UDRB OKs 22-Story Mixed-Use Tower with Micro-Dwellings in Overtown

The Miami Urban Development Review Board (UDRB) has greenlit ONE W12 Residences, a 22-story tower planned for 1129 NW 1st Court in Overtown's Block 19 of the Alice Baldwin Subdivision. Block 19 Owner LLC, successor to a partnership including Lion Development, Property Markets Group (PMG) and LNDMRK Development—which acquired the 1.16-acre site at 105-113 NW 11th Terrace for $16.5 million in February 2024—will develop 372 multifamily units, 4,892 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a parking podium for more than 800 vehicles, according to Miami Today reporting from the Dec. 23, 2024, city approval records. Of the residences, 208 will be micro-dwellings designed for affordability, developer representative Mr. Aviñó told Miami Today. The project, within the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (SEOPW CRA) and a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) zone, sits south of Interstate 395 and four blocks north of the Overtown/Lyric Theatre Metrorail Station, bordered by NW 11th Terrace, NW 1st Court, NW 12th St. and NW 1st Ave. It fulfills CRA goals by incorporating local artwork on the facade, creating construction and maintenance jobs, and promoting cultural and retail activation, per the 2023 UDRB approval filing with Nichols Architects. This approval comes as Overtown sees parallel growth, including the UDRB's May 2024 review of a 1.8-million-square-foot complex by 0101 Miami Properties and Terra at 650 NW 8th St. and 678 NW 7th St., with 1,215 units and first-phase construction eyed for 2025. Nearby, Sawyer's Walk at 249 NW 6th St., by SG Holdings, nears completion with affordable housing, retail and a 25,000-square-foot public plaza. These projects respond to Florida's housing crisis, where foreclosures rank third-worst nationally amid skyrocketing insurance costs, threatening Overtown families' stability. Residents face compounded pressures from recent South Florida thunderstorms causing flash flooding and a deadly DUI crash in Miami-Dade by a Cybertruck driver, heightening public safety worries. Yet state investments like Gov. DeSantis' transportation bill and $50 million in hurricane prep funds signal infrastructure priorities that could ease commutes to the site via expanded highways. As the Congressional Progressive Caucus pushes a national affordability agenda, Overtown's micro-dwellings offer local relief, blending market-rate, workforce and affordable units to bolster community resilience.