Urban League Advances Plan for 469-Unit Affordable Housing Development in Oakland Park

The Urban League of Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) expects to break ground next year on Village at Oakland Park, a 469-unit affordable housing development that will include for-sale townhouses west of I-95 in Oakland Park.

The Oakland Park City Commission on Wednesday (September 18th) rezoned the 19.7-acre development site, on the northwest corner of Northwest 21st Street and Northwest 26th Avenue, to allow for the development of 355 apartments in mid-rise buildings and 114 townhouses. The commission also unanimously approved a related land use plan amendment and a plat proposal.

“This is a milestone in Oakland Park’s and the Urban League’s history,” said Oakland Park Mayor Mitch Rosenwald at the commission meeting. “This is a catalyst.”

Eligibility to rent apartments or buy townhouses in the Village at Oakland Park will extend over a broad range of renters and buyers earning from 30 percent to 140 percent of area median income. Median household income in Broward County is $70,331 a year, according to the county’s Urban Planning Division.

“We hope this type of development will be catalytic not only to residential development, but also business, economic and community development in the area,” Germaine Smith-Baugh, president and CEO of the Urban League of Broward County, told The Real Deal. “The west side [of Oakland Park] is an area that has not seen any significant development, infrastructure or otherwise, since the 1970s.” 

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