Design Review Board approves 10-story mixed-use building at 6940 Abbott Ave.; waiver for separate driveways granted with conditions

The Miami Beach Design Review Board approved a design-review application for a proposed 10-story mixed-use building at 6940 Abbott Avenue on a 4-0 vote, granting a design waiver to allow separate driveways for loading and parking due to the site's narrow width and directing the applicant to refine several design and landscape details with staff.

City staff described the proposal as a 10-story building with 96 residential units (including 21 co-living units), two levels of parking above a ground-floor retail component and design-waiver requests to split loading and parking driveways on Byron Avenue. Staff recommended approval of the waiver because the lot is narrow and the split driveway minimizes curb-cut conflicts on the primary Abbott Avenue frontage; staff also noted balconies along the north side currently encroach 6 feet and will need administrative adjustment to meet a 10-foot setback with a 3-foot allowed encroachment.

Applicant representatives — attorney Tracy Slavens and project…