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- Written by Ashley D. Torres Web Producer- South Florida Business Journal
Mikki Canton, a longtime corporate law attorney, looks to establish Chinatown Miami/El Barrio Chino de Miami, a mixed-used project that would cater to the Asian community and feature a grocery store, senior center, charter school, housing and offices for professional services. The complex would serve as the center for an international district that would be similar to the Uwajimaya Village in Seattle, said Canton, who has an interest in Asian cultures and its influence in Miami.
The Uwajimaya Village is a mixed-use complex located in Seattle’s Chinatown International District. It features the Uwajimaya grocery store, an Asian bookstore, a bank, a food court and housing.
The village is located in an area that has been populated by Asians for over 100 years, said Don Blakeney, executive director of the Chinatown International District Business Improvement Area of Seattle.
“The key is not making it a fortress,” he said. If you have retail around the complex then it really makes it porous and people can come in and out, he added.This is the plan for a Miami version of the complex.
Canton is working with Tibor Hollo to find a location in Miami-Dade where Chinatown Miami could grow organically and spur economic growth, she said. The cities of North Miami Beach and Miami, which have large Asian populations, are being considered for the project, Canton added.
The most important thing is the international district component of the project, which has to have accessibility, has to be attractive for the Asian community and not be a tourist attraction, Canton said. “This is a living, breathing, working, everyday Chinatown Miami international district project,” she added. However, it is inevitable that could become a tourist attraction.
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