NW Corner Ali Baba Avenue
Signalized Hard-Corner Development Site | 146 Units By-Right | SMART Plan North Corridor | Opa-Locka
Marketing description
NWC Ali Baba Avenue & NW 22nd Avenue presents a rare opportunity to acquire a high-exposure, ±0.98-acre (±42,689 SF) mixed-use development site in the heart of Opa-Locka's Innovation District. This vacant, cleared corner parcel offers ±900 LF of combined frontage along Ali Baba Avenue and NW 22nd Avenue, creating exceptional visibility and dual-street access. Zoned B-2 Commercial Liberal with a Corridor Mixed Use Overlay and Innovation District designation — one of the most permissive envelopes in Miami-Dade — the site supports up to 3.0 FAR and 150 dwelling units per acre by-right, with a 146-unit residential envelope. Because the parcel sits immediately adjacent to Opa-Locka Industrial Park, industrial-commercial mixed-use is also permitted by-right alongside residential, retail, medical, and educational uses, making this a true mixed-use canvas ideal for workforce multifamily, retail/QSR, medical, educational, or flex concepts.
Just minutes from the Palmetto Expressway, I-95, Opa-Locka Executive Airport, and Miami International Airport, the property benefits from strong regional connectivity, the surrounding 1.2M SF Amazon-anchored logistics corridor, planned SMART Plan transit improvements, and growing housing demand. Offered below recent corridor land trades, this is a compelling chance to secure a strategically located development site with significant upside.
Investment highlights
- ±1.0-acre signalized hard corner at NWC Ali Baba Avenue & NW 22nd Avenue — a rare assembled-size development parcel in the core of Opa-Locka with frontage on both streets.
- 146 units by-right at 3.0 FAR under B-2 zoning with Corridor Mixed Use Overlay and Opa-Locka Innovation District overlay — entitlements support a density that pencils to submarket rents.
- Live Local Act eligible, unlocking expedited administrative approval, density and height bonuses, and ad valorem tax abatement pathways without a rezoning.
- SMART Plan North Corridor — Miami-Dade's #1-priority elevated Metrorail extension along NW 27th Avenue, funded in the FY2026–2030 Transportation Improvement Program — positions the site for transit-oriented value capture.
- Acute housing supply gap: the submarket is 47.9% renter-occupied, yet only 12.1% of renters live in 20+ unit buildings and the median structure dates to 1959 — deep, undersupplied demand for new multifamily product.
- Qualified Census Tract, supporting enhanced financing and development incentives.
- All utilities to site — electric, gas, municipal water, and sewer extended to the parcel.
- Strategic infill location: ±2 miles to Opa-Locka Executive Airport and Amazon facility, ±10 minutes to Miami International Airport, ±15 minutes to PortMiami.
- High-visibility traffic counts at a signalized intersection, with strong daily vehicle volumes along the corridor.
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