Development and Lease of the City’s GSA Site at Northwest 20th Street

The City of Miami's Departments of Procurement and Real Estate and Asset Management is requesting proposals for development and long-term lease of an 18.75-acre GSA Site at 1970 NW 13 Avenue and 1950 NW 12 Avenue under RFP No. 1568387, with proposals due September 8, 2026, and a pre-proposal conference scheduled for June 16, 2026.

The scope mandatorily requires redevelopment into mixed-use while retaining and modernizing all existing municipal uses on the property—facilities for Solid Waste, General Services Administration, Public Works, Parks and Recreation, and Fire Station No. 5. Required components include a minimum of two acres of publicly accessible park space, affordable residential multi-family housing with at least 20 percent of units reserved for households earning 60–100 percent of area median income, and a new Fire Station No. 5 (minimum 25,000 square feet with five bays) completed before demolition of the existing station. The successful proposer bears all responsibility for planning, development, financing, construction, permits, entitlements, environmental remediation, and operations at no cost or financial risk to the City.

The lease term is 99 years inclusive of renewals, commencing upon execution. Rent must follow a base rent and percentage rent structure equaling or exceeding fair market value as determined by state-certified appraisers, with base rent increasing annually by the greater of three percent or Consumer Price Index increase (minimum three percent, maximum as agreed). The successful proposer is responsible for all taxes, impact fees, and payments in lieu of taxes during the lease term and must post proposal security of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) and, upon lease execution, an Earnest Money Deposit of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000).

Minimum qualifications require ten years of continuous operations under the same Federal Employment Identification Number, ten years of mixed-use development ownership or experience, and three completed representative projects of similar size and scope. The deadline for additional information and clarification is June 23, 2026, at 5:00 PM. The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to require fair market value verification through independent appraisals prior to lease execution.