A mixed-use project called “Oleta” could soon start construction in North Miami, Florida. The 5.5-acre build site (which used to host a PBS studio) is planned to offer 832 residential units and “a variety of attractive commercial spaces for the neighborhood,” per North Miami Florida.
Miami-Dade County has initiated a Request For Proposals to enter into a long-term public-private partnership to redevelop 17 contiguous acres of County-owed land within the 28-acre Government Center District in Downtown Miami. The bidding process opened this past Tuesday for the redevelopment project, which the county branded as MetroCenter, and the property comprises 11 primary sites spanning multiple blocks west of the Government Center Metrorail Station and east of the I-95 Expressway. The chosen Master Developer will have the opportunity to lead the development of up to 23.7 million square feet of space which could include anywhere between 6,000 to 8,500 residential units mixed between affordable and market rates, educational facilities, transportation advancements, cultural amenities and open spaces, commercial spaces, hospitality spaces, and retail establishments. These uses would be spread throughout multiple structures that could rise 550 to 770 feet, with the objective of creating a seamless, active, self-sustaining, urban neighborhood.
Miami-based developer Shoma Group completed it’s two-tower multifamily rental community at 445 Hialeah Drive in Hialeah known as Shoma Village. They began welcoming in the first residents to brand new apartments on August 1, with leasing activities managed by KW Property Management & Consulting and the property managed by Shoma MGMT. The development is comprised of two 8-story buildings with 304 residences in a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedrooms. 65% of units are already rented and the remaining inventory is expected to be fully leased by the end of summer. Shoma Village was designed by Kendall-based MSA Architects, and Suffolk Construction served as the general contractor along with KD Construction of Florida, LLC as the shell contractor.
B Developments under the LGE NBV, LLC filed an application with Miami-Dade County for a shoreline review at 1755 Kennedy Causeway in North Bay Village. The developer is planning a 340-foot-tall mixed-use building designed by Arquitectonica that would stand 30 stories and directly front Biscayne Bay. Plans calls for 473,252 square feet of space including 201 residential units with 32,654 square feet of amenities, a 19,455-square-foot space for a restaurant with a waterfront terrace, a 1,860-square-foot juice bar/coffee bar on the ground floor, 52,358 square feet of office space and a parking structure incorporated into the podium with 408 parking spaces. ArquitectonicaGEO is the landscape architect with Kimley-Horn as the civil engineer.
A former trailer park in Miami-Dade County could soon find new life as River Rapids, a 593-unit apartment complex. Homes would span from studios to three-bedroom units, with some homes featuring dens. Square footage ranges from 540 square feet to 1,300 square feet.
