London + Regional Properties (L + R Properties) the owner of the Pullman Miami Airport hotel at 5800 Blue Lagoon Drive, has filed a pre-application with Miami-Dade County to develop two eight-story apartment buildings on the hotel’s parking lot. The proposed project would introduce 600 new apartments to the 10-acre site, which currently houses the 281-room, 13-story hotel built in 1986. Acquired by the London-based property firm in 2019 for $48.65 million, the site sits within the Blue Lagoon business park, a predominantly office and hotel district just south of Miami International Airport.
Credit: Bizi Arq.
The developer plans to construct two residential buildings, each with 300 units, alongside three parking garages. The parking structures would accommodate 1,020 spaces for the apartments and 324 spaces for the hotel. The garage closest to the hotel will include 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The proposed residential units will range in size from 570 to 1,718 square feet, with a mix of 72 studio apartments, 322 one-bedroom units, 192 two-bedroom units, and 14 three-bedroom units. Amenities for residents would include two pools and clubhouses, measuring 6,200 and 4,900 square feet respectively.
Credit: Bizi Arq.
The pre-application process allows the developer to receive feedback from Miami-Dade County staff before submitting an official application. As part of the proposal, the developer requested that the site be released from the Blue Lagoon Development of Regional Impact (DRI), which currently governs the area.
Credit: Bizi Arq.
This proposal comes amid a growing trend of multifamily development in the Blue Lagoon area, which began with projects like the LaVida apartments, completed in 2019. The project team includes Bizi Arq, a Palmetto Bay-based architecture firm overseeing the design, Hadonne as the civil engineer and surveyor, Kimley-Horn as the landscape architect, and Traf Tech Engineering, Inc. for traffic consulting.
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