Developers for two major redevelopment proposals will seek final approval for their projects before the Miami Historic and Environmental Preservation Board on Feb. 7. One partnership aims to build a hotel redevelopment in MiMo with neighborhood pioneer Avra Jain and another applicant wants convert a building near the Design District to full retail.
The MiMo (Miami Modern) neighborhood along Biscayne Boulevard north of downtown Miami has attracted new restaurants and retail as older properties, such as Jain’s Vagabond Hotel, have been revamped. Now she wants to take the Bayside Motor Inn at 5101 and 5125 Biscayne Blvd., which has been closed for several years, and reinvigorate the site with retail, restaurants and offices.
Built in 1952, the two-story hotel totals 13,511 square feet and previously had 40 rooms. A company controlled by Jain sold the 29,360-square-foot site in June 2016 for $4.05 million to 5101 RE CO LLC. The owner is a partnership between Ricardo Caporal-led Mattoni Group and Jain.
Urban Robot Associates designed the MiMo project.
Under the plans, the 6,430-square-foot building on the northern part of the site along Northeast 52nd Street would be torn down, as the city considers it a non-contributing structure to the historic building to the south. That building is in really bad shape, Jain said.
In its place, the developer would build a three-story building of 18,994 square feet. The new building would have 4,908 square feet of retail on the ground floor and 14,086 square feet of offices on the top two floors.
“They want more activity for neighborhood and office is a really nice fit,” Jain said. “People are there during the day and supporting the restaurants and local businesses.”
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