Little Haiti Low-Income Housing Done Properly
The front porches overlook the courtyard.
I stumbled upon this beautiful low-income housing project while biking through Little Haiti a couple of weeks ago. Carrfour Supportive Housing owns the Little Haiti Gateway housing complex, which was built in 1947.
Paths connect the small multifamily cottages.
Many of the units face a courtyard which has a resident common area complete with a barbecue grill and picnic tables. All of the units have small front porches that are connected by a series of concrete paths and covered by mature oak trees which provide a nice canopy of shade for residents.
Barbecue area with picnic tables in the middle of the courtyard that is surrounded by the small multifamily cottages.
The grounds are very well maintained and you can sense that the residents are looking after their home. This is great example of low-income housing done tastefully. Take a look for yourselves.
Jugofresh Coming to the MiMo Historic District
Lyle Chariff, CEO of Chariff Realty Group, has confirmed that jugofresh is slated to open Summer 2014 in the MiMo Historic District. The building was listed and sold within 30 Days and sold for $960,000 or $545.00 per square foot and is located at 7501 Biscayne Boulevard. In September 2010 the building traded for $550,000.
According to Chariff, Matthew Sherman the owner of jugofresh, is committed to the neighborhood and we can expect a “nice surprise with a twist for the building’s renovation”. Let’s hope so. The building, which was built in 1966, is rather boring but could easily be retrofitted and made more architecturally interesting. Nevertheless, this will be a great addition to the neighborhood. The organic juice bar is aggressively expanding after opening its first successful store in the Sunset Harbour neighborhood of South Beach. Looks like jugofresh will open 6 new locations within the next year or so.
The free standing building will likely be remodeled.
On the Rise: Developer Roundtable
What Homebuyers in Miami Want Now? Alicia Cervera on New Developments
This is the second of three interviews I did for StreetEasy with Alicia Cervera Lamadrid, Managing Partner at Cervera Real Estate . In this interview Alicia talks about the consumer’s desire to buy into Miami’s emerging neighborhoods, urban infill, transit oriented development opportunites, green building and the consumer wanting to live in walkable neighborhoods.
Alicia foresees that the next opportunity for developers will come in the form of smaller boutique buildings. Very few large developable tracts of land remain in the urban core, so she expects to see much smaller upscale buildings with 20-30 units being developed going forward.
You can catch our first interview below: