Somehow, amid a bleak real estate meltdown with shopping centers clinging desperately to tenants, Midtown appears to have caught on, fulfilling a long-desired demand for urban retail. For more than a decade no one could find a suitable place to make it happen, leaving the best shopping meccas a long drive away for residents of central Miami. What makes this area different from other redevelopment plans is that Midtown was started from the blank canvas of an abandoned inner-city railyard.

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