Fort Lauderdale proposal would add 110 affordable apartments on Broward Boulevard
Two Fort Lauderdale proposals could add 210 affordable apartments, but the bigger one would hinge on a $640,000 city loan at a Broward Boulevard brownfield site.
Fort Lauderdale could add 210 affordable apartments through two proposals now in city review, including a 110-unit project on West Broward Boulevard that would seek $640,000 in city financing. The bigger plan, Ekos Melrose Manor, would replace a 1.2-acre automotive building at 2790 West Broward Boulevard and use the Live Local Act to move forward.
Florida Housing Finance Corporation’s 2026 income-limit tables list the Fort Lauderdale area median family income at $102,500, effective May 1. At 80% of that level, the income cap works out to about $82,000 a year for a household. The preliminary plan calls for 22 one-bedroom units, 33 two-bedroom units and 55 three-bedroom units, along with 92 parking spaces. On a standard 30% housing-cost basis, a household at that income ceiling could spend roughly $2,050 a month on housing before utilities.
The proposed loan would carry no interest for the first three years of construction, then 2% interest over the remaining 15.5 years. The project could also qualify for additional incentives because the site sits on an environmentally designated brownfield. McDowell Housing Partners is also working on Douglas Gardens Senior Residences in Pembroke Pines and Ekos Pembroke Park.
A second proposal would add 100 affordable units in Progresso Village through a partnership involving Housing Trust Group, Elite Equity Development and Greg Brewton & Associates. That plan would rezone two vacant parcels at 538 Northwest Eighth Avenue and 537 Northwest Seventh Terrace, totaling 0.31 acres, so they can be assembled with neighboring parcels into a five-parcel redevelopment matching the zoning at 790 Sistrunk Boulevard and 547 and 551 Northwest Seventh Terrace.
Qualifying projects can receive use, height, density and parking-reduction incentives through administrative review when they include affordable housing. Progresso Village sits between Historic Sistrunk and Flagler Village, where warehouses, homes and new mixed-use construction are colliding. The nearby FAT Village redevelopment spans 5.5 acres, 835,000 square feet, and includes two towers and just over 500 residential units.
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