is greater today than it has been
ternationally for the Urban Land Bruce Singer said the city's chal- ami Beach Transit Corridor protect its hefty investments in in a number of years,"Mr.Kasdin
Institute, sharing the success of lenge, in addition to managing Study.The full board is expected the arts and culture, keys to the said. "The reality is different
Miami Beach with other city of- the project, will be to complete to meet June 21 to make the final city's revitalization success and from what people would like the
facials looking to duplicate it. them with as little disruption as selection. its reputation as an international public to perceive it to be."
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