Google sister company Sidewalk Labs has been hired by Moishe Mana to advise him on his Wynwood development.
Mana also responded to critics who question why his project has been so slow to move forward years after it was announced.
Sidewalk will begin exploratory work with an advisory role at Mana Wynwood, according to the Herald.
The company is a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet.
Its goal is to create innovation in urban development through the use of technology. The company hopes to find ways to improve transportation, reduce energy use, and reduce the cost of living.
Sidewalk cancelled plans last year for a project in Toronto that would have included heated sidewalks and an abundance of sensors and cameras to monitor activity. Activists had complained over privacy issues.
Mana has been saying he would be developing a project in Wynwood with millions of square feet for years, but has faced criticism for failing to move on those plans.
Now, he says he is going "full speed ahead" thanks to the election of President Biden.
Mana had previously blamed President Trump for slowing his Wynwood plans, claiming that foreign companies had lost interest in a trade hub due to the president.
But even though he is moving full speed ahead, Mana also told the paper that it’s "not worth rushing that process."
Miami doesn’t need "more mindless development and high-rise construction," he wrote in an email.
A deadline to bury power lines at Mana Wynwood as part of approval of the project has also been missed. However, Mana has avoided a fee of $7.2 million by saying that emergencies declared by the state over the Zika virus and the COVID pandemic delayed his plans.
Up to 10 million square feet of development is approved for Mana Wynwood with towers of up to 24 stories.
The Wynwood project will have international commerce during the day and entertainment uses on nights and weekends, Mana said.
Wow. Plans delayed because of Trump, Zika, Covid — amazing how all those other projects by other developers ever got done … Haha … Moishe, pack up the moving van and go, will ya?
If we get a tropical storm he will blame that as well.
Yeah, the storm is right now with the passing of voting supression bills in Repubican controlled states as a result Trump’s BIG LIE! TRUMP IS A SOAR LOOSER! HE LOST THE ELECTIONS! THEIR WAS NO VOTING FRAUD!!!!
there is no voter suppression stop with the TDS, and im black and yall leftist are using us as the face of this when it reality its making sure illegals aren’t voting.
First, learn to spell correctly. SORE not SOAR. THERE not THEIR. BUT, most importantly, keep the political BS out of this site. This is NOT the forum for that.
LEARN TO SPELL
Please Mana, leave Miami and stop stalling.
I agree! Sell everything and leave town now while your reputation is in the gutter and not yet in the sewer.
I’m not through buying up property here in Miami yet.
– Mana
And take Sleepy Joe with you!
Take Joe and bring Kamala, so we can finally send Trump to federal prison.
on what charges ? and kamala literally left black men in jail when there was evidence to release them you NPC.
As long as I can keep tweeting in prison, I don’t mind going.
– Your Fuhrer, Trump
Another PR article
TNM needs to eat too
I don’t like Trump, but it’s insane this slimeball is trying to blame him for his failures. This guy is a joke.
Look, Miami doesn’t need "more mindless development and high-rise construction," even though I hired a company named Sidewalk Labs to advise me on developing my parcels in Wynwood, a company that had to cancel it’s plans for a development in Toronto because some people felt they were too outlandish, that doesn’t matter because it still shows how serious I am.
– Mana
lol…
Fluff
Blah Blah Blah
Say hello to persuasive surveillance !
Persuasive and Pervasive. Welcome to China.
Thanks. Couldn’t get the spelling right.
The office hes renovating in downtown has foam falling from the roof hitting cars and causing a mess. Seen it myself yesterday.
"Mana has avoided a fee of $7.2 million by saying that emergencies declared by the state over the Zika virus and the COVID pandemic delayed his plans."
Mana should be charged the full 7.2M USD now! That’s the only way he will sell his properties to a real developer. Charge Mana mañana every single penny he owes, raise taxes for land hoarders.
He’s all over the place !! "Miami doesn’t need "more mindless development and high-rise construction," he wrote in an email." Yet, his project is approved for 24 story towers. "But even though he is moving full speed ahead, Mana also told the paper that it’s "not worth rushing that process.""
You just have a problem understanding him.
– Sarah Huckabee Sanders
lol…
Mana Mañana blaming his slowness on TDS…sir you build as fast a Biden speaks!!!
It cool to make fun of someone with speech impediments.
Cognitive loss is a serious issue. I’m sure Kamala is concerned…
"The windmills kill birds and, kill everything!"
– Your Fuhrer, Trump
lol…
For those people that actually have speech impediments, it’s offensive that our president would utilize such an affliction to deflect scrutiny of his obvious mental decline. Biden of 10 years ago had no such impediment.
Look, the Intelligence Agency don’t know anything.. I know more about what’s going on than they do!
– Your Fuhrer, Trump
Trump is the only one who speaks fast ….as fast as a flushing latrine.
Must be strange to live with that sound in your head all the time…TDS!
Poor baby… you went crazy for eight years every time you heard or thought about Obama didn’t you?
C’mon people, Trump is gone. Mourn in silence.
It’s that you Pelosi?
No it’s me, Jeb Bush…
And Trump was a linguist
This the best news fir me. Yeah another two years before something happens but at least he has a serious team now. I just want him to build something!
Wake me up (in 10 years) when Mana actually builds something in Miami.
Mana continues to block Miami from reaching its potential.
Such BS…..really
I’ve said this time and time again. Mana will be the last to build to maximize his profit. I don’t think he’ll sell. When he is sitting on Golden Eggs!
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That artists rendering! What am I even looking at? Looks like some cheesy painted Star Trek backdrop — from the 1960s show.
Mana.. start with one building.. build one freaking building in Wynwood, and the rest of your project will grown organically.
The guys in his seventies… Maybe next generation will be more active
Yeah Mana, Trump needs to go to hell, jail, wish ever comes first!
Condesa huele culo, you need ingles sin barreras.
TDS
Jesus could you learn how to spell?
