SMART GROWTH COMES TO HIALEAH, FLA
Gus Gil is another developer who decided to invest in Hialeah’s reinvigorated downtown.
His Palm Avenue Plaza development, with 30 condominiums and ground floor retail, is the first mixed use building in Hialeah’s central business district.
In a downtown that was dominated by dollar stores and vacancies not long ago, Gil just leased some of his retail space to Quiznos Sub.
“(Hialeah has) done a fantastic job bringing in New Urbanism,” he said.
“But the key factor is reclassifying the zoning to higher density in the areas you are trying to revamp – it’s the only way people get motivated to sell their property, allowing new developments to come into the area.
Higher density is not always a bad thing if done correctly, by taking into account the new impact to the area's infrastructure, schools, traffic and recreational facilities.”
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