30 acres in Overtown are Miami’s next target for looser development rules

Miami officials are targeting 30 acres in the historically Black neighborhood of Overtown for looser development regulations.  The push marks at least the second area the city is targeting for a zoning overhaul amid the wealth influx that promises to seed more residential demand and construction activity. Elsewhere, Miami is shepherding a much bigger upzoning in the Little Havana neighborhood.  The Overtown proposal comes on the heels of Carnegie Mellon University’s announcement it will build and open a satellite campus in Wynwood, which is just north of the neighborhood. Billionaire Ken Griffin bought the Mana Wynwood complex, where the campus […]

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