Partial Demo Permit At Omni Is For Former JC Penney Space, Notes Say

Plans have now been filed and are in review for partial demolition at the former Omni, and notes on the permit provide small clarification on what is being demolished.

The partial demolition permit was applied for on November 2, with a plan acceptance date of December 20.

“This permit is for PARTIAL DEMOLITION – DEMOLITION OF THE JC PENNY IN THE OMNI INTERNATIONAL MALL only,” a comment from a Zoning reviewer on December 26 states.

“Although it is presumed that the majority of demolition here will be retail since this was formerly a JC Penney, please provide an exact breakdown of office vs. retail demolition square footage somewhere in your project data,” a comment from a Planning reviewer on December 28 reads.

Partial demolition of 243,994 square feet is planned, the permit application states, at a total cost estimated at $600,000.

BDI Construction is listed as the contractor.

 

 

 

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Damn
7 months ago

Give all Miami residents a courtesy sledgehammer and let’s all smash this nasty thing to death asap…

Anonymous
7 months ago

pretty smart if genting is able to formulate a large enough parcel to build something vertical and maybe fall under office or residential….just one buildable parcel on biscayne is worth millions

old timer
7 months ago

I remember when that ground floor was the toy department and in-store restaurant

Downtowner
7 months ago

And the carousel!

Anonymous
7 months ago

My 1st life disappointment as a little kid was seeing that carousel close (circa 1979).

Melo is sigma and Chad
7 months ago

I still remember a robot toy in a window in one of those omni stores as a kid.

Javanka
7 months ago

I would have thought we would have real robots by now, thanks a lot, Bin Laden!

Anonymous
7 months ago

Don’t worry, we have gender-neutral bathrooms and TikTok instead!

Downtowner
7 months ago

This is great news. That blank beige hulk has to come down.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Everything but the garage I suspect.

Anonymous
7 months ago

demolish thee whole thing already, worst eyesore south of edgewater

Anonymous
7 months ago

The Four Ambassadors would like a word.

Anonymous
7 months ago

At least the Four Ambassadors is occupied.

Anony
7 months ago

That malls been closed since 2000. How does a building go empty for 23 years??

Anonymous
7 months ago

There’s a whole website dedicated to malls that have been abandoned far longer.

Anon
7 months ago

in downtown almost waterfront land too – wild

Anon
7 months ago

And to think people wanted another enormous enclosed mall in MWC. The current scheme is far more flexible to changing markets.

Anonymous
7 months ago

It still doesn’t change the fact we’re getting a Duffy’s-tier sports bar and run-of-the-mill bowling alley rather than a Bloomingdale’s and new Macy’s that would have stayed downtown. The MWC mall proposal was upscale, like BCC or Aventura. Omni was somewhat upscale, but at the wrong time. After Jordan Marsh closed, everything went downhill fast.

LuluLemon
7 months ago

Downtown area definitely needs an upscale department store sad it hasn’t worked out at either of their shopping centers

Anonymous
7 months ago

I bet you wouldn’t say the same thing for BCC, and it’s gimmicky climate ribbon that doesn’t work.

LuluLemon
7 months ago

The BBC has horrible retail, the things saving BCC are the great restaurants, the theater and the center’s architecture, which is smartly open. The Omni had some good retail, not enough casual restaurants and was completely contained.

Nick
7 months ago

Who went to the Omni movie theater?

george
7 months ago

In its day Omni mall had 2 bookstores and was a neighborhood aset.I went to the Omni movies until some moviegoers started to use the floor as a urinal. And the aroma lingers on today if you walk past the north side of the soon-to be-demolished JCP-

anonymous
7 months ago

I was a young apprentice with an audio/video cabling company. We had service contracts with the theater and Skaramouche the night club. Never saw an actual movie there. But one time I was on lunch break and this creepy Venezuelan dude followed me until I stopped to order food. He then basically spent the next coupla minutes begging me to join him for a movie. Told him to get lost.

Celita ✝️
7 months ago

Does anyone knows why the are turning the Courvoisier office buildings in Brickell Key in something that looks like an office building in Doral or Blue Lagoon ? 😕

Anonymous
7 months ago

We can’t have nice buildings to look at anymore.