Mercy condos
There is an interesting article in today's Herald about the Mercy condos. The headline is sort of misleading, making it sound like a done deal. But it does go on about Mercy's selfish plans and how the homeowners' groups in the nearby Natoma Manors and Bay Heights subdivisions have sold out their pride and souls for cash.
You can see the whole story here.
You can see the whole story here.
posted by Tom Falco at 9:59 AM
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The request to rezone the Mercy site is all about greed. Rezone the first 4-7 acres and then they will come back asking to rezone more... Proposed new towers will add 1,400 new trips a day. Those $10 Mil condos will be being "renovated" permanantly. That means armies of workers laying tile, doing plumbing, dry wall, etc etc. I hope Sarnoff remembers his campaign pledge. Quality of life, for current residents.
Mercy Hospital Incompetence Must Not Be Rewarded
Mercy Hospital is using the justification for selling their property to a developer because they say they need the money for improvement.
If Mercy is not already self sufficient after all these years in business as a not-for-profit without paying taxes, what makes them think that a few million bucks will make a difference. Eventually they will spend that money as well and have to sell more property.
Mercy Hospital must not be permitted to impose upon the neighborhoods quality of life just to help them raise funds since they are unable to properly manage their own business and budget for improvement.
Incompetence must not be rewarded, especially at our expense.
I have been reminded that Mercy does not need justification to sell their property - they own it and do not need to ask anyone's permission to sell it. That Mercy is smart to use this $96 million dollars to improve their facilities so that they do not have to pay a massive amount of interest on construction loan. That many of the surrounding neighbors want this project built.
So, why are we not heading the advice of the Planning and Zoning Boards that are against this project?
I suspect the Grove Village Council and many others including me are also not in favor of this project.
Miami has a glut of new condos (more then Manhattan) and it will take many years to absorbed them all.
This glut is going to affect all of our property values, traffic, sewage and quality of life.
I don’t think we need to build any more units for a long time, which will just continue to contribute to the glut.
I heard that the Mercy project developers are compensating some of the neighborhood groups with funds for the inconvenience that they will be going through.
That sounds a little like a pay-off.
Our community does not need any more condos. We don’t want to reward Mercy Hospital for its poor management and greed. What we want are three of the five Miami City Commissioners to step up to the plate and vote down this Mercy project. We need our commissioners to fight for the rights of its citizens and quality of life.
I believe the record shows that Sarnoff voted FOR this project as chair of the Village Council. Hmmm.
Everyone knows that Marc Sarnoff never voted for the Mercy project. Marc was the non-voting chairman when the CGVC voted prematurely on the Mercy item. At the time of the vote much information was not disclosed. Later Marc Sarnoff and another CGVC member asked to get the discussion reopened to allow the new information to be brought to light. Since that time many months ago new information has come to light. S. Bayshore traffic has gotten worse, Miami has a severe over supply of condos and it turns out the Mercy project would spew out so much traffic that S. Bayshore would resemble a parking lot. New condos belong downtown. Let the Grove remain quaint.
Imagine 200 school children living in high rises at Mercy Hospital. Now imagine driving on S. Bayshore late for a meeting and getting stuck behind a school bus?
Contact your local politicans...
Which homeowners specifically are taking money from Related not to protest? How much are they being paid?
Doesn't the City of Miami have a policy to protect single family neighborhoods?
I believe protecting and preserving single family neighborhoods is a cornerstone of Miami 21. It is on the Miami 21 website.
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