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Aventura approves green building incentives

Aventura placed a carrot in front of developers Oct. 6 when the City Commission adopted a voluntary green building program that extends expedited review process and potential increases in lot coverage and floor area ratio for Gold and Platinum LEED certified buildings.
The final language was tweaked to replace a proposed 25 percent cap on the [...]

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 [...]