Terra's $1 billion Upland Park transit-oriented development has opened its first phase — 578 multifamily apartments now available for leasing at 1455 NW 121st Avenue in West Miami-Dade, on the footprint of the Miami-Dade County Dolphin Park-and-Ride Transit Terminal Facility.

What is Upland Park and who is building it?

Upland Park is a 47-acre master-planned community developed by Terra through a public-private partnership with Miami-Dade County, designed by PPK Architects and Arquitectonica and valued at $1 billion at full build-out. The development replaces and reimagines the Dolphin Park-and-Ride site as a mixed-use residential community anchored to regional transit infrastructure.

  • Developer Terra partnered directly with Miami-Dade County on the public-private deal.
  • Architecture firms PPK Architects and Arquitectonica share design duties across the master plan.
  • The 47-acre site sits at 1455 NW 121st Avenue in West Miami-Dade.

How does Upland Park connect to Miami-Dade's SMART Plan?

Miami-Dade County's Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit (SMART) Plan designates Upland Park as the planned western anchor of the East-West Corridor, one of six premium transit corridors the county is pursuing to expand rapid transit beyond the existing Metrorail network. Positioning high-density housing at a future corridor terminus reflects the county's strategy of concentrating residential growth around transit investment before rail service arrives.

  • The East-West Corridor is one of six SMART Plan corridors under active planning.
  • Upland Park's location at the existing Dolphin Park-and-Ride preserves the site's transit-access function.

When will the rest of Upland Park be built?

A second residential phase that will add 484 apartments to the Upland Park community is expected to break ground later in 2026, bringing the combined apartment total across the first two phases to 1,062 units. The broader $1 billion master plan envisions continued development across the full 47-acre site beyond those two phases.

  • Phase One: 578 apartments, now open for leasing.
  • Phase Two: 484 apartments, groundbreaking expected in 2026.
  • Combined phases one and two total: 1,062 apartments.

What does this development mean for West Miami-Dade residents?

Upland Park's opening delivers hundreds of new housing units to a part of Miami-Dade County that has historically been car-dependent and underserved by high-density residential options near transit. The project represents one of the largest transit-oriented developments in county history and could accelerate momentum for East-West Corridor funding and construction by demonstrating residential demand at the planned terminus.

Original reporting on Upland Park's Phase One completion was first published by Florida YIMBY.