A 990-acre stretch of land east of Krome Avenue could become West Kendall’s first true downtown under a sweeping proposal called City Park Main Street, envisioned as a walkable district of restaurants, shops and entertainment anchored by a boardwalk winding through the heart of the community. The plan calls for up to 7,800 homes, a resort-style lagoon and beach area, and a 10-acre community farm, positioning the project as a long-term answer to a suburb that residents say has outgrown its current identity.
Plans call for a lively mix of restaurants, outdoor cafés, breweries, wineries, artisanal shops, boutiques, wellness and lifestyle services, family-friendly attractions and an entertainment plaza, according to Miami’s Community Newspapers. A boardwalk winding through the district will connect these experiences, the outlet reports, with the goal of giving West Kendall residents more opportunities to stay near home and spend time together rather than driving elsewhere for a night out.
The broader City Park community is described on the project’s own facts page as a $2.6 billion, 990-acre mixed-use community, though Florida YIMBY’s account of the Miami-Dade County application pegged the proposal at $2 billion covering the same 990 acres — a discrepancy the available record does not resolve. The site sits east of Krome Avenue in West Kendall, less than a mile from Miami Executive Airport, per the project’s frequently asked questions page.
Homes, Parks and a Future Transit Hub
Beyond Main Street’s shops and cafés, the full build-out is planned to include up to 7,800 new homes phased in gradually over the next eight to 10 years once infrastructure is in place, according to the facts page. The same source describes more than 2.5 million square feet of commercial space, schools and more than 250 acres of parks and open space woven throughout the community…