A Coral Gables developer has taken the first formal step to turn about 162 acres of county-owned land just west of Miami Gardens into a massive mixed-use complex dubbed Landmark. On paper, it leans heavily industrial but layers in pockets of housing, retail and public amenities, including athletic fields, an indoor community center and a long linear park. The county site, centered on NW 47th Avenue, includes parcels used by institutional providers such as His House Children’s Home, with the Honey Hill mobile home park close by.
What the filing shows
As reported by Florida YIMBY, Landmark QOZB Construction submitted a pre-application with Miami-Dade planners on May 26 that identifies the site as 20000 NW 47 Avenue and pegs the overall area at roughly 162 acres. The preliminary site plan lays out a substantial industrial footprint alongside a roughly 6.92-acre pocket set aside for residential uses with ground-floor retail, and it shows multiple warehouse buildings clustered in the northern and central sections of the property.
County conditions and public amenities
Miami-Dade County records tied to a May 19 board resolution spell out the binding terms for the lease amendment that will shape the project. The county is requiring the developer to design, permit and deliver at least 9.16 acres of recreation and sports facilities, an indoor community center of no less than 36,550 square feet, and a minimum 14.72-acre linear park, according to Miami-Dade County. The same resolution sets a floor of 190 affordable rental units, with rents capped at no more than 120 percent of area median income, and authorizes the county mayor to execute the lease amendment, easements and related agreements.
Warehouses, homes and retail
The site plan documents, as detailed by Florida YIMBY, show roughly 3.9 million square feet of industrial development spread across about 90 acres and reference approximately 1.56 million square feet of warehouse space. The residential program is concentrated on about 6.9 acres and calls for roughly 190 affordable rental units, about 24,000 square feet of commercial space and an indoor community hub. Project documents list Modis Architects as the architect.
Neighbors and infrastructure
The Landmark site sits amid a mix of underused county buildings and industrial parcels. Older county planning materials note that widening NW 47th Avenue is considered essential to support any large-scale buildout and that mobile home communities such as Honey Hill sit to the south and west, according to Miami-Dade County. Those same planning documents also warned that residential uses in the northern portion of the property could be incompatible with heavy industrial operations, a key reason the county has pushed for on-site recreation space, buffering and phased infrastructure upgrades.
Next steps and timeline
The pre-application is an early, advisory filing, so it does not grant any approvals. The project still faces rezoning, a companion CDMP amendment, Administrative Site Plan Review and building permit reviews. The recent county resolution authorizes the mayor to negotiate and execute a new amended lease and related agreements and contemplates subleases plus a developer contribution of roughly $4 million toward new His House facilities on the property, according to Miami-Dade County.
What to watch
Over the coming months, watch for formal rezoning applications, public hearings and more detailed phasing plans that spell out how the industrial, residential and public pieces would roll out. If it comes together as proposed, Landmark would rank among the largest redevelopment efforts in North Dade in recent years, turning a long-dormant county property into a hybrid complex of warehouses, housing and park space.
