Midtown Plaza Redevelopment
Midtown Plaza, at the SE corner of Bahia Vista and Tamiami Trail/US41 in the Arlington Park neighborhood, is just across Bahia Vista Street from our Alta Vista 'hood. Currently home to Panera, a Starbucks, Massage Envy, Michaels On East, the old vacant Winn Dixie, and various other popular shops and services.
"WinnDixie" side of the property to be replaced with hotel, apartments, retail, and garage.
Application requesting Site Plan approval to redevelop approximately 3.52 acres of the 7.51-acre site zoned Commercial General District (CGD) with a Future Land Use designation of Urban Mixed Use. The redevelopment will replace approximately 45,860 square feet of commercial space, the south portion of the building, where WinnDixie was, with a 145 room hotel, 112 unit apartment building [of which 28 attainable], 5,800 square feet of retail, and a parking structure. The hotel, in southwest corner of lot, abutting US41, and apartment building are utilizing the CGD height bonus in Section VI-503(l)(4) to allow each building to be up to 65 feet in height [plans show 6-story buildings]. The apartment building is utilizing the CGD residential intensity bonus, by providing 25% of the residential units as attainable to households having incomes at or below 120 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI).
On City e-docs page, search Application Number *25-SP-10* for documents. Also, you can search Application Name = *Midtown* for associated documents including prior zoning and other applications that bear upon this application.
Application requesting Site Plan approval to redevelop approximately 3.52 acres of the 7.51-acre site zoned Commercial General District (CGD) with a Future Land Use designation of Urban Mixed Use. The redevelopment will replace approximately 45,860 square feet of commercial space, the south portion of the building, where WinnDixie was, with a 145 room hotel, 112 unit apartment building [of which 28 attainable], 5,800 square feet of retail, and a parking structure. The hotel, in southwest corner of lot, abutting US41, and apartment building are utilizing the CGD height bonus in Section VI-503(l)(4) to allow each building to be up to 65 feet in height [plans show 6-story buildings]. The apartment building is utilizing the CGD residential intensity bonus, by providing 25% of the residential units as attainable to households having incomes at or below 120 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI).
On City e-docs page, search Application Number *25-SP-10* for documents. Also, you can search Application Name = *Midtown* for associated documents including prior zoning and other applications that bear upon this application.
June 18, 9am, City Hall: DRC (Development Review Committee) Midtown Plaza project. See City Agendas site for background documents. (DRC meetings are technical evaluations of details of planned project; public is welcome to listen but no public comments at this venue.)
Plans were in the works as early as 2018 for potential redevelopment of this plaza. General talk by the City has been of supporting redevelopment of aging shopping plazas surrounded by acres of surface parking lots, as mixed use, adding residential to the commercial, possibly including affordable or attainable housing.
Separately, there had been an application for construction of a new, small building, out in the parking lot, for Starbucks, but now it appears that Starbucks is planned to relocate into the new retail space.
