Javier L. Vazquez

Successfully obtained approval of a 23-story mixed-use building on a 1.09-acre site at 2040 NE 163rd Street in North Miami Beach on behalf of client 2040 Investments. The new building will total 572,456 square feet, with 334 apartments in 272,660 square feet, 30 hotel rooms in 11,646 square feet, 7,328 square feet of retail, and a 410-space parking garage, including 13 electric vehicle charging stations. The hotel rooms would line the front of the seven-story parking garage. Amenities would include a pool deck with a turf surface atop the parking garage, a fitness room and a game room. There would be 144 one-bedroom units, 162 two-bedroom units, and 28 three-bedroom units.

Representing one of the largest home builders in the U.S. in the conversion, rehabilitation, and redevelopment of land previously used for agriculture, which included a chemical/pesticide mixing shed and is bordered by a salvage yard, for residential use; working with the environmental engineer to assess a varied set of environmental impacts to this site; working  closely with the County, both environmental technical staff and the legal department, to bring the site conditions within allowable levels then restrict the site with institutional/engineering controls to prevent human exposure to any remaining contaminants.

Secured on unanimous vote by the City Council for Florida City approving an ordinance granting rezoning to approximately 18 acres located on Palm Drive and Krome Avenue, paving the way for the development of Ocean Gate Village, the first TOD in Florida City on behalf of client, Cordial Holdings LLC and the Carricart family; decision arrived following months of working with the Town Planner in the writing of the development standards for this first of its kind Transit-Oriented Development. The proposed development calls for 252 garden style apartments, 136,168 square feet of commercial space, and a one-acre park.

Successfully represented Mater Academy Charter School before the Hialeah City Council in obtaining approval of a conditional use permit to allow a K-12 charter school with 2,950 students at the world famous Hialeah Park.

Successfully represented client in securing Miami Dade County Commission approval of the South Miami Dade Farmers application for the development of a mixed use project which includes 321 multi-family units to be built among six three-story buildings with a mix of one, two and three-bedroom units plus recreational amenities, all in keeping with the Miami Dade County SMART Plan regulations established by the county commission in 2016.

Successfully represented J. Milton & Associates in securing a unanimous approval by the Dania Beach City Commission to modify a previously approved site plan that allows for the construction of a 13-story apartment building with 381 residential units. The representation spanned 7 months and included meetings with city planners, Design Review Committee, community residents, and a public hearing before the City Commission. 

Successfully represented The Car Factory with the passage of an ordinance approving a Development Agreement for the vacation and closure of a public alley traversing the client’s property. This representation, which lasted over 18 months, included complex negotiations with the Miami City Manager, the City of Miami Fire Department and the City’s Department of Real Estate and Asset Management. Final adoption by the Miami City Commission was unanimous.

Successfully represented two unrelated developers seeking a Special Use Permit (“SUP”) to extend the regulations of the City of Hialeah Neighborhood Business District (“NBD”) which are intended to promote redevelopment in prominent but blighted areas of the City that are in imminent need of renovation: o construction of a mixed-use development on a 7.6 acre site which will include retail uses and 212 rental residential dwellings (please read The Real Deal article); and construction of a mixed-use development on a 5.92-acre site which will include 15,900 square feet of retail, 145,000 square feet of self-storage space and 413 rental apartments with numerous amenities including a gym, swimming pools and internal walkways and gardens.

• Real Estate Committee, Chair (2014-2015)