The Related Group has been selected by the Miami-Dade County Commission to carry out a $307 million redevelopment of the Liberty Square housing project in Miami’s Liberty City. The plans call for the company’s affiliate, Related Urban, to build 1,332 new housing units at Liberty Square and 216 units at Lincoln Gardens in nearby Brownsville. This would be the largest public housing project ever in Miami-Dade and it was heavily promoted by county Mayor Carlos Gimenez. Of the 6,100 construction jobs created by the project, the developer promised that 30 percent would go to Liberty Square or public housing residents. The project still requires approval from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Florida Housing Finance Corp.
