Transit Oriented Communities

Once completed, Upland Park will be the largest TOD in Miami-Dade County. Designed to be a monumental step forward in transit-oriented design, Upland Park is a 47-acre development being built from the ground up to be a fully integrated community connected to the Dolphin Station Park & Ride. Part of Miami-Dade County East-West corridor SMART Program, this lifestyle evolution is being made possible through concepts such as transit-supportive land uses, mobility alternatives, and ample open spaces for holistic live, work, and play environments.

Upland Park will add accessibility to its residents and patrons onto the County’s rapid-transit system and will feature the following: 

• Approximately 2,100 residential units
• Approximately 192K sq. ft. of retail space
• Approximately 467K sq. ft. of office space
• Approximately 126K sq. ft. of hotel rooms

• 25,000 square feet of ground floor retail and restaurant space
• Central location with prime access to transit including the Brightline train station, Metrorail and Metromover stations
• Amenities such as a sunset-view recreation deck with two pools, dog park, state-of-the-art fitness center, club lounge, and work from home center.
• Engaging ground floor features retail and restaurant space surrounding an interior courtyard.

• Metro Grande will be three 8-story towers with 202 units of affordable elderly housing and 84 units of luxury workforce housing, 10,225 sq. ft. retail space, structured parking for tenants and covered walkways to and from the station. Construction started in 2022.

In planning and under negotiations, a two-phase project on a portion of the station’s surface parking lot.

• 1,290-space parking garage, covered walkway, bike path, lighting, paving and landscaping
• The planned mixed-use project will provide 1,030 community housing units in two phases on 5.87 acres
• The community housing residential units will be set aside for:
  • Children who aged out of foster care (at no cost to the children)
  • Military members and their families, transit bus operators and their families
  • Workforce.

Located on NW 7 Avenue at NW 62 Street in the City of Miami. 7th Avenue Transit Village is a mixed-use development project located in the heart of Liberty City, one of Miami-Dade’s oldest and most celebrated communities, featuring residential units, a transit hub, parking garage, community black-box theatre, ground floor commercial, sun deck, swimming pool, fitness center, business center. Silver LEED certified.

• Phase I is 9 stories with 76 affordable housing units. Completed 2016.
• Phase II is 9-stories with 100 units of affordable housing. Completed 2017.
• Multi-level parking garage with 158 spaces, 25 of which are dedicated to Metrobus patrons.

This transit hub is being served by four Transit bus routes - NW 7th Avenue MAX (277), Liberty City Connection (46), 62, and 77.

• Allapattah Garden Apartments is a garden style 8 buildings, 3-story, 128 units of affordable housing. 135,100 sq. ft. Completed 2004.

• Brownsville Transit Village is a five-phase, 5.2-acre, joint-development project.
• Phases I-IV feature 401 affordable housing units in four 14-story rental buildings, a 660-space parking garage for tenant use with an additional 100 spaces dedicated for Metrorail riders and 6,400 sq. ft. of retail space. Completed in 2014.
• Phase V will contain 120 residential units of which 44 affordable housing units are required. Groundbreaking coming soon. 

Located next to the Coconut Grove Metrorail Station at SW 27 Avenue at US 1 in the City of Miami.

The Grove Central development is a mixed-use residential and retail project on a 5.2-acre lot. Construction of this Transit Oriented Community development started in 2020 and it's now completed. 

Grove Central connects with The Underline, a 10-mile linear park that is currently under construction below Metrorail's guideway. The heart of historic Coconut Grove, a popular destination for local residents and tourists, is within walking distance from Grove Central. 

Grove Central provides 172,000 square feet of retail space, five levels of parking, and 402 residential units, including 60 work-force housing units. It also includes 250 shared spaces and 200 dedicated transit spaces.

As part of DTPW's partnership with the developer, Grove Metro Station LLC will contribute up to $5 million in improvements to the Coconut Grove Metrorail Station.

• Phase I Dadeland Station is an 859,337 sq.ft. big box vertical retail mall with 9600 sq.ft. ground floor retail, features Target, Best Buy, Dick’s, PetSmart, Bed Bath & Beyond and Michael’s. Completed in 1996.
• Phase II Towers of Dadeland I is a 14-story market rate residential tower with 6400 sq. ft. ground floor retail. Completed in 2005.
• Phase III Motion at Dadeland features 294 market-rate rental apartments in a 25-story building with structured parking, along with 8,000 sq. ft. of ground floor retail. Completed in 2019.
• Phase B Dadeland Vista is an off-site 4-story 48-unit market rate apartment building. Completed in 2000.

• Phase I & III - Datran Center 1 & 2 are 16-story and 20-story Class A office buildings of 1,007,156 sq. ft. with 44,920 sq. ft. of retail, 3,500 structured parking spaces with 1,000 dedicated to transit patrons. Completed 1984.
• Phase II - Miami Dadeland Marriott Hotel and Conference Center with 300 rooms. Completed 1984.
• Phase 4A - Dadeland Centre is an 18-story 127,353 sq. ft. Class A office building with structured parking. Completed 2005.
• Phase 4B – Dadeland Centre II is a 15-story 112,000 sq. ft. Class A office building with ground floor retail and structured parking. Completed 2008.

• Phase 1 “Core at Douglas” – 285,375 sq. ft. 22-story residential tower with 312 residential units and 6,000 sq. ft. ground floor retail. Completed 2021.
• Phase 2 “Cascade at Douglas” – 907,000 sq. ft. 36-story high-rise with 421 residential units, 75,000 ft. of open space, 700-space parking garage with 300 transit-dedicated spaces. Completion 2022.
• Phases 3 and 4 – Multi-story towers with ground floor retail by 2031. Phase 3 began in 2025.

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Office Building is a 5-story, 172,000 sq. ft. office building with 13,500 sq. ft. ground floor retail. Completed 2004.

• The Stephen P. Clark Government Center is a 27-story building housing the seat of and offices of Miami-Dade County government. Completed in 1984.

• Overtown Transit Village North is a 17-story, 309,900 sq.ft. office building with a 950-space parking garage and 4,000 sq.ft. ground floor retail. Completed 2006.
• Overtown Transit Village South is a 21-story, 300,000 sq.ft. office building with a 334-space parking garage and 7,152 ground floor lobby. Completed 2010.

• Northside Transit Village is four 8-story affordable housing residential buildings with 438 units, 20,000 sq. ft. ground floor retail and 250 dedicated transit patron parking spaces in a multi-level parking garage. Silver LEED.
• To date, 319 housing units have been constructed between 2015-2022.
• An additional 118 are under construction.

• Santa Clara Apartments I is a 9-story, 219,376 sq.ft. 208-unit affordable housing project with surface parking. Completed 2004.
• Santa Clara Apartments II is a 17-story, 361,325 sq.ft. 204-unit affordable housing project with 258-space structured parking plus 61 dedicated transit patron spaces. Completed 2006

• Development Agreement with Brightline Trains USA LLC to construct a passenger rail station, park and ride and bus bays on County-owned property to include a center platform, a pedestrian bridge connecting the station and park and ride lot to the center platform. Under construction.