A $1 billion plan to restore the shuttered Raleigh Hotel with a new 200-foot luxury condo tower is sparking a fight over sunlight and scale in Miami Beach’s Art Deco district. The Miami Beach Planning Board voted 5-1 Tuesday to approve additional floor space, but the height dispute with the neighboring Shelborne hotel remains unresolved.
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The project: New York-based Nahla Capital, led by developer Genghis Hadi, wants to transform the Raleigh, Richmond and South Seas hotels at 1775 Collins Ave. into a three-acre oceanfront resort with 80 hotel rooms, a 52-unit condo tower, restaurants and shops…