Developer’s record marred by missteps [South Florida]

Developer’s record marred by missteps [South Florida]

The developer who promised a biotech park in Liberty City has a record of foreclosures, defaulted loans and a bankruptcy.

Dennis Stackhouse stood before the Miami-Dade County Commission, hoisting a map of Kendall Square, the Cambridge, Mass., neighborhood that is widely considered a Silicon Valley of the biotech industry.

”Kendall Square, not that many years ago, resembled Liberty City,” Stackhouse told commissioners during the January meeting.

The 64-year-old developer was in his element — pitching big ideas to powerful people.