Metrorail TOD taking off in Miami

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Miami's lone rapid-transit system, Metrorail, began rolling in 1984 under a forward-looking premise that went beyond shuttling commuters downtown: Metro stations would become urbanized hubs where residents wouldn't need a car to get to work, or to visit a lunch spot or the gym, or to pick up groceries or their dry cleaning.

It took just 33 years, but that train's finally pulling into the station. And fast.

The high-demographics stretch of South Dixie Highway that runs between Metrorail's Coconut Grove and South Miami stations is suddenly on the brink of a thorough transformation that could bring the rail system's original vision to belated fruition — and in the process, maybe even provide some welcome relief to that notoriously car-choked suburban corridor.

No fewer than nine significant redevelopment projects are now on the drawing board for the 4.2-mile stretch, promising hundreds of new apartments mixed in dense clusters with shops, restaurants, offices, hotels and new public open spaces.

Full article: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article150249652.html