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Local officials and railway executives unveiled plans on Wednesday for a sprawling 3 million-square-foot Miami train station complex including an 80-story skyscraper, to anchor the state’s first privately owned intercity railway and help redevelop the downtown area. Officials from All Aboard Florida, a subsidiary of Fortress Investment Group, liken the Miami station to such well-known city landmarks as New York City’s Grand Central Terminal and San Francisco’s Bay Bridge, and say they expect to break ground in the coming months with a target completion date sometime in 2016.