City of Miami to vote on $250 million Overtown development plan
A Miami anti-poverty agency is poised to turn over two city blocks in the blighted but historic heart of Overtown to a prominent developer, who promises to spend $250 million to build apartments, a hotel, shops, restaurants and music venues on the long-vacant land.
The Miami City Commission, sitting as the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency board, is set to vote Thursday on the bid by R. Donahue Peebles, whose Overtown Gateway plan scored the highest among three proposals submitted in response to an advertised request by the city.