The UDRB recommended approval of the original project, with conditions.
Two existing conference buildings were to be incorporated into the new construction, and an existing parking garage was to be demolished. The original plan called for an 11-story hotel with up to 300 guest rooms, and a garage for 783 vehicles, topped by green space, landscaping and civic space.
In 2020, ESJ requested approvals for a hotel and garage as a Special Area Plan, or SAP, under Miami 21 zoning. In August 2018, city voters approved the Jungle Island hotel off the MacArthur Causeway. Authorization to build the hotel had to go to referendum. The park features new elevated nature treks, zip lines and more.Ī major planned expansion is the construction of a hotel, along with several associated uses. The park reopened following a series of renovations after damages by Hurricane Irma. The lease and a development agreement with ESJ is for Jungle Island. The City of Miami owns the island and leases about 19 acres to ESJ JI Leasehold LLC. Jungle Island, formerly Parrot Jungle, was a zoological park relaunched as an eco-adventure park on Watson Island. “That’s what’s going to be seen 100% of the time,” he said. The board makes recommendations to the city’s planning director.īoard members expressed several concerns with the new designs, in particular the size and look of a proposed 7-story parking garage with 965 spaces topped by solar panels.Ĭhairman Ignacio Permuy criticized the height and the massing of the proposed parking garage and said it would be the main focal point for motorists using the MacArthur Causeway. The board voted 3 to 0 to deny the project as presented.
A redesigned 300-room themed hotel and parking garage for Jungle Island met with opposition from the City of Miami’s Urban Development Review Board (UDRB).
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