The “capital of the Americas” receives every year millions of tourists willing to take home the best in clothing and electronics at discount prices. Northeast Miami is preparing to host the largest shopping center in the country, and the world, with 55 hectares of land.
Miami continues to represent for the vast majority of people who visit it a destination that offers two great proposals: beach and shopping.
South Florida offers mild weather all year round which invites you to visit its countless tourist destinations where the sea and the sun provide the ideal environment to take a vacation and combine this with the possibility of buying even the unimaginable, from real “bargains” to the most exclusive goods in the world, all minutes away and satisfying the consumerist thirst of the most compulsive buyers.
Beyond events of worldwide renown and appeal, there are other names that are most heard among tourists from Latin America and the rest of the world when they land in Miami. Sawgrass, Bal Harbour, Aventura, Ross, Marshall’s, Dadeland and Dolphin are some of the malls and stores that attract the most buyers.
This is why it is not surprising that the city of Miami has become the location chosen to house the mega-mall., The mall that promises to become the largest in the world, with an estimated cost of 3 billion dollars and that will combine spaces for retail stores with a theme park and housing.
Baptized American Dream, the mall will seek that millions of tourists and locals can access even for a few hours to that consumerist promise that identifies and characterizes the country of the North.
Last Wednesday, the project received the approval of the Miami-Dade Commission with ten votes in favor and only one against to officially enable the construction of the steel and glass monster that will be located northwest of Miami near the cities of Miami Lakes and Hialeah.
In an interview with the Miami Herald , Commissioner José “Pepe” Díaz, whose district will benefit from the megaproject, said that there are many who would like to receive such a venture in his county.
Unlike other shopping centers that have been built over the past decades in the area of Miami, This is distinguished because it will combine the traditional attractions of shopping centers in terms of pure shopping with a theme park that will have nothing to envy to those who attract millions of families every year in Orlando.
The main purpose will be to ensure that tourists do not need to leave Miami, with all that implies making a four-hour trip and the consequent additional cost of approaching the city located in the center of the state of Florida, lwhich is not characterized by the accessibility of its hotel and entertainment offer.
Regardless of the enthusiasm it has generated among some sectors of the public and private sphere, there are many who question the true impact that an establishment of this magnitude will have on the already chaotic traffic that drowns Miami and surroundings in the morning and late evening rush hours.
The American Dream amusement park in conjunction with the commercial and residential annexes is expected to represent the circulation of around 70,000 vehicles per day., which means A figure difficult to digest by many residents who claim public transport alternatives to alleviate possible headaches for locals and those who visit the mall as tourists.
A plot of about 55 hectares will house the different projects included under the American Dream, among which are attractions such as an indoor ski slope that will seek to imitate those in operation in the United Arab Emirates, underwater proposals and a water park that will seek to steal the attention of families waiting for the imminent opening of Universal’s Volcano Bay in Orlando, which will complete a varied aquatic offer in the region.
Triple Five, the developer behind the project that features world-renowned shopping centers such as the Mall of America in Minnesota, anticipates that the new complex will attract about 30 million visitors a year while generating more than 14,000 stable jobs.
Likewise, American Dream plans to become the project that is consecrated as the largest employer in the county of Miami-Dade And according to figures shared by a report prepared by the construction company in charge, it is estimated that 60% of the jobs generated represent revenues of less than $ 25,000 per year.
