{"id":332344,"date":"2026-07-07T21:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332344\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T21:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:47:08","slug":"coral-gables-commission-votes-in-favor-of-8-story-building-that-would-house-crystal-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332344\/","title":{"rendered":"Coral Gables commission votes in favor of 8-story building that would house Crystal Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0July 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">CORAL GABLES, Fla.  \u2014 It\u2019s a project that has divided a community for years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On one side is a a developer proposing an eight-story building with nearly 200 residential units.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On the ground floor of the building will be a new home for Crystal Academy, a school dedicated to serving children with autism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">But for many who live near the site, they say the issue isn\u2019t the school, it\u2019s the size of everything else that comes with it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Neighbors say their streets are already congested and they worry hundreds of new residents would only make traffic worse while putting even more pressure on roads and city infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">However, many supporters of the project point to the development providing a permanent home for Crystal Academy, with a 99-year lease, rent free, because their current facilities are old and nearly unusable. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After hours of discussion, public comment, and Coral Gables commissioners trying to find a middle ground with design plans, they voted in favor of the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Developers said afterwards that they are ready to get to work, while those not in favor indicated their fight was not over. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Gabrielle Arzola\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/78673faa-0bcf-4b53-bb07-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Gabrielle Arzola<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Gabrielle Arzola is an award-winning journalist and proud Miami native. For nearly a decade, she has reported across Florida, with previous stops in Gainesville and Tampa before returning home to cover the community she loves most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0July 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM CORAL GABLES, Fla. \u2014 It\u2019s a project that has divided a community&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-332344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}