Economic Centers, Developments and Investments in the Area
High Top is located at 1000 NW 23rd St. NW 10th Ave is the main entrance to the Health District from NW 20 St. Almost next to the just opened Rubell Museum at 1101 NW 23 ST.
The main economic center in the area is The Miami Health District. The Miami Health District is the second largest health district in the US. It encompasses 153 acres and features two million square feet of laboratories and research facilities. The Health District is one of Miami’s largest employment hubs with an employment payroll of $1.9 billion dollars. Some of the new developments and investments in the area are: Miami Beach developer Robert Wennett closed on the purchase of the Miami Produce Center in Allapattah at 2140 NW 12th Ave, marking another sign of the new commercial investment in the industrial neighborhood. River Landing Development Builds 2M SF Mixed-Use Project in Miami’s River District at 1500 N.W. North River Drive. Terrazas Miami: 324-unit luxury condominiums. 1861 NW South River Dr. Wagner Creek Apartments: 1501 NW 13 Ct. 11-story, 73-unit affordable housing apartment complex.
The Miami Health District is the second largest health district in the US. It encompasses 153 acres and features two million square feet of laboratories and research facilities. The Health District is one of Miami’s largest employment hubs with an employment payroll of $1.9 billion dollars.
It’s home to one of the busiest trauma centers in the nation, the Ryder Trauma Center and a variety of civic buildings, universities and medical research institutions. Jackson Memorial Hospital will undergo an $830 million dollar voter approved renovation that will include a new rehabilitation hospital and pediatric outpatient center and an additional 2 million square feet is planned for the UM Life Science and Technology Park.
HOSPITALS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Diabetes Research Institute, Holtz Children’s Hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Lois Pope Life Center, Miami Transplant Institute, Miami VA Healthcare System, Schoninger Research Quadrangle, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Miami Hospital
UNIVERSITIES
Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Center, Miami- Dade College Medical Campus and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (1,500 faculty physicians and 8,200 employees)
CIVIC BUILDINGS
Miami-Dade Medical Examiner, Miami-Dade Health Department, Miami-Dade State Attorney, Miami-Dade Public Defender and the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building
Miami Beach developer Robert Wennett closed on the purchase of the Miami Produce Center in Allapattah, marking another sign of the new commercial investment in the industrial neighborhood
Records show Miami Produce Center LLC, an entity controlled by Wennett, paid $16 million for the combined 9.72 acres of land. The deal includes the 121,587-square-foot warehouses at 2140 Northwest 12th Avenue and the 33,908-square-foot warehouse at 1335 Northwest 21st Terrace.
River Landing Development Builds 2M SF Mixed-Use Project in Miami’s River District at 1500 N.W. North River Drive.
The district west of Downtown Miami along the Miami River is soon to see new large-scale development activity as preconstruction work has begun on the $300 Million River Landing Shops & Residences mixed-use project in early 2015. Located at 1500 N.W. North River Drive, the site is on the north bank of the Miami River at walking distance from the Civic Center area that is home to the second largest health district in the nation. Despite being one of South Florida's largest employment hubs, the area is under served in retail and apartments. The 8.14-acre property on the Miami River will include 426,000 square feet of vertical retail space and several waterfront restaurants. It is developed by River Landing Development L.L.C.–an affiliate of Coral Gables-based real estate investment, management, and advisory firm Hellinger Penabad Cos.–and designed by ADD Inc. The Shopping Center Group is in charge of leasing operations at the retail space.
River Landing will feature from 20,000 to 60,000 square feet of space available to seven national and regional anchor tenants, and an additional 140,000 leasable square feet will be allocated for regional and local retailers and restaurants. Plans also call for two residential towers with 475 market-rate apartments, more than 2,200 parking spaces and a lineal riverfront park. The developers are currently busy with the demolition of the old structure on the site. Once finished, the project will encompass nearly 2 million square feet in total.
