Brian Bandell
Nov 6, 2023
Lennar Corp. wants to change the land use of an agricultural site in the Goulds neighborhood of southern Miami-Dade County to build 255 homes.
The Miami-based homebuilder (NYSE: LEN) filed a pre-application with county officials concerning the 30-acre site at the northeast corner of Southwest 232nd Street and Southwest 112th Avenue. It’s located on the south side of Debbie Curtin Park, almost due west of the Black Point Marina.
Lennar has the property under contract from UL112 LLC, managed by Jorge. I Canals, Pablo Canals, and Matilde Canals in Hialeah. According to the application, Lennar intends to file a comprehensive development master plan (CDMP) amendment to rezone the 20 acres on the east side of the property to “planned area development district” for residential and the 10 acres on the west side to “limited business district” as commercial.
No site plan was filed for the commercial side, but Lennar did submit a preliminary site plan for the residential development. It shows 158 villas with 340 parking spaces and 97 single-family homes with 316 parking spaces. About a quarter of the residential site would have common areas and green open space.
Miami-based attorney Amanda M. Naldjieff, who represents Lennar in the application, couldn’t be reached for comment. Doral-based Pascual, Perez, Kiliddjian and Star Architects and Planners designed the project.
Developers file pre-applications to receive feedback from county staff before submitting official CDMP amendments, which require County Commission approval.
Lennar has been among the most active homebuilders in southern Miami-Dade. It’s one of the few areas of the country with large enough tracts of vacant land to build new single-family homes, villas and townhouses. Homes in southern Miami-Dade also tend to be less expensive.