Redevelopment Agency (RDA)

From 1973 through 1983, the Miami Beach RDA operated as an independent authority with a Board of Commissioners. In 1976, the South Shore Community Revitalization Area was designated. This district encompasses the area South of 6 Street, which is now known as South Pointe.

In 1983, the RDA was reorganized and incorporated into the City of Miami Beach administrative structure. The City Commission serves as the Redevelopment Agency Board and the City Manager serves as its Executive Director.

In 1993, the City designated a second CRA. Commonly known as City Center, the Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area encompasses the area bounded by 24 Street on the North, West Avenue on the West, 14 Lane on the South, and the Atlantic Ocean on the East. This area contains the Convention Center, Lincoln Road, the Loews Miami Beach Hotel, the Royal Palm Crowne Plaza Resort Hotel and the Collins Park Cultural Center.

The 332-acre City Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area was established in 1993, primarily with the objective of providing the funding mechanism to foster the development of new convention hotel development within proximity of the Miami Beach Convention Center, and to establish the necessary linkages between the City’s many core area civic, cultural and entertainment uses in order to create the fabric of a true urban downtown.