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.