City officials said cleanup was completed in 2002,<\/a>\u00a0it was monitored for decades, and deemed safe.<\/p>\n“There’s just an immense amount of effort that goes into cleanup of a superfund site; most of these sites don’t get redeveloped,” Mastropieri said.<\/p>\n
According to a site plan submitted to the city of Fort Lauderdale development review committee, the plan includes a three-story 162,000 square foot building, indoor and outdoor film sets, a film school and community gathering space laid out to include food trucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a public-private partnership, the city is leasing the land for just $1 a year for 50 years, in exchange for the developers footing the full $160 construction bill.<\/p>\n
Community split on plans\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Things are changing, and it’s going to be a big impact, you know,” said Fred, who lives near the site.<\/p>\n
He’s excited for the changes and hopeful that it will improve the surrounding area.<\/p>\n
“The first thought was they’re crazy,” said Craig Carter, who also lives nearby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Carter said the studio would seem out of place and questioned the choice of location.<\/p>\n
“To me, I think it should be a little safer, it’s a lot of things going on every day here, you hear the sirens all day every day,” Carter said.<\/p>\n
“I couldn’t see it being a movie studio, actually,” said Benji Jones.<\/p>\n
Jones has owned his home near the site for the last 40 years. He said he’s concerned about a big development joining the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
“I like being in the dead-end street kind of secluded, cone back here and chill out, now it’s going to be hustle and bustle,” said Jones.<\/p>\n
Mastropieri said finding an open 60-acre site is rare, and it could be huge for upgrades to the area.<\/p>\n
“Surrounding this is residential that’s priced in the $300,000-500,000 range, and you could imagine that that will improve home values in the area too,” Mastropieri said.<\/p>\n
CBS News Miami reached out to Napster for an interview or comment, but did not receive a response. No word on when construction will begin.<\/p>\n
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