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HEADING BACK DOWNTOWN.

By Goodkin, Lewis M.
Publication: Florida Trend
Date: Tuesday, August 1 2000

Miami's Brickell Avenue is the hot spot on the urban living frontier.

Since the 1950s, growth patterns in Florida have been dictated by the automobile, with most residential growth fanning outward and away from the state's urban cores. Today, a small but growing number of Floridians are heading back to downtown, choosing new and renovated condominiums, apartments and townhomes that are close to jobs, shopping and entertainment.

The "mini-boom" in downtown residential development today is being propelled by several trends:

* More of Florida's baby

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