Miami tops out new Civic Center building near airport
Miami's new Civic Center hit a halfway mark near the airport, but residents will not see one-stop service until late 2027.
The City of Miami marked the topping out of its new Civic Center administration building near Miami International Airport, a milestone that keeps the city’s one-stop government campus on track for a planned move-in in the fourth quarter of 2027. The eight-story building at 1822 NW 37th Ave. will contain 257,000 square feet of office space and an attached parking garage for up to 900 vehicles.
The mayor and commissioners work from City Hall in Coconut Grove, administrative departments such as building and permitting are based at the Miami Riverside Center near downtown, and police and fire offices are split between two additional buildings in Overtown and Little Havana.
The city declared the Miami Riverside Center at 444 SW 2nd Ave. “functionally obsolete” in 2015, then asked for proposals in 2016 for a new Class A office facility within city limits that would “functionally, securely and conveniently serve Miami’s residents.”
The project is projected to cost about $350 million, paid for through a mix of taxpayer dollars, proceeds from the sale of the Miami Riverside Center and bond money. It sits within Miami Freedom Park, the city’s 130-acre mixed-use development on city-owned land next to the airport, and includes a new 58-acre public park beside the government building.
Miami has also secured a $20 million federal BUILD grant for a 1,450-foot pedestrian bridge connecting the airport’s intermodal transit center to the new headquarters. Miami-Dade County is expected to provide the non-federal match and handle compliance and quality assurance for the bridge work. The broader Miami Freedom Park plan was approved by about 60% of voters in a November 6, 2018 referendum that authorized a 99-year lease for about 73 acres of the former Melreese golf course.
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