Miami-Dade’s plan for Stirrup Plaza Family would bring at least 300 homes to a West Grove site that now holds 24 public-housing apartments. It would replace the existing homes and add apartments for renters who meet income limits.

The county’s redevelopment record identifies the property as 3707 Percival Avenue, Miami, FL 33133, west of Douglas Road. This is the family housing site, a separate project from the nearby Stirrup Plaza senior housing redevelopment.

Archive July2025 GrandAvenue/DouglasRoad lot associated with separate GroveLanding project. NOT StirrupPlazaFamily site.
Archive July2025 GrandAvenue/DouglasRoad lot associated with separate GroveLanding project.

What the county requires

County commissioners voted on October 9, 2025, to seek developers through a competitive bid process. The county would offer a 99-year lease. A final deal needs approval from the County Commission and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The adopted rules cap buildings at six stories, dropping to three stories along Percival Avenue. Each existing public-housing apartment must be replaced. Current residents must have the right to return under the federal housing program.

The county’s draft bid document calls for a public meeting with residents and the wider community before negotiations end. It also favors building in phases on the site. Those steps would affect how families move while work takes place. The document is a draft, rather than a final deal with a selected builder.

Four bidders and resident concerns

Coconut Grove Spotlight reported on October 5 that four developers had submitted proposals: Bimini Grove CR, Housing Trust Group, Leo & Day Builders Group and Cornerstone Group. The county told the outlet in September that it had no expected award date.

The same report described concerns from West Grove residents about the scale of development and how much say neighbors have in it. Clarice Cooper, president of the local homeowners and tenants group, said she had been surprised to learn how far the bid process had moved.

Bimini Grove’s original proposal called for 301 homes, with one group of apartments for lower-income families and another for working families earning more. Those were that developer’s proposed terms. The county’s overall call for bids does not set that same income mix.

Final rents for replacement apartments would depend on federal housing rules and a review of the financing plan, Spotlight reported. For residents, the return terms, moving arrangements and eventual rent rules are the key details in the next stage of the project.