Miami Beach Convention Center, A New Beginning

Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine asks to cancel convention center deal negotiations - South Florida Business Journal: Newly elected Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine is asking the city commission to scrap negotiations with South Beach ACE for the redevelopment of the Miami Beach Convention Center and essentially hit the “reset” button on a process that’s gone on for two years....

Year in Review: Vote creates uncertainty for Miami Beach convention center - South Florida Business Journal: "... According to a November story in the Miami Herald: “Four political newbies joined the seven-member commission at a transformative moment in the Beach’s history. The city is under new administrative leadership, and repairing its image after a string of embarrassing public corruption arrests. A billion-dollar project to redevelop 52 acres of city land in the convention center district also hangs in the balance.”

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