South Miami Moves Forward With $309M Transit Oriented Development

South Miami commissioners voted Tuesday to move forward with a redevelopment at its City Hall property.

The development will be transit oriented, according to a presentation to commissioners. It is a short distance from a Metrorail station.

There will be two phases to the $309m development. Combined it will have:

  • 70,000 square feet of civic space (6-story building with city hall, police, and library uses)
  • 670 high-end apartment (two 15-story buildings)
  • Approximately 28,000 square feet of active retail venues, including food and beverage outlets and fitness center
  • 910 parking spaces

13th Floor is the developer.

To see the full proposal, click here (pdf).

 

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anonymous
25 days ago

South Miami is booming

Anon
25 days ago

Just a couple of blocks down Sunset from the Sunset Place redevelopment. Quite a change for South Miami.

Lorenzo Medici
25 days ago

After this development and the Sunset Place projects are built , the next step should be a Skybridge between the South Miami metro station to the Sunset place. That will be the icing on the cake.

anonymous
25 days ago

I love what is happening in South Miami! Now, we need to get the Sunset Place project approved, which is so needed. 18 years ago, when I first moved to Miami and lived in Coconut Grove, my family and I spent a lot of leisure time in Sunset Place. It is very sad to see what it has become since. Build, baby, build!

Anonymous
25 days ago

Too bad CocoWalk didn’t get the same kind of redevelopment proposal, instead getting the boorish redo today.

Fern
25 days ago

Looks great. Hopefully their acceptance of this redevelopment extends to the proposed Sunset Place redevelopment. Every rail station in our metro needs more adjacent housing.

Chris
25 days ago

I’m shocked south Miami community is going forward with this and sunset place redevelopment. They have a reputation for being anti development.

Another parking garage project
24 days ago

Why the 900 parking spaces next to a train station and next to a mall?

Traffic Oriented?
24 days ago

Yeah, that was my question too. How is this transit oriented when you’re adding 910 parking spots so cars can just block up US 1 more as people are trying to enter and leave the zone. Make US 1 less of a stroad and it’ll be able to support this new development

Anon
25 days ago

There seems to be a historic component to this project – can we get some information / coverage on that….?

Abe
25 days ago

As per the proposal: “Originally known as “The Community House,” the Sylva Martin Building is a one-story Masonry Vernacular structure located in the heart of South Miami. According to city historians, South Miami’s City Council passed ordinance dedicating land to a community center, early in 1935.” They plan on preserving and renovating into a restaurant.

Anonymous
25 days ago

It’s the old community center built in 1936.

Buz Chockla
25 days ago

What is going to happen with the Coral Building which was the original South Miami Library. It Should be PRESERVED. I grew up in South Miami since 1952 and still live in Miami. We lived on SW 63ct which is also known as Mitchel Chockla Court, my Father, till he passed in 2018 at 97 yrs old.

anon
22 days ago

they used the wrong texture but its in the middle of the towers

Anonymous
25 days ago

All good, except the facade of the portion below the pool. What a mess…

Concerned Citizen
24 days ago

Incredible at the SNAIL pace that government moves. This is from 2014! 10 years to get something done. Another 2.5+ for construction and 2yrs to stabilize. City should be ashamed at the bureaucratic BS this project took to get done. Hopefully with new Govt in South MIami project wont ever take this long to come to fruition.