Miami swaps 'taking' of riverside land for Little Havana property instead - Political Cortadito

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Miami swaps 'taking' of riverside land for Little Havana property instead - Political Cortadito

Miami commissioners on Thursday abandoned a plan to take someone’s riverside property through eminent domain proceedings and, instead, purchase another property in Little Havana owned by the same man. Instead of a park along the Miami River, the city will use the vacant land between 8th and 7th streets at 14th Avenue to build affordable housing. Arturo Ortega didn’t want to sell his waterfront property in what’s becoming a fast-rising hot spot a…