Major residential mixed use announced!

735 NW 57th Ave. and 5627 NW Seventh St. Miami

Major residential mixed use announced!

A major residential mixed-use project planned near Miami International Airport will include a series of 12-story buildings with retail on the first floor, parking in the pedestal level and residential units above. The city’s Urban Development Review Board recommended approval.

Owner-developer PAJ Investment Group LLC plans to build Miami City Center at 735 NW 57th Ave. and 5627 NW Seventh St. The overall development will have 1,908,500 square feet of floor area.

Miami City Center will include 1,333 residential units, 41,438 square feet of commercial-retail uses and parking for up to 2,589 vehicles, and have 108 bike racks.

The applicant is requesting waivers, including:

• A 10% access aisle width reduction, proposing 22 feet where 23 feet is required.
• Substitute commercial loading berth by residential berths; proposing two residential berths where one commercial berth is required.
• A shared access waiver. Parking will provide safe and convenient access to and from public thoroughfares which include movement lanes and public frontages.
• A waiver for access from a principal frontage. Proposing that a private road be considered a principal frontage where waiver access from principal frontage is required.

According to Attorney Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, who represents PAJ, stated that the project will include nearly four and a half times more open space than what is required.

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