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Aventura nearing incentives for LEED buildings

The City of Aventura moved a step closer Sept. 1 to adopting a program that would provide incentives for developers who build LEED-certified buildings in the City of Excellence.
But agreement didn’t come easily on first reading of a system of administrative variances and increased floor area ratios.
While Commissioner Zev Auerbach and Mayor Susan Gottlieb agreed [...]

Despite tax loss, Aventura holds line on millage rate

A $1.5 billion dip in property tax values will cost the City of Aventura about $2.4 million in tax revenue next year, but residents will be spared an increase in the city tax rate.
 
The City Commission approved a 2010 millage rate of 1.7261 — the same rate as last year — at its July 16 [...]