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Coral Gables residents press commission over potential development behind Santander Avenue; commissioners vow 45‑foot cap
Summary
Homeowner Javier San Juan told the City Commission he and neighbors fear the recent sale of three lots on Malaga Avenue could enable a high‑rise next to their two‑story duplexes. Commissioners and staff said current code limits that block to 45 feet and pledged not to support higher rezoning without neighborhood notice.
Javier San Juan, a Santander Avenue homeowner, told the Coral Gables City Commission on Feb. 24 that three recently purchased lots on nearby Malaga Avenue raise the real prospect of a high‑rise development looming “just a few feet” from his back yard and those of five neighboring duplex owners.
San Juan said the properties at 303, 310 and 318 Malaga were acquired by a developer and that neighbors feared a condominium or seven‑story project like a nearby Alexan Crafts building could be built without adequate notice. “If such a high rise…
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