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CLIENT NEWS: How a housing village rising at a Hialeah train station is changing a community

July 1, 2025

As commuters unload from carpools passing through the parking lot of a Tri-Rail station on a recent weekday morning, they’re greeted by a symphony of construction while waiting for their trains. Buzz saws and percussion drills crank up just 10 feet from the train platform, where workers in green vests and yellow safety helmets are building a new housing development. The eight-story residential building, named Metro Station 1, broke ground in May with a target completion by January 2026. The[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Former South Florida Dairy Plant Could be Redeveloped

August 28, 2019

The shuttered McArthur Dairy plant near Opa-Locka could be redeveloped into a pair of warehouses. Miami-Dade County officials received pre-application on April 3 and a zoning application on April 5 for the 20.3-acre site at 3000 N.W. 123rd Street. Just north of the Gratigny Parkway, the property was developed as a dairy plant in 1993 but it’s been abandoned. The application calls for redeveloping it into 446,535 square feet of industrial surrounded by 449 car parking spaces and 136 truck[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Allapattah to Get 267 Affordable Units for Elderly

August 26, 2019

Hundreds of affordable apartments are coming to Allapattah, all designed for elderly tenants. Allapattah Ventures LLC is proposing a 13-story structure at 1396 NW 36th St. to be called Mosaico, home to about 267 dwelling units, mostly in small floor plans. At a special meeting, the city’s Urban Development Review Board unanimously voted for a resolution recommending approval of the project, with a long list of conditions. There was some concern about the massing or scale of the project, which[...]

CLIENT NEWS: South Beach is Heading to North Beach

August 23, 2019

Despite a 2015 public vote against increasing density in North Beach, Miami Beach will allow a luxury condo tower and refurbished hotels on North Beach's Ocean Terrace in exchange for a $15 million public park. Commissioners last week unanimously voted to change the future land-use designation and zoning regulations of a two-block stretch between 73rd and 75th Streets on Ocean Terrace. The move will allow Alex Blavatnik — brother of the energy billionaire Len Blavatnik — and megadeveloper Sandor Scher to[...]

CLIENT NEWS: New Development Proposed for North Beach Town Center

August 21, 2019

Plans have been submitted to the Miami Beach Design Review Board for a new mixed-use development overlooking the North Shore Park on 72nd Street. An entity controlled by Matis Cohen and the Galbut family is proposing to build a 22-story tower with ground floor commercial space, a landscaped amenities deck, and a rooftop terrace in the North Beach Town Center. The project, designed by Arquitectonica, includes co-living units along with traditional studio, and 1, 2, and 3-bedroom floorplans. Co-living, which[...]

CLIENT NEWS: The New Target on South Beach is Finally Open, and it’s Different from the Rest

August 19, 2019

Breathe a sigh of relief, South Beach - your Target is finally open. The retail giant has opened its first Miami-area “compact store” - the first in South Florida - at the BLVD at Lenox retail development at 1045 Fifth St. in Miami Beach. And when we say compact, we mean compact. Shoppers used to the massive Targets in the suburbs may be stunned by the size of the new store. The South Beach target is almost 33,000 square feet,[...]