Developer proposes apartment/retail building in new downtown district in Miami-Dade

A developer has proposed a mixed-use project called Sandpiper Village in Palmetto Bay’s new Downtown Urban Village District.

The city will hold a zoning hearing May 15 for the project on the 1.33-acre site at 9701 Wayne Street and 9700 East Indigo Street. The site consists of four vacant parcels. Three of them are owned by applicant Indigo Gardens Developers, owned by Chris B. Spaulding in Homestead. The fourth site is owned by 9700 East Indigo Street LLC and is under contract to the applicant, according to the application.

Sandpiper Village would have 139 apartments, 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, and a 231-space parking garage. The eight-story building would feature a playground on the second level and a pool/amenity deck on the fourth level. The design by Axioma3 Architects includes covered walkways for the street-facing retail space and a public open space on the southeast corner of the site.

The unit break down would be 69 one-bedroom units of 735 to 922 square feet and 70 two-bedroom units of 1,102 to 1,211 square feet.

According to the application, the developer would offer five years of free rent to a senior/education center for 2,000 square feet of space along Franjo Road.

Gunster attorney Simon Ferro, who represents the developer, couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

Palmetto Bay approved the Downtown Urban Village zoning in late 2015 with greater density and mixed-use development permitted between South Dixie Highway and Franjo Road. The village approved an apartment/retail project by Florida Crystals subsidiary FCI Residential there in 2016, but rejected the proposed Soleste Bay Village apartment/retail project by Estate Investment Group in March after residents told commissioners it would generate too much traffic.

Original Content South Florida Business Journal