100 W Flagler St., Miami. 100 W Flagler St., Miami. Photo: Google

The battle among big-name developers to build a new Miami-Dade civil courthouse turned contentious when the runner-up raised issues with the rankings.

M-S-E Judicial Partners LLC said top-ranked Plenary Justice Miami LLC lowballed its bid and proposed an inferior building that will cost more in improvements down the line, a notion Plenary disputes.

Miami-Dade wants a new civil courthouse on a half-acre it owns on Flagler Street between the existing courthouse and the Metromover tracks. The county issued a request for proposals for a development team to work on the project in a public-private partnership. Construction is to start in July 2020.

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Lidia Dinkova

Lidia Dinkova covers South Florida real estate for the Daily Business Review. Contact her at [email protected] or 305-347-6665. On Twitter @LidiaDinkova.