The complex is expected to trigger at least $1 billion in new retail, office, residential and restaurant development around the center's 5.9-acre location at 1300 Biscayne Blvd., area brokers and developer representatives tell GlobeSt.com. The original development budget was $170 million.

Parker Thompson, a long-time Miami lawyer and chairman of the Miami-Dade Performing Arts Center Trust, calls the $461-million development cost a bargain for the city, even with an overrun of $291 million.

University of Miami economist Michael Connolly says nearby property values have risen 6% more than the rest of the Miami area since 2000. He predicts the rundown area will be turned around in two years.

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