Doral Council approves Doral Concourse rezoning, development agreement and site plan

The City of Doral council on Jan. 15 approved a package of land‑use changes and a site plan that will convert the ground floor of an existing office building at 8400 Northwest 36th Street into roughly 19,565 square feet of restaurant space and add pedestrian and civic‑space improvements.

Michelle, the city’s planning and zoning director, told council the application — presented as four concurrent requests — includes a small‑scale future‑land‑use amendment to Downtown Mixed Use, a rezoning to Downtown Mixed Use, a master development agreement and the site plan. “This project accomplishes the goals of your comprehensive plan,” she said, describing pedestrian walkways, landscaping, public art and upgraded lake access as community benefits and noting the developer will provide certain roadway and transit improvements and signal coordination…