Spirit Airlines headquarters in Dania Beach heads toward sale or auction
Spirit's vacant Dania Beach campus is headed for sale, leaving Broward's tax and redevelopment questions unresolved.
The former Spirit Airlines campus at 1731 Radiant Drive in Dania Beach is moving toward a bankruptcy sale, with bidders now facing a July 10 deadline to submit indications of interest, a July 31 final-bid deadline and, if needed, an Aug. 4 auction in New York. The property sits in Dania Pointe, just south of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Spirit Central opened there on April 18, 2024 as a four-building campus spanning more than 11 acres. The headquarters is an 8.5-acre property with about 180,000 square feet of office space. Spirit said on May 2 that it had started an orderly wind-down of operations, canceled all flights and was shutting down immediately, leaving about 17,000 workers out of jobs.
Broward County briefly tried to make the headquarters a public asset. Commissioners unanimously voted to explore buying the property and approved $25,000 for outside legal counsel, but the county later backed away after zoning concerns and opposition from Dania Beach officials surfaced. County Mayor Mark Bogen said the county would not bid for now.
Dania Beach Mayor Joyce Davis warned that the city stood to lose about $1.2 million in annual tax revenue if Broward County bought the campus, while Bob Swindell, president and CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, said at least three major companies were interested in the site.
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