Fort Lauderdale plans major Uptown Urban Village redevelopment near airport

Fort Lauderdale is moving ahead with a major buildout near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, where more than 3,000 apartments are already in the pipeline and a new Super Target is part of the mix. The push centers on the Cypress Creek Road and Andrews Avenue corridor, where the city is trying to turn a long-established business district into Uptown Urban Village, a denser neighborhood that could redraw traffic patterns, customer flow and the identity of the area.

The Uptown concept began with landowners and business owners talking about a “live, work, and entertain” district for a changing workforce. The area covers land around the airport, bounded by the C-14 canal and McNab Road to the north, NW 57th Street to the south, Powerline Road to the west and Interstate 95 to the east. Fort Lauderdale brought in the Urban Land Institute in 2014 for a Technical Advisory Panel study, adopted that report through Resolution 15-215 on Oct. 6, 2015, made Uptown a Commission Annual Action Plan initiative in 2016 and later hired Tindale Oliver to help craft a master plan with form-based land regulations.

The July 2025 development map lists WP Aspire Cypress Creek at 20 NE 62nd Street with 345 residential units and retail, Cypress Multifamily at 150 NW 68th Street with 973 residential units, Cypress Creek Station at 6415 N Andrews Avenue with 88,690 square feet of retail and restaurant space, Avery Cypress Creek at 6210 N Andrews Avenue with 200 residential flex units and retail, and Fairfield Cypress Creek at 6500 N Andrews Avenue North with 295 residential units, plus retail and office space. The map totals 1,318 residential units in projects still in review, 512 approved residential units and 295 completed or under-construction residential units in the Fairfield project.

More than 4,000 additional apartments are planned nearby in Pompano Beach, and Adam Siegel said the residential buildout could bring about 7,000 new apartments within a mile and a half of his restaurant over the next two years. Jim Hetzel, Fort Lauderdale’s urban design and planning manager, has worked on the project since 2014 and wants Uptown to feel somewhat like Fat Village, or a less arts-focused version of Wynwood. The city also plans new signage, markers, parks and walking trails to define the district.

The area is already anchored by major employers, including Microsoft, Citrix, Hotwire and Zimmerman Advertising.