It's desperately needed. It's going to cost $190 million. And this is what it will look like when it's done in 2026:
The Miami Herald has all of the details here:
The project, the most significant federal investment in South Florida civic architecture since the completion of Miami’s newest U.S. courthouse in 2006, is slated to start rising in 2023 on a site on the Tarpon River acquired by the government last year for $13.5 million. The design features a spare, square white tower with fluted panels of glass and metal that recall the classically inspired federal buildings of the 1960s. In a nod to tropical Modernist design, the 10-story tower is fronted by a wavy, sheltering arcade for pedestrians that extends to the ends of the 3.5-acre lot. At the back, on the riverbank, the plan calls for a new park and promenade and preservation of existing mangroves.
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Boondoggle. There are almost zerio trials in federal court. Most all motions are decided without oral argument. Zoom hearings are the future. Why do we need a $190 million mausoleum? Why not lease out the public Libraries in downtown or in surrounding towns? They are empty all the time anyway and serve no purpose any longer. Cordon off 500 square feet for each courthouse and it would suffice. Grandiose courhouses exist to feed off the egos of their proprietors
Thank you. Our first nominee for dumbest comment of the year.
What an odd time period to draw architectural inspiration.
I agree that Ft lauderdale does not need a new courthouse. They should rip the current one down and the West Palm Beach one down and build a federal courthouse between the two. Wasnt this Zloch's offer 15 years ago?
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