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The approvals include second-reading Land Development Regulation and comprehensive-plan amendments and a development agreement that require the developer to acquire the hostel property, relocate its residents outside the city, demolish the structure and provide public benefits that the commission and administration said are intended to address public-safety and neighborhood impacts.

Why it matters: The site is an active flashpoint in Sunset Harbor and West Avenue neighborhoods; residents and business owners told the commission the hostel and nearby activity have harmed safety, property values and commerce. The redevelopment resolves a long-vacant, blighted parcel but will also terminate an existing condominium association at 1250 West (Bay Garden Manor) and requires buyouts or state-sanctioned termination of remaining unit owners.

Key details and conditions
- Purchase and relocation: The development agreement requires the purchaser to buy the Bikini Hostel parcel and relocate the people living there outside the city of Miami Beach. The developer and city agreed that if the final purchase price disclosed after closing is less than $20 million, the developer will pay the city the difference to bring the public proceeds to $20 million. The agreement establishes deadlines for closing and demolition.
- BayWalk and public improvements: The developer must design, permit and build stretches of the BayWalk and related public access. If certain easements, permits and contracts cannot be obtained, the agreement requires either construction to at least 25% complete (measured by payments on a construction contract) or a city‑acceptable letter of credit before a temporary certificate of occupancy is issued for the private project. Administration estimated the BayWalk/public-access benefit at roughly $25 million across several segments.
- Tenant and homeowner assistance: The agreement codifies relocation/assistance payments for residents displaced by the redevelopment; commissioners successfully pressed the developer to increase tenant relocation assistance to seven months in certain tiers. The developer told the commission it intends to pursue condominium termination under state law for remaining holdouts and to negotiate with those owners.
- Protections and process: The city attorney and staff said their legal review supports proceeding under current state law; the agreement includes project setbacks, a below‑grade parking requirement, limits on restaurant size and hours in the pedestal, and a prohibition on certain entertainment uses at the site.

What commissioners and neighbors said
Supporters, including many owners and tenants of adjacent buildings, argued the project will remove a blighted site and fund long‑delayed public benefits. James Julius, a nearby business owner, told the commission that his family “feels unsafe to walk our baby in our own neighborhood” and urged commissioners to approve the redevelopment.

Opponents and some advocates pressed for stronger guarantees for the condominium unit owners who have not sold and for transparency on the sales process. Commissioner concerns focused on protecting holdout homeowners from predatory assessments or sharply increased maintenance fees if a developer-controlled board were to impose large assessments; after discussion the developer agreed to contract terms intended to raise the purchase price for remaining owners above the appraised value (the commission asked administration and the developer to include protections in the development agreement).

Implementation steps and outstanding items
City staff said the developer will have defined timeframes to submit permit applications and achieve construction milestones, and the development agreement contains security mechanisms (letters of credit, bonds, escrow provisions) tied to delivery of public benefits. Administration said some points remain to be finalized in the agreement language, but staff recommended proceeding with the legislative approvals.

Votes and next steps
The commission voted to adopt the required ordinances and the development agreement for the 1250 West Avenue site at second reading (itemized as the comprehensive-plan amendment, LDR amendment and related development agreement). The record of the roll call vote and specific tallies were not read into the transcript in full; the commission and staff said the items passed on second reading and the development agreement was authorized, with the city capturing commitments described above. Implementation now depends on the developer meeting deadlines and delivering the escrow/letter-of-credit security required before any temporary occupancy is granted.

The redevelopment will proceed through subsequent permitting and administrative review; the development agreement requires periodic reporting to the city on permitting and construction progress.

Ending: The commission framed the action as an attempt to remove an ongoing neighborhood nuisance and deliver public amenities by using a public‑private agreement to acquire a troubled site and fund BayWalk and tenant‑relocation measures. The items approved will now move into permitting and implementation steps the agreement prescribes.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Special City Commission Meeting 6.27.2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Miami Beach City Commission on June 27 approved a package of land‑use changes and a development agreement that clears the way for redevelopment at 1250 West Avenue, including a developer‑funded purchase and demolition of the Bikini Hostel and conditions tying temporary and permanent certificates of occupancy to BayWalk construction and other public benefits.","taxTitle","Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida","taxId",2893,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6183581,"Commission approves Deauville redevelopment, requires partial reconstruction of Deauville pedestal and new public amenities",7827,11400000,19227000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5096446-6b94a2d400daa906bae131da7413e777&start=11400&end=19227","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5096446-6b94a2d400daa906bae131da7413e777/thumbnail_11400000.jpg","/articles/6183581/Miami-Beach/Miami-Dade-County/Florida/Commission-approves-Deauville-redevelopment-requires-partial-reconstruction-of-Deauville-pedestal-and-new-public-amenities","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6183581-965664c1e2d264551eebfad9ddd3c72c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770401343&Signature=K9kYD9BfdFz7eEH6ArFmGhgv2-ldcpYLYLsUuypF76KYVFfNqT9D8s-ZJPwKxrnx5ahAEKaRQ3fzt1aKth~dKQN0mORcGa~JQDIkTXzibqmCRo89I1s2G~n4LX7deg8VSS3VqNRzl0p6AhIRkQtLQ6Varocw31Ovxg8hWzsQ9F6OP9TWuKFaPUeURTtfHhJ2A~2h~OSmgDm43vhtRzwGJufcEfJ940b5r0mPdCKC-LvYwWhJXzqRBzeY6dqg7VaFqNzHI9xjgFXQy5n1oPFAG3eI2vXxcm~iiKevozjhzE~eO1PX9lV4OZSrdr9n9LIL4dBiCHLnhs46E1VVOUP0Cg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Miami Beach City Commission on June 27 approved a set of ordinances and a development agreement to redevelop the historic Deauville site in North Beach, authorizing a plan that lowers previously proposed tower heights to 300 feet, reduces the number of towers to two and requires a substantial reconstruction of the Deauville pedestal.

The project as approved includes proffered public benefits and capital contributions: a reconstructed and publicly accessible Deauville pedestal, two public beach‑access corridors (including an elevated north access), a temporary public park on the site prior to major construction, a 4,000‑square‑foot Center for Miami Modern Architecture and Resilience open to the public, a minimum set‑aside of public parking (about 150 spaces in the garage), contributions for park improvements and a $7.5 million cultural/affordable‑housing allocation identified for Byron Carlisle or other city priorities.

Why it matters: The Deauville site is a prominent North Beach property that has been vacant and blighted for years. The development agreement ties large private construction to specific public benefits and a partial architectural replication of a mid‑century hotel that many residents identified as culturally important. The pedestal reconstruction is expensive; the developer estimated hard, soft and financing costs for the pedestal reconstruction in the hundreds of millions.

Major elements approved
- Design and scale: The commission approved a project with two towers (northern and southern), capped at a maximum height of 300 feet, with an overall limit of 200 residential units and 140 hotel keys (a minimum of roughly 90–125,000 square feet of hotel area and up to about 625,000–660,000 square feet of residential tower area were discussed in staff presentations). The developer reinterpreted the Deauville tower and proposed to substantially reconstruct the pedestal (the publicly visible ground‑level portions and historic rooms), which staff estimated would cost roughly $215 million to replicate the pedestal component.
- Public benefits: The agreement requires new public beach access corridors, a temporary public open space prior to construction, a publicly accessible reconstructed lobby and the Miami Modern Architecture center, as well as contributions to local parks (triangle pocket park, Parkview entrance and Allison Park dog‑park improvements), a sewer/stormwater infrastructure study, and a planned public‑access parking component.
- Financial and timeline items: The developer agreed to pay outstanding fines previously assessed on the site; staff confirmed receipt of the fines into city accounts. The DA also included market and traffic analyses presented to the commission; staff and the developer said the revised design offered lower sellable residential floor area than earlier conceptual proposals and that setbacks and subterranean parking requirements reduced net saleable space compared with earlier iterations.

What supporters and critics said
Supporters said the project will revive a long‑vacant property, restore a much‑missed element of North Beach’s architectural fabric and provide public access and cultural programming. Eduardo Ruiz of Foster and Partners, the project's design architect, said the team sought to “capture the essence of what the building used to be, but in a way that is clearly contemporary.”

Opponents raised two overarching objections: that the developer would profit substantially from bonus FAR in exchange for a partial replication that some described as limited, and that the city risked rewarding demolition‑by‑neglect. Several commissioners pressed the developer to lower tower height, reduce density and maximize enforceable public benefits; the developer revised the plan to reduce height to 300 feet and to reallocate hotel/residential mix.

Vote and legal notes
The commission approved the comprehensive‑plan and Land Development Regulation amendments and the development agreement (items R5C, R5D, R7B and an amendment to the Deauville settlement agreement) by roll call, 6–0; Vice Mayor Suarez was absent for the vote. City staff noted that certain bonus FAR provisions are conditioned on a finding by the Historic Preservation Board that the reconstruction meets the “substantial reconstruction” standard set in the DA and the LDR amendments.

Ending: The approved package sets a path to restore a prominent North Beach property and deliver several public amenities, but it also commits the city to monitoring a multi‑year construction program and ensuring the developer meets the DA’s delivery, reporting and security provisions.","The commission approved second-reading land‑use changes and a development agreement that reduce tower heights, limit unit counts and require partial reconstruction of the Deauville pedestal plus public benefits including a 4,000‑square‑foot Miami Modern architecture center, public beach access and up to 150 public parking spaces.","actionData","errors"]

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