Miami Jewish Health Systems is currently working on an expansion of Douglas Gardens, an affordable housing complex for seniors in Broward County. According to McDowell, Douglas Gardens presently has 332 apartments spread across four buildings––all on a 25-acre lot.
Miami’s Building Department has approved a foundation permit for 222 (Namdar Towers), a 1.3-million-square-foot mixed-use development comprising two 43-story towers at 222 Northeast 1st Avenue in Downtown Miami. Designed by Behar Font & Partners with De Los Reyes Engineering, Inc. as the structural engineer and developed by Great Neck, New York-based Namdar Group, the development is planned to yield 1,394 residential units, 7,984 square feet of ground floor commercial space, 336 vehicles parking spaces, and racks for 1,394 bicycles. Witkin Hults + Partners is the landscape architect, TWR Engineers is the MEP engineer, and Grāef is the civil engineer.
Construction on Vista Hills Apartments could start soon. The complex, resting on a 16.61-acre build site, would offer about 320 units. GrowthSpotter notes that homes will range from one-bedroom to three-bedroom layout plans.
General Contractor ANF Group has broken ground on Sol Vista, an 8-story senior living community located at 11251 Caribbean Boulevard in Cutler Bay, Miami-Dade County. Designed by Burgos Lanza & Associates and developed by MRK Partners and Cypress Equity Investments, this 227-unit affordable housing development will offer apartments reserved for those aged 62 and older and those earning no more than 60% of the Area Median Income (AMI) or approximately $40,980 for one-person households and $46,800 for two-person households. The project is scheduled for completion in mid-2024.
Sources report that construction’s expected to start on Le Park 27 in June 2023. At the time of publication, the venture was in its early planning stages. However, the development aims to alleviate the housing crisis in Miami-Dade County.
