The Church by the Sea adjacent to the Bal Harbour Shops is being demolished Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. Walter Michot wmichot@miamiherald.com After a months-long effort by activists to save the Village ...

The high-end Bal Harbour Shops purchased a church site for $30 million to clear the way for its expansion. The non-profit Church by the Sea sold the 27,000-square-foot site at 501 96th Street to ...

After a contentious hearing that lasted more than three hours, the Miami-Dade County historic preservation board on Thursday voted 6-3 against protecting Bal Harbour’s Church by the Sea from the ...