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Planning board recommends Med Square medical‑office project with waiver for larger upper‑floor plates
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board voted to recommend approval of the Med Square mixed‑use medical office project, endorsing a waiver that permits larger floor plates on the building's top two stories and citing buffering townhomes and excess on‑site parking as mitigating factors.
The City of South Miami Planning & Zoning Board voted to recommend approval of a six‑story mixed‑use medical office project known as Med Square, recommending a waiver to allow larger floor plates on the building's fifth and sixth floors.
Applicant counsel Alejandro Arias said the proposal occupies about 1.63 acres and includes an 81,910‑square‑foot medical office building with 10,900 square feet of ground‑floor uses, four levels of internal parking and a two‑story, eight‑unit townhouse buffer facing the adjacent single‑family neighborhood. "This project will provide 353 parking spaces, so a surplus of 200 parking spaces," Arias said, noting staff's favorable recommendation.
Mark Albers of the Corradino Group, the city's planning consultant, said staff reviewed traffic, sight‑line and shadow studies and found the project consistent with the Transit Supportive Development District (TSDD) except for upper‑floor plate size, which was the subject of a waiver. "We can see no realistic impacts other than the visual impact," Albers said, adding the building stays below the TSDD height limit and that townhouse units and landscaping would provide a transition to neighboring homes.
Board members debated parking and bulk, with some saying additional parking reduces spillover into nearby residential streets. After discussion, a motion to recommend approval carried on a roll call vote with one recorded no vote. The board's recommendation will go to the City Commission for final action.
