Riviera’s titanic waterfront revamp faces sinking feeling [South Florida]
For Bob Healey, the city’s $2.4 billion waterfront redevelopment plan is like a yacht stalled at sea.
The New Jersey yachtmaker should know. His company, Viking Inlet Harbor Properties, was picked a year ago this week to turn 400 acres of blight into a dazzling waterfront.
The decision was heralded as the catalyst to change the economic landscape of a beleaguered city too often associated only with crime and poverty. The celebration has been short-lived. The only tangible sign of International Harbor Village is the Riviera Beach Maritime Academy, a Viking-sponsored charter school designed to teach students about the marine industry.