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Design change could mean
plan change for W Hotel
The W Hotel won approval for its new Miami Beach —
home,but will the luxury chain actually come? °
Developer David Edelstein,who signed W to run the
condo-hotel complex he wants to build where the Holiday
Inn now stands on 22nd Street,asked the city's Preservation
Board for permission to build two towers on the oceanfront
site.But residents of the adjoining Roney condominium
tower objected,and Edelstein agreed in the midst of a
March 8 hearing to a single,much wider tower there.
The board approved the design that day,but Roney law- •
yer Kent Harrison Robbins says Edelstein told him he
wasn't sure W would agree to the new plans.Asked to corn-
ment,an Edelstein spokeswoman released a statement say-
ing,"At this time,we are analyzing the implications of the
approved design."
Edelstein's partner,Jorge Perez of the Related Group,
said Friday he was traveling and could not provide an
update on the project.A W spokeswoman did not return
phone calls seeking comment.
—DOUGLAS HANKS III