A Miami Lakes-based developer has filed plans for a seven-story senior affordable housing complex on a 0.79-acre site just west of an existing affordable apartment community it built in southern Miami-Dade County in 2020. The project, called Redland Crossing Senior Living, would bring 71 apartments and close to 70,000 square feet of new construction to a corridor already anchored by the developer's earlier work.
Centennial Management Corp. is leading the project, according to South Florida Business Journal, which reports the company filed plans for Redland Crossings senior affordable apartments and that the new building would rise just west of affordable apartments the company completed in 2020. The outlet also notes that Redland Crossings is one of several affordable housing projects Centennial Management has filed this year alone. Separate reporting from Florida YIMBY identifies the project as being led through an affiliate, LVS Naranja LLC, with Gallo Herbert Architecture serving as architect, and says the plans are currently in the pre-application phase, a step that lets developers gather community feedback before filing a formal application.
Per Florida YIMBY's reporting, the proposed building would stand seven stories above grade and include a mix of one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, along with a clubroom, fitness center, and 41 parking spots. The homes would be designated affordable housing, which Miami-Dade County defines as housing reserved for households earning at or below 140 percent of area median income, according to the same report. Miami-Dade County permit guidance separately describes affordable housing as intended for sale or rental to households at or below that same 140 percent threshold, per the Miami-Dade County permitting page.
A Growing Senior Community Along the Busway
The new complex would sit beside Centennial Management's existing Redland Crossings apartment complex, which the company owns, according to Florida YIMBY. That existing community already includes Cannery Row at Redlands Crossing, described by PMI Florida as a smoke-free development for residents age 62 and older, located adjacent to the Miami-Dade Busway. PMI Florida lists amenities there including a clubhouse, cyber lounge, Energy Star appliances and lighting, a fitness center, and grab bars available by request at no charge. Redland Crossings' own website describes the community as one of several affordable housing developments in southern Miami-Dade built by Centennial Management.
Centennial's expansion plans arrive against a backdrop of acute housing strain across the county. Miami-Dade has a gap of 90,181 affordable and available rental units for households earning below 80 percent of area median income, according to an analysis cited by Miami Homes For All. That shortfall is projected to grow to nearly 116,000 units by 2030 unless more affordable housing gets built, the organization reports.
Cost Burdens Weigh Heavily on Renters
The same analysis found that half of all Miami-Dade households are considered cost-burdened, meaning they spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing, and that 90 percent of renters earning less than $50,000 fall into that category. The findings draw on updated 2021 American Community Survey data along with employment projections from the University of Florida's Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Miami Homes For All notes. Separately, county housing documents list a median income figure of $87,200 for Miami-Dade, tied to the same 140 percent limit used for SHIP and Surtax programs, though that figure is subject to periodic federal revisions.
Miami Homes For All also points to a mismatch between local wages and housing costs: of the 21 occupations expected to add at least 1,000 workers in Miami-Dade by 2030, 14 carry median hourly wages of $19 or less. That dynamic underscores why senior and workforce affordable units, like those proposed for Redland Crossing Senior Living, remain in high demand even as new projects get filed.
Other Affordable Projects in the Pipeline
Centennial's filing is one of several affordable housing efforts moving through Miami-Dade's pipeline this year. Florida YIMBY has also covered Santa Cruz Isles, an eight-story senior housing development planned in Leisure City that would stand 94 feet tall and host 120 units, with that earlier coverage appearing in June.
On a much larger scale, Miami-Dade County commissioners have granted final approval for SG Holdings' Little River District, a $3 billion mixed-use project that is planned to include roughly 5,700 affordable and workforce housing units, according to Affordable Housing Finance. That development is expected to feature 2,284 affordable units averaging 60 percent of area median income, 1,398 workforce rental units for households earning up to 120 percent of area median income, and 2,048 potential workforce condominium units for buyers earning up to 140 percent of area median income, along with retail, a grocery operator, green space, and a new train station. Construction on Little River District is expected to begin in 2026 with a projected eight-year build-out, the outlet reports, though no such construction timeline has been established for Redland Crossing Senior Living, which remains in its early pre-application stage.
