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• Collins Canal bike path should be complete by late April, city says

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  Stalled work on the Collins Canal seawall and bike path has resumed, and the project should be complete in late April, Belle Isle residents were told this week. Construction on the seawall and bike path was halted last fall after … Continue reading → [...]
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• The Standard plans renovation, construction of robotic parking structure

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  The Standard, the hip hotel and spa in the renovated Lido Spa on Belle Isle, is planning an ambitious reconstruction that includes rebuilding a wing of rooms and constructing a mechanical on-site parking structure. “The Standard is looking at an … Continue reading → [...]
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• Parttime Belle Isle resident wins case at Supreme Court

  Fane Lozman, former Marine, commodities trader and civic activist, won his case before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. He’s on the front page of The Miami Herald today. In a 7-2 decision, the Supremes decided the city of Riviera … Continue reading → [...]
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• Galbut unveils plans to 440-unit apartment-retail project to West Avenue Corridor residents

  The project that developer Russell Galbut wants to build to replace the crumbling South Shore Hospital building will house 440 rental apartments above 60,000-square feet of retail space with a swath of green space facing Fifth Street and underground parking … Continue reading → [...]
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• Toll delay: SunPass will come to the Venetian Causeway by 2014

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  A year ago, Mike Bauman, who heads Miami-Dade County’s Causeway Division, said the Venetian Causeway toll collection would be converted to SunPass by fall of 2012. This week, Belle Isle residents will learn why that hasn’t happened — along with … Continue reading → [...]
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• Galbut to present 600 Alton Road plans to West Avenue association

  The owners of South Shore Hospital, the gutted structure at the foot of the MacArthur Causeway that’s been an eyesore since Hurricane Wilma in October 2005, will present plans for a new development on the property at a community meeting … Continue reading → [...]
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• West Avenue neighborhood fights liquor license sought by Bikini Hostel

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  You may not know it, but there’s a youth hostel down the street on West Avenue with a name you might expect more for a soft-core movie than a lodging residence: Bikini Hostel. If it sounds a little scandalous, here’s … Continue reading → [...]
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• Hotel construction, road work, flooding and Sun Pass on Belle Isle residents agenda

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  Can robotic parking machines change how people feel about parking garages? Will a new pumping system, almost complete, keep Sunset Harbour dry the next time we have a full moon and high tide at the same time? When will the … Continue reading → [...]
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• Looking into 2013: What’s coming to Belle Isle, the Venetian islands, Sunset Harbour and West Avenue

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  As we cross into 2013, it’s a good time to recap the major neighborhood issues of 2012 and what to expect in 2013. In 2012, we survived the trauma of Venetian Causeway construction, frequent flooding in Sunset Harbour and and … Continue reading → [...]
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• Christmas present on Belle Isle: 9 Island pool reopens!

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  After 19 months of construction, the pool and deck at 9 Island Avenue reopened on Christmas Day. Surrounded by brand new white patio lounges and chairs, with blue cushions, the sparkling water was a huge hit with residents, who began … Continue reading → [...]
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