For the third time, and in spite of opposition from many nearby Eastern Shores dwellers, the North Miami Beach City Commission narrowly approved a development agreement and new zoning plan that will enable Dezer Development to move forward with its $1.5 billion plan to redevelop the Intracoastal Mall.

Next, the developer will need to obtain Florida Department of Transportation approval for a new entranceway. Construction crews will not be allowed to use Northeast 35th Avenue, which is the only way in and out of the neighboring Eastern Shores community. Instead construction crews are to use the mall’s entrance east of that, to be designated as Northeast 36th Avenue, which is to be widened and transformed into the project’s new main entrance, or an access road near the FPL substation farther east.