Rental center facts and figures
July 12th, 2010
The rental car center opening on Tuesday is part of the Miami Intermodal Center, which includes the Miami Central Station scheduled for completion in 2013.
Rental car center
- Cost: $343 million
- Location: Just off of LeJeune Road at 25th Street, across from the eastern edge of Miami International Airport (just north of the Dolphin Expressway/State Road 836)
- Size: 3.4 million square feet on four levels – about eight square blocks
- Number of rental car companies: 16
- Rental car capacity: 6,500 (second largest in the U.S.)
- Fuel positions: 120
- Wash bays: 42
Miami Central Station
Cost: $356 million
- Connections
- MIA Mover: A $303 million people mover that will connect to the airport's terminals
- Rail: Tri-Rail regional transit north to Broward and Palm Beach counties, Metrorail transit throughout Miami-Dade County, Amtrak and, potentially, high-speed rail electronic check payday advance. (The $526 million Metrorail link is projected to be done in April 2012.)
- Bus depot: Miami-Dade Transit, Greyhound and courtesy shuttles
- Taxis and other shuttles
Highway improvements
A $194 million project has widened LeJeune Road and alleviated airport traffic. Traffic flow was improved in the area with a dozen new bridges.
Future growth
Up to 1.4 million square feet of office, hotel, conference, restaurant and retail space could be added based on demand at the MIC. Up to 4.5 million square feet of additional development could fit just east of the MIC. The Florida Department of Transportation can lease or sell joint development parcels to private developers or public agencies.
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