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Miami Beach commission to discuss hotel at convention site

Miami Beach Convention Center
Miami Beach Convention Center

The Miami Beach City Commission is discussing plans to bring a hotel to the convention center and a trolley system for mid-Beach.

With the Miami Beach Convention Center set to receive a $500 million renovation, commissioners have long considered putting a hotel at the corner of 17th Street and Convention Center Drive, behind the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater, to attract bigger conventions, according to the Miami Herald.

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But leasing the site to a private developer will require a referendum with 60 percent voter approval.

The city would also have to approve ballot language, select a developer and negotiate a lease with that developer by Sept. 4, 2015, according to the newspaper. [Miami Herald] – Christopher Cameron

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