A five-year effort to revitalize central Overtown , Miami’s first Black neighborhood but more recently a bystander to the city’s rapid rise, is nearing completion, bringing nearly 1,000 new jobs and several major businesses.
A Target, Ross Dress for Less and Aldi are among stores coming to the Sawyer’s Walk mixed-use real estate development at 249 NW Sixth St., in the historic area.
Sawyer’s Walk, 1.5 million square feet, will also include 578 affordable apartments for seniors , allowing those who had been displaced in recent years to return or those who cannot afford to stay in the neighborhood to remain.
Commercial part of property is fully leased
SG Holdings has fully booked the property for commercial tenants, Michael Swerdlow, managing partner of Swerdlow Group, said in an interview with the Miami Herald.
“We are 100% committed,” he said of the building’s commercial space.
SG Holdings is a partnership between Swerdlow Group, SJM Partners, and Alben Duffie, and is building the 3.4-acre development. Construction started in June 2021. Swerdlow, who developed Dolphin Mall in West Miami-Dade, said the company expects to receive a certificate of temporary occupancy for the bottom half of the complex —retail and business — by April 1.