Related Group’s Hollywood Live Local project draws suit from residents, nonprofit

Hollywood residents are jumping into the brawl over Florida’s developer-friendly Live Local Act with a lawsuit to block a planned beachfront tower.  Kathleen DiBona and the newly formed nonprofit Keep Public Lands Public is suing the City of Hollywood and an affiliate of Related Group over the proposed project at 1301 South Ocean Boulevard, claiming it violates a deed restriction on the site and should go before a public referendum, the South Florida Business Journal reported.  Related Group has a 99-year lease on the 4-acre site fronting a public beach, with plans to build a luxury condo and community center. […]

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