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Home My WebLink AboutArticle1 Tab O Phased Project RequestWE IS S SE ROTA HE LF1silAisT PASTORIZA GUEDES COLE & BONISKE, RA. MITCHELL A. BIERMAN NINA L. SOMBRE, MITCHELL J. BURNSTEIN JAMIE ALAN COLE EDWARD G. GUEDES STEPHEN J. HELFMAN HARRIET R. LEWIS GILBERTO PASTORIZA GARY I. RESNICK jOSEPH H. SEROTA NANCY E. STROUD RICHARD JAY VVEISS DAVID M WOLP N STEVEN W. ZELKOWITZ THOMAS J. ANSEIRO* LILLIAN ARANGO DE LA HOZ* JAMES E. BAKER ALISON S. BIELER MICHELLE BUCKALEW ELAINE M. COHEN VIA HAND DELIVERY ATTORNEYS AT LAW M IAM I-DADE OFFICE 2665 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE SUITE 420 MIAMI, FLORIDA 33133 TELEPHONE 305-854-0800 TELECOP1ER 305-954-2323 WWW.WS H - LAW. C 0 M BROWARD OFFICE 3109 STIRLING ROAD • SUITE 300 FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33312 TELEPHONE 954-763-4242 • TELECOPIER 954-764-7770 Ms, Ana Gelabert-Sanchez City of Miami Department of Planning & Developmen 444 S.W. 2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor Miami, Florida 33130 Re: Request for Phased Project Dear Ms. Gelabert-Sanchez: *OF COUNSEL June 6, 2005 JORGE L. CRUZ-BUSTILLO VIVIAN DE LAS CUEVAS-DIAZ STEPHANIE DEUTSCH* DOUGLAS R. GONZALES TARA L. GOULD GREGORY A. HAILE JOHN J. KENDRICK, 11 PETER A. LICHTMAN KARIEN LIEBERMAN* MATTHEW H. MANDEL MICHAEL J. MARRERO ALEXANDER L. PALENZIUELA-MAURI MICHAEL S. POPOK* JOHN J. QUICK ANTHONY L. RECIO SCOTT A. ROBIN ANDREW E. SUSS GAIL D. SEROTA* JEFFREY P. SHEFFEL JOSE S. TALAVERA SUSAN L. TREVARTHEN* JAMES E. WHITE Our firm represents Miami Retail Partners, LLC ("MRP") and Brickell CitiCentre, LLC ("Brickell"). MRP is the owner of the property and Brickell is the contract purchaser of the property which is the subject of an application for a substantial modification and bifurcation of a Major Use Special Permit which accompanies this request. The following information is provided in support of this request. Section 2502 of the City's Zoning Ordinance 11000 defines phase project s follows: "A phased project is one which, due to its magnitude, has to be developed in stages. Such project shall contain a minimum of three (3) acres of land. Any project which meets such requisite shall establish the maximum development capacity for the subject property. At the time of the qualification by the director of the planning, building, and zoning department, as required below, such projects shall be owned by a single entity or subsidiaries of one (1) entity and may occupy contiguous lands, separated only be streets or alleys, and will be considered as one (1) project for the purpose of calculating all zoning requirements. Individual Ms. Ana Gelabert-Sanchez June 6, 2005 Page 2 phases of such projects which reach the MTJSP thresholds as established in Article 17 shall also comply with all the conditions contained in section 1701(11)." A phased project must be qualified by the director of the planning, building, and zoning department, at the written request of the property owner(s). The recipient of this qualification shall be responsible for the distribution of development rights within the boundaries of the subject property, subject to the limitations of this Zoning Ordinance." The property in question is bound on the north by 7th Street on the east by the Rapid Transit right-of-way, on the south by 8th Street, and on the west by a line approximately 100 feet east of SW lst Avenue. The Property is bisected by South Miami Avenue and contains 5.6 acres. The proposed mixed -use project (the "Project") consists of 'various buildings providing 2,424 dwelling units, 87,438 square feet of retail, 133,721 square feet of office, and 2,808 accessory parking spaces (the "Project"). Brickell intends to develop the Project in phases. The Project will be developed as one unified site. Even though South Miami Avenue bisects the Property, the various phases will be treated as one site with a consistent ound level articu1atioi streetscape and similar landscaping throughout. We believe that for the reasons stated in this letter, the Project meets the City's requirements for a phased project and accordingly request that you approve the Project as a phased project. We look forward to your approval of this request. Please do not hesitate to call me if you have any questions or require additional information. GP/ms 1071002 WEISS SEROTA HELFMAN PASTORIZA GtTEDES COLE & BONISKE, P.A.