With only token pushback and after taking the time to heap mounds of praise on the project, the Miami City Commission approved several street closures vital to the proposed Miami Worldcenter development just north of downtown Miami.

Miami World Center street crossing

The closures would allow the developer of the 750,000-square-foot mixed-use venture on 17 acres between I-395 and the Freedom Tower to move forward with construction. Groundbreaking is planned later this year.

Miami World Center Plaza