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CLIENT NEWS: These projects will bring more density to Miami’s Little Haiti and Little River

July 10, 2025

Miami’s Little Haiti and Little River are where generations of working class immigrants, predominantly from Haiti, have planted roots and seasoned the area with Caribbean flavor. A stretch on Northeast Second Avenue between 54th Street and 71st Street is like driving through Port-au-Prince. Storefronts offering everyday services from haircuts to income tax return preparation feature prominent signage in Creole. And most residents have found a reprieve from Miami’s increasing housing costs inside aging single-family homes, duplexes and low-rise apartment buildings.[...]

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COVID-19 and Land Use Needs: What You Need to Know

April 7, 2020

Dear Clients and Friends, We hope that you and your families are staying safe and healthy. Our firm’s transition to remote work has proven seamless. We are fully operational and working collaboratively with our clients, project teams, industry partners and local government officials to ensure that our matters, from acquisition due diligence, project design, and entitlements to permitting, inspections, and licensing, are moving forward. During these uncertain times, you may be concerned about the ability to proceed with your development[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Target store signs for planned Overtown block

April 1, 2020

Retail giant Target has signed a letter of intent to open a store inside a planned mixed-use retail and residential development in Overtown called Block 55, according to the developer of the expansive project. The developer, in concert with the board of directors of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), plans to construct the project at eight and 12 stories, on land at 249 NW Sixth St. The project was considered recently by the city’s Urban Development Review[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Lennar scores $45M construction loan for Wynwood apartment project

March 30, 2020

A subsidiary of Lennar scored a $44.8 million construction loan for an apartment project on the former site of Wynwood Yard. The Miami-based company secured the loan from Santander Bank to construct the 11-story, 189-unit apartment building with nearly 17,000-square-feet of commercial space and 324 parking spots, records show. The project will be known as Wynwood Green. Lennar purchased the 1.26-acre property in January 2019 for $17 million. The property is at 48, 56, 64, 70, 82, 90 and 98 Northwest 29th[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Spotify to Open a Headquarters Office at the Oasis in Wynwood, Which Will Open Later This Year

March 5, 2020

The developers of The Oasis in Wynwood have announced that Spotify will anchor the project with a new headquarters office. The Oasis is under construction. It is scheduled for completion in late 2020, developers announced last week. The project will include an outdoor food hall featuring multiple food and beverage concepts around a 35,000 square foot heavily landscaped courtyard. There will also be a stage with nightly live music, and a bar. A 75-foot tower will feature rotating art installations.[...]

CLIENT NEWS: These architects designed an 84-story tower in NYC. Now they’re coming to Brickell.

March 4, 2020

SHoP Architects will design a 62-story tower with 1,000 luxury condo units and 200 hotel rooms on the western edge of downtown’s Brickell area, according to Michael Stern, founder and managing principal of JDS Development. SHoP will collaborate with Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design on the project. JDS, the New York developer behind the Jean Nouvel-designed Monad Terrace in Miami Beach. SHoP — designers of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center — also worked with JDS on New York’s 84-story Steinway Tower,[...]