Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner’s PAC racks up real estate, hospitality donations

Steven Meiner rode into the Miami Beach mayor’s office in 2023 after beating his former city commission colleague, Michael Gongora, in a run-off. Meiner made good on one of his campaign promises to make it a little harder for developers to seek more density for their projects.  Last year, the city commission unanimously approved his legislation requiring six out of seven members of the elected body, including the mayor, to green-light any requests to exceed the city’s maximum allowable floor area ratio, or FAR, for new buildings. The commission also approved requiring developers to conduct a neighborhood impact assessment of […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.