Miami commissioners approved the $2.98 million sale of the city-owned Jackson Cottage property in Brickell on Thursday, July 23, moving Ken Griffin's Citadel-linked real estate plan one step closer to controlling the full block around its planned Miami headquarters.
The City Commission agenda identifies the buyer as 1250 BB Asset Co LLC and says the property at 190 Southeast 12 Terrace would be conveyed by quitclaim deed. It also directs net proceeds from the sale to be used only for the repair, rehabilitation, maintenance or replacement of the Brickell Key Bridge.
What changed
The vote does not mean the 121-year-old cottage can simply disappear from Brickell. WLRN reported that commissioners approved the sale unanimously, while noting that future actions involving the historically designated property still must go before Miami's Historic and Environmental Preservation Board.
NBC 6 reported that the plan discussed at Thursday's meeting calls for moving the cottage intact to Coconut Grove, where it would become the permanent home of Dade Heritage Trust, the preservation group that currently occupies the building.
Why Miami residents are watching
The modest white structure is tied to Dr. James M. Jackson, Miami's first resident physician and the namesake of Jackson Memorial Hospital. Its current site is also the last piece of a Brickell block Griffin does not already control, according to local reports.
That combination has turned a small city property into a larger Miami argument about public land, historic preservation and the speed of private development in Brickell. NBC 6 quoted residents who said they wanted more transparency before the move, while WLRN reported that Dade Heritage Trust's executive director said ownership and relocation could help preserve the building over the long term.
What happens next
The city manager is authorized to negotiate and execute the sale documents, but preservation review remains the next public checkpoint for changes to the cottage itself. For Brickell residents, the immediate question is whether the final relocation plan protects one of the neighborhood's few surviving early Miami buildings while clearing the way for Citadel's headquarters block.
