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Developers won approval from a planning board this week, setting up a commission vote in June for a redesign that would forever change the look of the taxpayer-owned land.

The Marina Village at Bahia Mar is expected to debut by fall 2023 with a giant ferry stocked with eight high-end food vendors, three upscale bars and a suite of celebrity DJs.

Big cuts during pandemic helped turn the tide

Jimmy Tate and his partners did what others could not: Get Fort Lauderdale to sign over a $256 million prime piece of land for 100 years. And there’s no turning back now.

The Marine Industries of South Florida, owner of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, claims the company seeking to redevelop the Bahia Mar yachting resort misstated its support of a planned multi-million dollar makeover. In a lawsuit filed in Broward Circuit Court, the maritime organization, which uses the resort as a base of operations for its show, claims a gag provision in its lease with Rahm Bahia Mar LLC prevents it from stetting the record straight, an allegation the company denie...

The developers who hold the lease to the city-owned property at Bahia Mar write that their new plan for the city is "a win-win-win-win-win-win" for "the community, marine industry, Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, Fort Lauderdale residents, visitors and yes, us as the developers."