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Haitian community stakeholders including Marleine Bastien, executive director of Family Action Network Movement; Sandy Dorsainvil, managing director for the Little Haiti Cultural Complex; and Leonie M. Hermantin, of Concerned Leaders of Little Haiti, listen and react to remarks made during a news conference concerning development in Little Haiti.
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MIAMI – Miami Mayor Francis Suarez held a news conference on Monday to announce the investors behind the Magic City Innovation District paid $3 million to the city’s Little Haiti Revitalization Trust.
Neil Fairman, of Plaza Equity Partners, said it was the first payment in a $31 million commitment. Plaza Equity is working with Metro 1 and Dragon Global on the $1.36 billion redevelopment project.
“Gentrification is real, but it’s moments like this that remind us that we have to create a Miami that’s not only here forever, but that it’s here for everyone,” Suarez said.
The new 18-acre “campus-like” project is on the eastern side of Little Haiti. It will be built in phases to include 432 hotel rooms, 2,630 residential units, and commercial real estate. The construction of Magic City’s first residential tower is set to begin in 2022.
Little Haiti Receives Millions For Revitalization Projects
CBS Miami 3/1/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Miami
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The neighborhood of Little Haiti received millions of dollars Monday as part of an ongoing revitalization project.
At a news conference at Little Haiti’s giant “Magic” sign at NE 62nd Street and NE 2nd Avenue, Magic City Innovation District, a developer, handed the city a check for $3 million in hopes of further developing the community.
The money is just the start of efforts to push forward while preserving the neighborhood’s thriving culture as Little Haiti leaders are hoping to idle gentrification.
“Gentrification is real”, said Miami Mayor Frances Suarez. “It’s real”.