The Dezer father-son team is moving forward with Dezerland Park West after the proposed 586-unit project in North Miami was unanimously approved by the city’s planning board.
Sunny Isles Beach-based Dezer Development, led by Michael Dezer and son Gil Dezer, is planning a two-building residential development for the 4.44-acre site at 1890 Northeast 146th Street, the South Florida Business Journal reported. The site is currently used as a truck parking lot.
A 14-story building with 269 apartments and 4,500 square feet of retail space, plus an eight-story parking garage, will sit on the northern parcel of the site. An eight-story building with 317 apartments and 14 townhouse units will occupy the southern parcel, the outlet said. The parcels are separated by a cell tower site owned by a third party.
The apartments will range from 500 to 1,500 square feet and have 20,000 square feet of shared amenities, including a pool courtyard. The townhouses will be 1,330 square feet each.
MSA Architects in Miami designed the project.
The site is zoned industrial, but it’s in a transit-oriented district overlay that allows residential development. Dezer requested a conditional use permit as part of the project proposal.
Dezerland Park West would generate 40 to 50 permanent jobs and $40.5 million in local spending upon completion, according to an economic analysis conducted by the developer. Dezer would pay the city $24.5 million in impact and permit fees, the journal reported.
Dezer plans to add roadway lanes on 146th Street and 19th Avenue to improve traffic near the project, its lawyer told the city’s Planning Board.
Mark Napolitano, the owner of the cell tower site, said the impact of the buildings’ heights on cell tower operations would need to be studied.
The project requires city council approval.
The Dezers are known for their luxury developments, especially their automobile-branded residential towers. Gil Dezer’s 60-story ultra-luxury Porsche Design Tower drew attention for its patented “Dezervator,” an elevator system that allows residents to park their cars in “sky garages” next to their units.
Dezer started construction two years ago on Bentley Residences in Sunny Isles Beach, the only Bentley-branded residential tower in the world, according to its website.
—Grace McClung
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