A proposal for a building with apartments, retail space, and shared parking is planned near Hialeah's Okeechobee Metrorail station. The building is identified as Metro Grande I.
What's in the New Proposal
The proposal calls for a building with apartments, retail space, and shared parking, according to South Florida Business Journal.
What's notable is that the newly proposed building carries the Metro Grande I name.
Metro Grande III
Metro Grande III is open and provides affordable housing.
A 2023 report described Metro Grande II as a proposed eight-story elderly rental community with 94 units across about 101,645 square feet, per Florida YIMBY.
The Development Bid
Cornerstone Group secured the development bid for the county-owned site in 2018.
The land is owned by Miami-Dade County Public Housing & Community Development.
Transit Ridership Efforts
The Metro Grande project is part of an effort to boost transit ridership. Other station developments include the $1 billion, 47-acre Upland Park project at Dolphin Station.
The Metro Grande II parcel was formerly a surface-level parking lot.
Metro Grande I is proposed as a development.
