New Urbanism: 'The Next Big Thing'
5 June 2002 - 7:00am
Craig Robins plans a "New Urbanist" community for Miami, Florida
"In 1987, fresh out of law school, Craig Robins plunked down $20,000 for a project to restore two crumbling art-deco buildings in the seedy southern end of Miami Beach. His timing was perfect—and over the ensuing years Robins’s Dacra Development Corp. helped transform South Beach into one of the world’s best-known tourist destinations. Now the 39-year-old real-estate mogul wants to establish what he calls the ultimate 'world-class village' on a tiny island north of Ocean Drive."
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Newsweek, June 4, 2002
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