Billy Corben Instagram – Who’s at fault in this situation? ⬇️
There are two major factors to why this keeps happening.
1. The duration of the build-out period granted by landlords
2. The City of Miami’s permitting process dragging on indefinitely.
Landlords can offer a rent-free period to allow tenants to complete their build-outs and obtain necessary permits. But in the City of Miami, six months is nothing.
People are now waiting up to two years due to the new regulations and new permitting processes implemented by DERM.
Landlords, aware of these constraints, should logically extend the rent-free period, right? I rarely see that happening.
Moreover, the City of Miami is demonstrating its lack of concern for restaurateurs by changing grease trap regulations and mandating that every restaurant update their grease traps simultaneously, under threat of closure. Meanwhile, they can’t keep up with new approval requests.
You’d think they would put a system in place to streamline this process. Nope. The permitting process is a mess, causing significant delays and financial strain on new businesses.
Additionally, reaching the final inspection is like a never-ending ordeal. Every step of the process needs to be inspected, and the city is slow to show up while constantly changing codes. You may complete a step, but by the time they inspect, a new code could be in place, forcing you to redo the work.
Their lack of urgency further shows how little they care about the well-being of businesses.
These factors combined create the perfect storm, leading to lost cash and delayed openings, or never opening at all.
So, who is at fault here? The landlord or the city?
Should landlords provide more time to these restaurants to navigate the permitting hell we’re experiencing, or should the City of Miami take responsibility and streamline this permitting process?
Are landlords setting short time periods, knowing the permitting process is slow, to get free money and a freshly built-out space?
Does the City of Miami genuinely care about restaurateurs, or are they benefiting from this situation?
Who do you think is at fault?
Let me know in the comments. ⬇️ | Posted on 22/Jun/2024 00:20:07
