Jewish community members in suburban Miami celebrated the groundbreaking of a new center for Chabad-Lubavitch of Plantation.

Directed since 1993 by Rabbi Mendy and Chanie Posner, the Chabad House has operated out of a small storefront, but the new building will house a synagogue, preschool, library, guest quarters, classrooms and offices.

During the ceremony, master of ceremonies Ivor Bamberger read congratulatory messages from Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and Mayor Rae Carole Armstrong. …