Judge Rafael Vázquez has yet to issue his verdict on the request by neighborhood groups in the Piantini area for a suspension order on the construction of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in the mixed-use area. The judge gave the company and the neighborhood groups five days to present their conclusions.
The neighborhood groups’ lawyer Miriam Paulino argues that the National District city government is violating zoning ruling 94-98 in authorizing the construction of the Hard Rock. City government lawyer Juan José Jiménez says that the zoning allows for the construction of buildings up to 40 floors high.
Lawyers Juan Manuel Guerrero and Manuel Fermín Cabral are carrying the case for the Inmobiliaria Nivar that sold the property for the hotel on Av. Abraham Lincoln.
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El Caribe
16 January 2017
