

There has been other developments around transit but nothing quite to this scale where we are literally building on top of a Metrorail station and literally building entirely around it, and we are incorporating all that transit in the project so here you have Metrorail, bus, you have trolley, not the underline, and of course all of the Uber and Lyft drop-offs. Said Arnaud Karsenti, Managing Principal for 13th Floor Investments: “For Miami-Dade, it is quite new.

“This is really part of our public policy for Miami-Dade County.”Īdded Miami-Dade Commissioner Raquel Regalado: “It reminds us that we have all these options, scooters, bicycles, trollies, buses, it’s the Metrorail.” “We need to get people out of their cars,” said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. The sound of Metrorail trains rumbling by represents a shift toward transit-oriented development in the county. The shimmering 10th floor pool deck of Cascade is part of phase one of a public-private partnership with 13th Floor Investments and Adler Group.

The projects exemplify the county’s plan to encourage density along the county’s transit corridor. The project, which is actually two projects, is where Coral Gables meets Coconut Grove at the Douglas Road Metrorail station along U.S. It’s the first of its kind and could be the future of housing. MIAMI – A major project designed to help ease congestion is now open in Miami.
