Miami

Developer Lissette Calderon at least once was asked to get coffee during a professional meeting and still recalls demeaning comments the likes of "When you were reading the first chapter, I was finishing writing the book" by a male colleague. Now no one would dare anything of the like as Calderon more than succeeded, earning the nickname the Miami River Queen.

The developer that leases Jungle Island from the city wants to build a 281-key hotel in a 110-foot tall building, although it can go up to 130 feet and 300 keys.

The Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board will be asked whether it wants to reconsider its May 2019 vote on the project re-zoning.

"At some point, COVID does pass," said Michael Comras, founder and CEO of Miami Beach-based the Comras Co. "We will see restaurants reopening."

The seven buyers of five Parque Towers condo units won on their claim developer J. Milton completed the tower over a year late.

The COVID-19 pandemic created a "unique environment of pressure on all sides" in this bankruptcy case, debtor's counsel said.