According to Assistant City Manager Asael Marrero, the payment was due two days later on Jan. 10 when the city issued a permit for the next phase of construction, allowing crews to begin building vertically. 'As a condition of issuing that invoice, we put them on notice: 'Look, this is due now, so we're giving you the invoice so that in good faith, you can go ahead and make that payment. And by the way, we're going to be withholding any future permits unless this condition is met,' Marrero said in an interview.
Iris Escarrá, an attorney for Miami Freedom Park, did not directly answer questions about when the developers intend to pay the remaining $12.5 million or if the developers agree with the city's position that the payment was due at the time the Jan. 10 permit was issued. 'Miami Freedom Park is complying and will continue to comply with all of our lease requirements when due in the ordinary course of business,' Escarrá said in a statement to the Miami Herald.
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