After months of delays, County Mayor Carlos Gimenez said Wednesday that plans to rebuild the Pork and Beans housing project in Liberty City are on the fast track to a county commission vote.
Last week, after Gimenez whittled six competing developers down to two, Atlantic Pacific Communities and Related Urban Development Group submitted their final proposals for a roughly $250-million redevelopment of Liberty Square and the former Lincoln Gardens project in Brownsville. Their plans — which have substantial differences from their originals — are to be vetted and scored by a selection committee Feb. 18.
Gimenez remained firm Wednesday that he expects to recommend a developer to the board of county commissioners by the end of the month.
“That project has needed to be redeveloped for a long, long time,” he said following a meeting with the Miami Herald editorial board.