The Miami Beach City Commission has advanced zoning changes that would allow more than 200 apartments to go up at the gateway to Lincoln Road, advancing a project that city leaders say could help ease the city’s housing shortage while revitalizing Washington Avenue.
Commissioners voted 6-0 last week to advance amendments allowing a mixed-use development at 1600 Washington Ave. The proposal, which will need a second vote of approval in September, calls for about 212 market-rate rental apartments above ground-floor retail space. The project includes 36 studio apartments, 144 one-bedroom units and 32 two-bedroom units.
The apartments could not be converted into condominiums, used as short-term rentals or operated as transient lodging…