Critics and boosters of a controversial mixed-use project on Miami’s Watson Island found little common ground during a panel discussion on the development.
Front and center Wednesday in the event put together by Miami activist group Urban Environment League was Island Gardens, a proposed development with 221,000 square feet of retail space, 346,000 square feet of leisure space, 450 hotel rooms in two towers, 155 time-share condos, a mega-yacht marina and parking for 1,610 vehicles on waterfront land owned by the city. Preliminary work has started on the marina.
