Biscayne Landing was an unregulated garbage dump and superfund site. It has never been cleaned up as far as I know. Formerly known as munisport the property remains North Miami's boondoggle. It has a failed high rise development, two twin towers, on it and has gone through plan after plan after plan. Here is the latest.
Biscayne Landing Update written by North Miami Councilman Scott Galvin:
The Biscayne Landing saga has continued over the holidays. As of this email January 13th, the scenario is quite fluid.
You might recall a heated meeting was held on December 15th when the North Miami Development Team sought Council approval for their retail project at the site. Dozens of residents spoke against the plans. The Council listened and set strict standards the developer must meet to be considered further.
We said that North Miami Development Team must show they have $16.5 million to pay the city up front, as well as $50,000 to cover legal fees. We also sent a default notice to the bank related to a $1 million past-due payment.
Since then, Carlisle Development Group, an affordable housing developer, has sent the City a check for $50,000 and a letter attesting that they have $16.5 million in the bank. Carlisle is apparently planning to be part of the NM Development Team.
It is my opinion, however, that the City should not consider the Carlisle documents as "transferable" to NM Development without a public discussion and vote by the Council. I've spoken to the City Manager and Matthew Greer of Carlisle to say that quite clearly. I will not support any agreements that are not clearly, publicly, and transparently approved by the Council.
If a deal isn't approved by January 24th, the note to the land is scheduled to be auctioned off by Credit Suisse.
5 comments:
That's right. Never cleaned up despite millions of public dollars spent on studies and consultants' fees. The IG should look into this one too.
I feel sorry for anyone who was tricked into buying a condo at Biscayne Landings. I doubt there was full disclosure about the poisonous cancer-ridden land it was built on.
I don't feel sorry for anyone who bought there. I remember the developer's sales literature that included an aerial view of the site with the neighboring County sewage treatment plant airbrushed out. You really had to be a sucker or speculator to have bought there. Neither merits much sympathy.
Looks like some of your information is incorrect
http://www.epa.gov/region04/waste/sf/sri/pdf/munisport_reuse_fl.pdf
My information is not incorrect ---
Tropical Audubon and Keystone Point Homeowners Association fought the delisting. The Feds handed it over to DERM to clean up the ammonia plume. DERM let the developers do a pilot project to inject sugar underground while the Biscayne Landing project started building...unheard of. The pilot project was a failure. To this day I have not heard the plume has been dealt with. There is no money to deal with it. Next time you send a link, you should refer to what you think I am wrong about.
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