A June 16 update from Cobalt Partners says the next building in the Bayside development is now planned as a five-story mixed-use structure with a 60,000-square-foot fitness center, a 30,000-square-foot grocery store and 120 apartments.

That is the newest public version of the project. In November 2025, local reporting described the next phase as a single mixed-use building with around 180 apartments. Then, a March 3 Village of Bayside packet described a mixed-use building with a health and fitness club, a full-service grocer and about 142 apartments.

The apartment count has now shifted at least twice. The newer version appears to give more space to fitness and grocery uses while reducing the residential share compared with earlier concepts.

The March packet also shows the project was still in a prepetition conference stage, with the applicant seeking initial feedback before any formal submittal. That means this remains a live planning story, not a finished approval.

For Bayside residents, nearby property owners and business watchers, the key question is whether the mix changes again as village review continues. The OneNorth project page describes the broader plan as a community-focused place to shop, eat and gather.

Sources

• Cobalt Partners blog update on OneNorth modifications
• Village of Bayside Plan Commission packet, March 3, 2026
• OneNorth Bayside project plan page
• Daily Reporter coverage of OneNorth's next phase in Bayside

According to Hialeah’s April 14 City Council agenda materials, the project would include 44 residential units, medical-office space totaling a little more than 7,000 square feet, and a small fitness area. The proposal is at the council stage, which makes this a live public-process item rather than a finished project.

What is being proposed

At a basic level, the project is a mixed-use building: housing above or alongside commercial activity, instead of a single-use site. For nearby residents and business owners, that matters because it can add homes and daytime activity on a relatively compact footprint rather than spreading uses farther apart.

The residential piece is modest by big metro standards, but in Hialeah even a 44-unit addition is notable. New apartment supply is hard to add in a city where land is constrained and housing costs remain a major pressure point for working households. WLRN has previously reported on how heavily burdened many Hialeah residents are by housing costs, and NBC 6 has also highlighted the city’s recent push toward newer apartment and mixed-use development.

The exceptions the applicant is asking for

The more important part of this agenda item may be the list of requested variances.

City records show the applicant is asking for permission to include ground-floor residential units, to build some apartments smaller than the standard normally required, to provide slightly less parking than code would otherwise call for, and to have less pervious area on the site than typically required.

In everyday terms, those requests amount to this: the developer wants more flexibility on how the building fits on the property.

Ground-floor residential units can affect how a mixed-use building interacts with the street. Smaller apartment sizes can make a project easier to fit financially or physically, though they also mean less living space per unit. A parking shortfall can raise the practical question of where residents, employees, or visitors will park if demand runs higher than expected. Reduced pervious area means less uncovered ground for stormwater to soak into, which is a design issue cities weigh carefully in South Florida.

None of those requests means approval is guaranteed, and none should be treated as final until city records show final action.

Where the proposal stands in the process

Hialeah’s Planning and Zoning Board serves in a recommendation role before matters move to City Council, according to the city’s board overview. This proposal had already advanced through that stage earlier in March.

Then the timeline slowed. City Council minutes from March 24 show the item was postponed at the applicant’s request. That matters because it clarifies that the project did not simply disappear; it was delayed and then placed back on the April 14 council agenda.

As of this article, the key point for residents is procedural: the April 14 agenda confirms the proposal was up for council consideration, but readers should look for the next published city record before assuming final approval, denial, or a revised version of the project.

Why residents should pay attention

This is the kind of development file that says a lot about Hialeah’s broader choices. The city wants room for housing and business activity, but every project raises questions about size, parking, drainage, and how much flexibility should be allowed from existing rules.

For renters and relocators, the headline is simple: 44 units are not a citywide fix, but they are still additional homes in a market where supply matters. For nearby neighbors, the more immediate questions are traffic, parking, building form, and site design. For business owners, the medical-office component could add a steady daytime use on the property.

The next things to watch are whether City Council took final action after the agenda appearance, whether another reading or revised application is required, and when any later site or building permits show up in the public record. Until those records are posted, this remains best understood as a proposal under review, not a completed approval.

Sources

• Hialeah City Council agenda for April 14, 2026
• Hialeah City Council minutes for March 24, 2026
• Hialeah Planning and Zoning Board overview
• WLRN report on Hialeah housing burden
• NBC 6 report on Hialeah apartment development