Tuesday, August 18, 2026

POLL: What should the Coral Gables City Commission do with the University of Miami’s proposed 30-year development agreement?

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Photograph of the University of Miami campus entrance sign overlaid with six labeled panels. Under the heading "What the university would receive": hospital use, up to 100 beds permitted in the Multi-Use Zone with no conditional-use vote; enrollment, 17,500 becomes a mitigation threshold rather than a cap; development intensity, the 6.8 million square foot cap gives way to a floor area ratio of 1.0; and parking, certain city spaces and their revenue shift to the university. Under the heading "What the city would receive": a park of 5.52 acres conveyed only if the city approves everything on terms the university accepts, and a payment of $1,025,000 in the first year rising 4 percent annually for 30 years.
Under the University of Miami’s proposed campus agreement, the university would gain hospital-use authority, greater development flexibility and certain parking rights, while the city would receive annual payments and 5.52 acres of parkland—subject to approval on terms acceptable to UM. (Gazette illustration, Photo by Shutterstock).

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