Neca Logan News Today

Bal Harbour Village Council could block housing developments that include separate entrances for rich and working-class renters.

Three years after local voters roundly rejected a bid by Bal Harbour Shops to expand by building upwards, the luxury mall’s owners are turning the tables on their nay-saying neighbors. They now plan to put up a tower billed as workforce housing alongside its posh designer shops by using Florida’s controversial new Live Local Act to get around objections by voters and elected officials.