Miami-Dade: Lennar wants to build 138 homes on 20 acres of rural South Dade

Looks like Lennar Homes, the country’s second biggest homebuilder and longtime Miami-Dade campaign donor, is back at the county commission asking for a little favor — the kind that turns farmland into profit.

On the agenda for Thursday’s meeting: Application No. CDMP20250003 — doesn’t that sound friendly? — which is really about turning 20.1 acres of land near SW 220th Street and 134th Avenue near The Redland from rural, estate-sized lots into a tighter, denser subdivision that could fit up to 13 homes per acre.

That’s right, the same piece of land now zoned for one or two houses per acre could soon hold up to 138 homes — if Lennar gets what it wants…

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