Height Approval Issued For 806 Apartments In Walking Distance Of Metrorail Station

The FAA has approved the heights proposed for a transit-oriented mixed-use development at the Douglas Road Metrorail station.

According to a December 12 notification, construction cranes were approved at 500 feet above ground and 445 feet above ground.

Approval of the towers themselves were issued on December 11, for a permanent height of 380 feet above ground.

Miami-Dade is reviewing the development under the Rapid Transit zoning area, rather than undergoing city review.

The development entered both site plan and zoning review in July.

Two 31-story towers are in planning, according to a filing, with:

  • 806 multifamily units (of which 105 will be workforce)
  • 16,750 +/- square feet of ground floor commercial space
  • approximately 865 parking spaces

Merrick Parc LLC is the developer.

Behar Font is the architect.

 

The most recent renderings version filed with Miami-Dade in November:

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Fetisha
1 month ago

Kellogg’s Towers .. as in the morning cereal for breakfast I eat … lol

Kurt
1 month ago

Why do you call it Kellogg’s towers ?

Anonymoose
1 month ago

because the design is as inventive and interesting as two boxes of ceiling

Anonymoose
1 month ago

cereal*** lol

Anonymous
1 month ago

Well they’re better than those steaming turds also known as “Link” and “Core.”

srt
1 month ago

Sounds fine, but a 1:1 parking ratio (nearly 1,000 spaces) within walking distance of metro rail is too high.

Named
1 month ago

Especially for the Rapid TRANSIT Zone. Like, what?

Miapolis
1 month ago

Bigger than the Dadeland buildings.

Anonymous
1 month ago

I hope they connect this area with Merrick village and build a dense,lively, walkable new district

Cover the Podiums
1 month ago

now imagine connecting this area with coral gables with a tram. It would become an entire walkable city

Cover the Podiums
1 month ago

looks like all sides are lined with units?

Anonymous
1 month ago

This would be nice of they raised the building 20 feet (helps with flooding) and instead of lined pavement on ground level, it can be a series of stairs that surround the building like the NY library or Penn Station.

Anonymous
1 month ago

20 feet of underutilized space, genius idea…

Harry Potter
1 month ago

How little imagination you must have – don’t you see closets underneath every staircase? I grew up in one. House whatever ugly transformers and equipment are placed on top of buildings there. You now all have a basement in Florida where there wouldn’t otherwise be one. You’re welcome ☺️

Harry Potter
1 month ago

It also would give the elevation some dimension and enhance the design.