Airport City at Miami International Airport

langbro · Jan 19, 2012

http://www.airportcity-mia.com/

langbro · Jan 19, 2012

Rumor is that the Aiport Director will announce the details of this project at State Of The Ports in mid-February.

bigswinging · Feb 9, 2012

State of the ports is coming up on Wednesday. Let's see what happens
http://www.worldtrade.org/State-of-the-Ports/2012/Invitation.html

sandman · Mar 15, 2012

Looks like Cuban exile politics will kill the project:

Posted on Wed, Mar. 14, 2012
New Florida law prohibits government hiring of companies with Cuba ties

Patricia Mazzei and Martha Brannigan
The Miami Herald

Delving into Miami-Dade’s tricky exile politics, Florida lawmakers passed sweeping but little-noticed legislation this session prohibiting local governments from hiring companies that do business with Cuba.

The law appears to target one of the county’s largest contractors: Odebrecht USA, the Coral Gables-based subsidiary of the giant Brazilian conglomerate. The parent company’s Cuban affiliate is participating in a major expansion at the Port of Mariel.

The company already faces opposition from some Miami-Dade commissioners who have signaled they are unlikely to give the Brazilian giant more county work.

Odebrecht has been negotiating more than a year with county aviation officials on a deal to build the proposed Airport City, a massive, $700-million complex including two hotels plus office and retail space on airport grounds. The company envisions a public-private investment in which it would build and operate the facility and pay the airport a share.

The plan, now under Federal Aviation Administration review, would ultimately have to win commission approval.

Last June, when Commission Chairman Joe Martinez asked County Attorney Robert Cuevas for options on contracts with Odebrecht, Cuevas wrote that “state and local governments cannot generally take action’’ on foreign trade matters already subject to federal law.

Nevertheless, when aviation director Jose Abreu mentioned the Airport City project while addressing the commission last month, Martinez told Abreu not to waste his time, indicating the proposal would not move forward because of the firm’s ties to Cuba. In particular, Martinez mentioned Odebrecht’s sugar venture.

There is other dais opposition. Commissioner Javier Souto, a Bay of Pigs veteran, said Tuesday that it would be “horrible” if the commission voted for the Airport City project.

sandman · Apr 27, 2012

Florida Governor Rick Scott announced today on Radio Mambí that he will sign HB959, banning governments from contracting firms with business ties to Cuba.

This law will probably end plans for Airport City at MIA, since it is being proposed by Odebrecht which does work in Cuba.

Afi K. James · Apr 27, 2012

Nice.

Sean · Jun 25, 2012

So this thing's dead?

sandman · Jun 26, 2012

Probably.

There is almost no chance that the County would approve this now that they have discovered Odebrecht's work in Cuba.

There were other companies interested in building this project when it was originally bid out, but that would mean starting over from scratch - it took years of planning to get to this point.

yellows2k · Feb 12, 2013

MIA director to unveil Airport City project at annual speech

Director José Abreu, who is retiring next month, will make a pitch to build hotels, offices and shopping around Miami International Airport as part of a public-private development that has been in the works for several years.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/12/v-fullstory/3230820/mia-director-to-unveil-airport.html

Chrismiran · Feb 12, 2013

This project sounds nice, but i think they should priotirize the centrL terminal redevelopment first. That terminal is approaching 60 years old, and the airport hotel is such an eyesore. Once they do that, then MIA would be complete.

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