A 364-apartment affordable housing proposal is now attached to a major school rebuild in South Miami-Dade, putting new homes next to a future K-12 arts campus in Goulds. The three-story project would bring a pool, clubhouse and 530 parking spaces to 10.3 acres of the Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts site. It is a big plan, but right now it is still just a pre-application—not a construction permit.
Atlantic Pacific Companies filed the early proposal last week for the property at 11370 S.W. 216th St., according to Florida YIMBY. The apartments would total roughly 255,000 square feet and occupy part of the 28.1-acre school campus.
The Housing Plan Is Part Of A Larger Campus Reset
The housing proposal is tied to an $85 million Miami-Dade County Public Schools redevelopment that would combine the Arthur & Polly Mays 6-12 Conservatory of the Arts with Pine Villa Elementary. The district says 13 existing Mays buildings would be demolished while 15 Pine Villa buildings would be retrofitted, creating a single K-12 arts academy with classrooms, labs, performance spaces and a 700-seat auditorium, as outlined by Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
The apartment portion would be built in three stories, with about 1.46 parking spaces per home. Plans also list a swimming pool and clubhouse, giving the future residents some of the amenity package usually associated with much larger suburban developments, even if this one is being squeezed beside a school campus.
District Envisions Workforce Housing Near The New School
The school district previously said it was pursuing a public-private partnership to lease adjacent parcels to a private developer for workforce housing aimed at teachers, support staff and the surrounding community. The South Florida Business Journal identified Atlantic Pacific Companies as the developer behind the pre-application, which remains in the early planning stage.
The school component is expected to be completed in June 2029, according to the district, but the apartment proposal does not yet have a separate construction schedule or announced leasing timeline. The next steps will include further design work, approvals and details on how the affordable and workforce units would be financed and assigned.
Atlantic Pacific Is Already Building Affordable Housing Nearby
The proposal arrives as Atlantic Pacific expands its affordable-housing work across Miami-Dade. Hoodline reported in June that the company broke ground on a 101-unit project in Perrine, another South Dade redevelopment involving county land and public housing.
The Goulds proposal would be substantially larger, but it follows the same broad playbook: pair public land or public facilities with private development to add housing while rebuilding aging community infrastructure. For now, the 364 apartments remain a proposal attached to a much bigger school transformation that is still working its way through the approvals process.
