Rendering of a new Publix supermarket building with pedestrians, landscaping, and street view.
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Publix changes approved with $1.4 million for preservation as flood rules drive redesign

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Plans to build a new Publix Supermarket at the current site of the store across from City Hall along LeJeune Road, between Andalusia and Valencia…

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Editorial illustration of an unsigned mail ballot envelope on a wood surface with a pen beside it, showing an empty red signature box.
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EDITORIAL: The ballots are out. Now they must be returned.

By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board Coral Gables has placed eight charter questions before its voters in the city’s first all-mail referendum. The ballots have been sent. More than…

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Calendar page for April 2026 with Tuesday, April 21 circled in red to mark the scheduled Coral Gables referendum.
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Ballot returns surge past 6,500 as final week begins in Coral Gables referendum

By Coral Gables Gazette staff With one week remaining before the April 21 deadline, Coral Gables voters have returned 6,536 ballots in the city’s first all-mail special election — more…

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Pet waste station sign in a grassy park area with a person walking a dog in the background.
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Coral Gables asks court to dismiss dog park lawsuit

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit that could block a proposed dog park across the street from the Coral Gables…

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A small single-story house with a sloped roof, light-colored exterior, blue shutters, and a front yard with trimmed hedges and grass.
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Code Enforcement Board to hear demolition-by-neglect case against historic Florida Avenue property

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables Code Enforcement Board convenes Wednesday, April 15 at 8:30 a.m. with its most consequential historic preservation case in recent memory at the…

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Headshots of Jesse Manzano, principal of Berthier Group, left, and Jorge Bustamante, principal of Big Tuesday Media, right, both of whom received payments from Coral Gables First in the first quarter of 2026.
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PAC tied to Lago spent $34,000 while raising $10 ahead of referendum

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A political committee associated with Mayor Vince Lago raised just $10 in the first quarter of 2026 while spending more than $34,000 on consultants as…

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Aerial rendering of The Mark, a proposed mixed-use development in Coral Gables along South Dixie Highway, showing a large multi-story residential complex with rooftop amenities adjacent to the University Metrorail station.
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Overlay vote and The Mark project top April 14 agenda as commission revisits golf policy

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables City Commission will take up a series of interrelated land-use decisions on Tuesday, April 14 that together will define the next phase…

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A four-image collage of commercial properties along Coral Gables' Miracle Mile and surrounding streets. Top left: A row of ground-floor retail storefronts with awnings along a pedestrian-friendly street lined with mature trees and decorative paving. Top right: A modern retail strip featuring the Moletas restaurant at 257, with outdoor dining under red umbrellas and pedestrians on the sidewalk. Bottom left: A contemporary single-story commercial building with a Polestar showroom and an adjacent storefront with a purple awning, framed by a large shade tree and parked cars along the street. Bottom right: The intersection of Miracle Mile and Ponce de León Boulevard, featuring a yellow Mediterranean-style commercial building with outdoor café seating, palm trees, and a Canadian flag visible on an upper-floor balcony.
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Nearly 100,000 square feet leased on Miracle Mile as Coral Gables draws new wave of tenants

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Terranova Corporation, the largest landlord on Coral Gables’ Miracle Mile, has executed 17 new leases and one expansion totaling 96,791 square feet and more than…

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Mayor Vince Lago stands at left holding a microphone and gesturing toward the audience inside the bay of Firehouse 4 on Sunset Drive. A large projection screen behind him displays a live Zoom feed of meeting participants joining remotely. City Manager Peter Iglesias stands at right in a gray suit, hands clasped, observing. Residents seated in red chairs face the presenters with their backs to the camera. The garage bay door is open behind the officials, with a vehicle and evening light visible outside. A projector sits on a small table in the center of the room.
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Coral Gables meeting exposes sharp divide over control of development near Metrorail

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A community meeting convened to discuss additions to an overlay zoning district the City of Coral Gables is proposing to counteract the county’s Rapid Transit…

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Aerial photograph of the 1250 South Dixie Highway site in Coral Gables, looking southeast. A red rectangle outlined in the center of the image marks the subject alley — a 45-foot wide strip of land running through a surface parking lot adjacent to the University Shopping Center on Madruga Avenue. A white arrow labeled "SUBJECT" points to the outlined area. US-1 runs diagonally through the lower portion of the image. The elevated Metrorail University Station platform is visible along the right side of the frame, with track running parallel to US-1. The UM Gables One Tower and The Paseo are visible in the upper right. Mariposa Court is labeled at lower left.Sonnet 4.6
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EDITORIAL: The alley at 1250 South Dixie

By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board Earlier this week, we argued that the discussion at Tuesday’s Sunshine Neighborhood Meeting on the University Station Rapid Transit Overlay District and the…

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