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When e-commerce surged during the early months of the pandemic, Amazon (AMZN) went on a shopping spree of its own. Case in point: It purchased a 76-acre site on the outskirts of Miami to build the company’s largest distribution center in South Florida. With demand for online shopping faltering, the tech giant wants to keep the warehouse closed for another year, despite having spent $129 million to build it.
A new policy brief seeks to rebut claims that it would limit new supply, pointing to housing production in cities that have similar protections in place.
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Taylor Borden/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Residents and local reporter Julia Echikson say the Trump family is laying low in Florida. Don Jr. is moving into a $9.7 million mansion in Admirals Cove while Tiffany house hunts in Miami. Angry neighbors in Palm Beach are resigned to seeing Donald Trump for at least half the year. When Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend, former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, made an o...
POLITICO Get the Florida Playbook Newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Ocean Conservancy Good Friday morning. The daily rundown — Between Wednesday and Thursday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 12,873 (0.8 percent), to 1,613,884; active hospitalizations decreased by 123 (1.7 ...