Multifamily Residential with Public Employee Apartments at City-Owned Properties Located at 900-950-1000 E 56th Street and 555-5601 E 8th Avenue

Description

The City of Hialeah (“City”) owns an under-used property located at 900-950-1000 E 56 Street and 555-5601 E 8th Avenue that consists of approximately 50 acres with valuable frontage on E 8th Avenue (Lejeune Road) to its west and the Tri-Rail to its east (“Parent Tract”).  The City envisions redevelopment of the Parent Tract as a cohesive master planned, multi-phase, vibrant mixed-use City Center providing a mix of uses including multifamily residential, entertainment, food and beverage, retail, office, and transit-supportive uses, with retail frontage on East 8th Avenue and development of a destination Tri-Rail station on its eastern flank.Through this Request for Proposals (“RFP”), the City seeks to solicit proposals from qualified and experienced development partner(s) to design, entitle, fund, construct, operate, and maintain the first phase of development for this master planned development (“Project”),   to be located on the approximate six (6) acre southwest portion of the overall Parent Tract  (“Subject Parcel”).  The development of the Subject Parcel will serve as an initial phase or catalytic component of the City’s broader, master-planned City Center and will require a public employee housing component. A core objective of this RFP is the provision of long‑term housing opportunities for public sector or City employees. The City seeks proposals that reserve a defined portion of residential units at preferential, rental rates for a term (30 years or more) or through an alternative structure proposed by the Proposer, allowing the City to offer affordable and predictable housing as a workforce recruitment and retention tool.  The City envisions utilizing this as a recruiting tool t