MacArthur Properties has proposed a rezoning to the Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board for a two-story retail building in Miami’s Upper Eastside neighborhood near the Design District. The property under consideration is a 0.8-acre site at 3701 and 3737 Biscayne Blvd. and 306 and 316 N.E. 38th Street. The rezoning plans would allow for a 40,000-square-foot retail building and a new parking structure. MacArthur purchased the site in two transactions for a combined $7.25 million in 2014. Miami attorney Melissa Tapanes Llahues is representing the developer.
“MacArthur is seeking the rezoning due to a provision in Miami 21 [city zoning code] that limits office and commercial uses to less than 25 percent of the building floor area total,” Tapanes Llahues said. “Accordingly, two stories of commercial uses would only be permitted within an eight story building, and MacArthur is proposing less.”
