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Here are 3 trends reshaping retail and affordable housing in Miami

Stories by Miami Herald journalists, with AI summarization

These articles discuss trends in retail and affordable housing that are reshaping urban areas. They highlight mixed-use developments and the introduction of new stores.

In downtown Miami, a Target store opened at Sawyer's Walk. This development also included Burlington, Five Below and Aldi, with a Ross Dress for Less planned for early next year. The project aims to balance retail offerings with affordable senior living options.

In Little River, a $3 billion redevelopment plan targets transit, jobs, and more affordable housing. The project features over 5,700 units and emphasizes support for construction workers. It promises to improve infrastructure and increase accessibility to public transit, aiming to bring positive changes to the community.

The Liberty Square redevelopment in Liberty City also is changing. Residents are moving into new units with improved amenities and safety. A healthcare clinic and community services aims to address long-standing needs of the area.

See the stories below.

Sawyer’s Walk development has opened 578 residential units, a public plaza and a new Target, Burlington, Five Below and Aldi supermarket at 249 NW Sixth St. in Miami’s Overtown community as of November 2024. A Ross Dress for Less store is next in March 2025.

NO. 1: THESE POPULAR STORES JUST MADE THEIR DEBUT IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI AREA. AND THERE’S MORE

Here’s the lineup and opening dates. | Published November 13, 2024 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen

Renderings from the Swerdlow Group show a Main Street-style commercial and residential district and the entrance to a new Tri-Rail commuter station that would be built under a massive proposal that aims to transform a broad swath of Miami’s Little River-Little Haiti neighborhood.

NO. 2: NOW WITH MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MASSIVE MAKEOVER PLAN FOR LITTLE RIVER WINS APPROVAL

“Everyone for 20 blocks in every direction is going to gain a lot from this. It’s going to be very good for everybody,” the developer says. | Published March 28, 2025 | Read Full Story by Andres Viglucci

Minnie Davis, 74, expresses her delight in having a larger stove for Thanksgiving dinner since moving into her one-bedroom apartment at Serenity of Liberty Square. Serenity of Liberty Square hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of phase four in a nine-phase redevelopment project that replaced the old Liberty Square pubic housing. By Carl Juste

NO. 3: THE LATEST PHASE OF THE NEWLY REDEVELOPED LIBERTY SQUARE IS MOVE-IN READY

Families at old Liberty Square move into new Miami apartment complex | Published April 10, 2025 | Read Full Story by Raisa Habersham

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.