The redevelopment, branded Hazel Doral, will replace the three-story, 109,750-square-foot Westside Plaza II office building with a seven-story multifamily development featuring 380 apartments. Forty percent of the units will be designated as workforce housing to comply with the Live Local Act.
The Live Local Act supersedes local governments’ zoning, density and height requirements for projects meeting specific affordable or workforce housing requirements, a controversial measure that some municipalities have opposed. Doral is among them.
Developers are using empty vessels as a base to create the much-desired live-work-play dynamic. But according to a recent report, this shift may not be good for all. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE