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Coral Gables commission defers appeal over demolition request at contributing Obispo Avenue home
Summary
The commission deferred action on an appeal of the Historic Preservation Board’s denial of a demolition certificate for 1258 Obispo Ave., after attorneys and staff disputed whether the owners proved undue economic hardship and whether the administrative record contained required appraisals and engineering reports.
Mayor and commissioners deferred a quasi‑judicial appeal over a request to demolish a contributing structure at 1258 Obispo Avenue, sending the matter back so parties can supplement the record.
Attorney Cesar Mestre, representing the owners, told the commission the house was bought in 2021 for $1,025,000 and is structurally compromised. “To repair it…would take $675,000, and the structure is appraised at about $25,000,” he said, urging a demolition certificate under the code’s undue economic hardship criteria. Mestre said…
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