Completion of a multiyear project transforming Kendall’s Town and Country Center into a contemporary look for shopping and dining has begun with the start of Phase Three of The Palms. Following demolition of the former location of Keiser University last fall, construction began in January to add 84,000 square feet to the upscale Mediterranean-themed shopping [...]
An entrepreneurial expert in computers and graphic design has begun the third year of successful online retail throughout the U.S. and abroad. “Our focus is on quality, not quantity,” emphasizes Elias S. Hayek of Fox Project whose Mini Spider flashlight is the newest item in the Fox Light family, consisting of tactical and diving flashlights [...]
Struggling at times to keep its hangar open, South Florida’s Wings Over Miami Air Museum is looking for sponsorships, from $200 to $5,000, for its Mar. 15 “Golf Classic” at Miccosukee Golf and Country Club in Kendale Lakes. “Because of the way our lease is structured with Miami-Dade County Aviation, events like this are critical [...]
Charting a new direction that translates the growth and economic progress of West Kendall into potential incorporation is paramount among the objectives of newly seated Miami- Dade District 11 Commissioner Juan C. Zapata. Zapata, addressing 140 members and guests of the Greater Kendall Business Association on Jan. 31, urged that “you, as leaders of the [...]
Kendall’s most influential community voice — the Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations (KFHA) — has organized a “grassroots” appeal of a U.S. Indian Bureau decision to place a Kendale Lakes golf course under the Miccosukee Indian Tribal Land Trust. Accompanied by protesting petitions of residents, Miami-Dade County filed a legal appeal on Jan. 24 claiming [...]
Determined to retain its recently approved trauma center, Kendall Regional Medical Center is rallying public and professional support in the face of a legal challenge from Jackson Health System, which operates the Ryder Trauma Center. In a competitive climate to maintain revenue streams, Jackson Health filed two petitions with the State of Florida in early [...]
A two-year “Roll Back Tolls” drive against the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) has gained official backing of the Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations (KFHA) following a board of governors vote on Jan. 17. A two-part resolution signed by Michael Rosenberg, KFHA president, asks that planned MDX toll increases on MDX operated roadways be “placed on [...]
Accompanied by petitions bearing 1,351 signatures of protesting West Kendall residents, Miami-Dade County has appealed the federal government’s placing Miccosukee Golf and Country Club in Kendale Lakes under control of the Miccosukee Tribe of Florida. A drive started on Jan. 5 by Kendale Lakes resident Aster Mohamed and Winston Park HOA president Miles Moss produced [...]
Stressing both economic and tourist importance to Miami-Dade County, Commissioner Javier Souto announced $8.7 million in improvements to Tropical Park to include the new Ronald Reagan Equestrian Center as well as a Cultural and Arts Center. The enhancement plan provides a fitting complement to the modernization of Bird Road at the Palmetto Expressway, Souto said, [...]
A$3 million Sunset Dr. improvement project west of SW 87th Avenue, which began Jan. 3, continues the upgrading of an approximate five-mile stretch named for environmentalist and author Marjory Stoneman Douglas. It also means the Florida Department of Transportation will have spent or scheduled $5.5 million to improve the roadway over two years, including a [...]
Kendale Lakes residents have mounted a petition drive supporting the Miami- Dade County appeal of a Bureau of Indian Affairs decision designating the Miccosukee Golf and Country Club as a tribal land trust. Petitions began circulating throughout West Kendall after community activists became aware the county attorney is appealing regulatory control of the 229- acre [...]
The newest attraction at The Palms has debuted “take-in” dining along with beer from just about everywhere. While introducing a suds-loving throng to 500 choices of bottled beer — and 50 on tap —The World of Beer also opened its doors to a “take-out/take-in” dining style that kept its inaugural crowd well fed on Dec. [...]
With NFL Hall of Fame Coach Don Shula and family welcoming guests, press and television cameras at the door, Miami- Dade’s first Shula Burger officially opened on Jan. 15 at Kendall’s Market Square Shopping Center. Joining Shula were his wife, Mary Anne, and son, David, both of whom assist in directing the newest restaurant group [...]
New land use designation that would allow mixed residential housing of up to 611 units along with a small shopping center is being sought by Lucky Start Ltd. for an undeveloped 52-acre tract in the Hammocks community of West Kendall. The property is divided by SW 151st Court, a gently curving boulevard connecting SW 120th [...]
