An affiliate of developer Crescent Heights intends to move forward with a high-rise tower with workforce housing in Miami Beach.
The venture would measure 31 stories above grade and comprise 120 residences, 48 of which would be designated as workforce housing. Residency would be reserved for tenants earning at or below 120 percent of the area median income (AMI) which, according to Miami-Dade County records, would be capped at $104,160 annually for a family of four. The remaining 72 homes would be at-market rate units.
Layout plans would span studio to four-bedroom layout plans; all of the workforce housing units would be studios. Residents would have access to a host of amenities, including a resort-style swimming pool, bicycle parking, and a four-story parking podium with 119 spots. Additionally, there would be about 2,900 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
The project would occupy a surface parking lot. Image from Google Earth
824 Alton Road, LLC is the developer. The firm has partnered with RSP Architects on the building’s design. Conceptual renderings show a façade with a mostly glass exterior, with the tower itself measuring 404 feet at its highest point – making it the tallest residential building in the immediate area.
If approved, the 31-story tower would replace the parking lot situated at 824 Alton Road, Miami Beach, Florida, 33191, in Miami-Dade County.
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Not a good proposal. Any development between Alton rd and west ave should encompass the entire city block. Ground floor retail should be banned. Car dealership showrooms are preferred in the areas between 6th and 14th streets. This will help build up retail and dinning districts on the 5th street corridor and also the flamingo area, and keeping the west ave Alton rd corridor between 6-14th street’s residential. Existing older buildings have large landscaped fronts with driveways and Porte cochere , this should be included in any new developments.
It’s so sad to see that these heights are allowed using the live local loophole. I’m not opposed to change and large buildings, but this will change the fabric and feel of South Beach/Miami beach as a whole. It’s Shameful that this is accepted by the neighborhoods.
What a joke work force housing. If you base it on a family of 4, but you only allocate studios for this group of tenant. How are 4 people going to live in that studio. JOKE!
“Ground floor retail should be banned” ??
Studies in cities like New York, Chicago, and London have shown that mixed-use streets (where businesses and residences coexist) have lower rates of violent and property crime compared to streets that are mostly vacant or purely residential.
Miami Beach doesn’t have the sewer infrastructure to handle any more people. It already overflows and smells like sewage all over town.