New York City-based Ben Josef Group Holdings has submitted new plans for a high-rise development in Miami.
The latest iteration of Biscayne Shores would comprise two buildings on a shared podium; they would measure 15 and 11 stories, with the tallest building reaching 127 feet at its highest point.
In total, the two buildings would host 550 residences: 344 market-rate homes and 206 workforce housing units for households earning up to 120 percent of the area median income (AMI). Miami-Dade County’s median income was $87,200 a year as of May 2025.
Renderings of the project’s elevations. Image from Floridian Development
Floorplans would span studio to three-bedroom apartments, and residents would have access to various on-site amenities, including a swimming pool, 520 parking spots, and 292 bicycle spaces. The ground-floor level would also host 20,000 square feet of retail.
Kobi Karp Architecture is the architect. As noted, Ben Josef Group Holdings is the developer. The firm has submitted multiple plans for Biscayne Shores over the years, with Florida YIMBY reporting on the September 2024 version. Those plans called for 561 apartments, 70 of which would be designated as workforce housing.
Biscayne Shores is planned for 11400 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL, 33181, in Miami-Dade County. The narrow site measures about four acres and has remained vacant despite South Florida’s development boom.
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The podium is hideous.
Only Kobi Krap would have one elongated parking podium facing a park. Liner units and articulated massing must be utilized here.
More concrete congestion in a city that is saturated by the overload of new residents and lack of public transportation infrastructure. By the way, this lot was not vacant at all, it was a site with mobile homes and a night club until it was tore down recently to make space for this. The county should take over and expand the nearby park (currently a ghost place with no equipment or meaningful spaced) to provide US residents with livable spaces to enjoy our city and community instead of benefiting more private speculators that throw in a few lower income units to sugarcoat their projects. This will only bring cashflow to them and more traffic to us with no benefits whatsoever to the local community. Save us the equity gainings talk, the condo market has stalled and cost of insurance/maintenance soaring by the month.