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Why Invest in Miami?


Miami-Dade County Rankings

#1 and #2 for past 4 years as Best City for Doing Business in Latin America – (America Economia 2001, 2002, 2003)

#2 Top City (U.S.) for Hispanics to live – (Hispanic Magazine, August 2004)

#3 Country in the U.S. for Increase of New Businesses – (U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau, April 2003)

#1 Healthiest City in the U.S. – (Natural Health Magazine, 2002)

#4 Among Best Cities for Families – (Child.com, 2005)

#1 Miami Children's Hospital rated as top hospital in the state – (Child.com, 2005)



Excellent Business Climate:

·         A central location in the Western Hemisphere with great linkage to Europe and Latin America: 
          Location, location, location

 ·        The City of Miami with a population of 362,470  - the largest municipality and the urban center of a county
          of 2.2 million people

Development

Building permits for over 1.3 billion in building projects approved in the 2 years of 1999 and 2000 alone

The return to urban living has exploded into permits for nearly 8,100 new residential units valued at more than $91 million

Continued strength in office and commercial construction with more than 2.2 million square feet of office and 1.5 million square feet of commercial retail under way

Over $1.3 billion in building projects approved in the years of 1999 and 2000, and increasingly more projects being approved every day since

Demographics:

Greater Miami includes all of Miami-Dade County, an area of more than 2,000 square miles

Residents and visitors enjoy plentiful green space and 84 miles of coastline

Population is 2.2 million

Miami-Dade County’s population is 21% White not of Hispanic origin, 21.6% Black or African American, 57.3% Hispanic or Latino origin.

Miami-Dade County consists of 31 municipalities and a vast unincorporated area.  Each municipality has its own government and provides city services, such as police and zoning protection.

The three largest cities in Miami-Dade County are Miami (365,204), Hialeah (211,201) and Miami Beach (94,012).