LTC 193-2025 - Collins Park Artist Workforce Housing Project Update -Substantial Completion and Leasing ProcessMIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC#
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner
Eric Carpenter, City Manager
May 9, 2025
LETTER TO COMMISSION
SUBJECT: Collins Park Artist Workforce Housing Project Update -
Substantial Completion and Leasing Process
This Letter to Commission (L TC) provides an update on the Collins Park Artist Workforce Housing
Project ("Project"). This information supplements L TC #030-2025 issued on January 17, 2025.
1.Project Overview
Approved for development by the Mayor and City Commission in 2021, the Project was created to
expand affordable housing for Miami Beach's workforce by repurposing a municipal parking lot at
224 23rd Street. Adjacent to the Collins Park Parking Garage, this seven-story, mixed-use
development includes:
•80 workforce housing
units for income-
eligible artists,
educators, City
employees, veterans,
and other Miami
Beach workers;
•Student housing
leased to the Miami
City Ballet, Inc. to
support its dance
education program;
and
•Ground-level
activation space,
leased by the City, for
governmental or
nonprofit cultural use,
enhancing the Collins
Park Cultural District.
2.Construction Update
Following a groundbreaking ceremony in July 2023, the development team (Servitas, Moss
Construction, PGAL, and Shulman+ Associates) has been working diligently to keep construction
on schedule, including overtime efforts to recover from weather-related delays. City staff actively
assisted the development team to finalize the permitting and inspection process and a Temporary
Certificate of Occupancy {TCO) was issued on May 8, 2025.
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