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As Florida's population has rapidly increased over the years, demand for housing has reached an all-time high and the supply of affordable housing has not kept up.
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.
An upscale shopping center in one of South Florida’s most upscale island communities could play home to workforce housing.
The Miami-based developer will make use of the Live Local Act.
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