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Miami Herald
Reporter for the Miami Herald, covering Miami-Dade County government
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Doug Hanks
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FROM Doug Hanks
To the Point
Mega Mall Planned in Miami-Dade Would Dwarf Mall of America Minnesota's Mall of America has been the last word in American commercialism run wild, but it will be dwarfed by a new development underway in Florida. Rendering of the American Dream Miami Image: Triple Five Developer The Mall of America is the biggest thing of its kind, sprawled over 4.4 million square feet of land near Bloomington, Minnesota. Now, the developer called Triple Five has proposed a mall called American Dream Miami on 6.2 million square feet -- 40% larger.
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