CITY OF HIALEAH ADVERTISEMENT & REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The City of Hialeah, Florida, will receive electronic (sealed) responses for the project entitled: Multifamily Residential with Public Employee Apartments at City -Owned Properties Located at 900-950-1000 E 56th Street and 555-5601 E 8th Avenue until Wednesday, July 1, 2026 via the City’s e-Procurement Portal located at https://procurement. opengov.com/portal/cityofhialeahfl. The responses must be submitted electronically in the manner specified below in the electronic submittal method described below and in no other manner. Responses submitted in any other manner will not be considered. Multifamily Residential with Public Employee Apartments at City-Owned Properties Located at 900-950-1000 E 56th Street and 555-5601 E 8th Avenue BID #2025-26-044 Proposal documents, addendums, and proposal forms may be obtained on the City’s e-Procurement Portal located at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/cityofhialeahfl. The City of Hialeah (“City”) owns an under-used property located at 900-950-1000 E 56 Street and 555-5601 E 8th Avenue that consists of approximately 50 acres with valuable frontage on E 8th Avenue (Lejeune Road) to its west and the Tri-Rail to its east (“Parent Tract”). The City envisions redevelopment of the Parent Tract as a cohesive master planned, multi-phase, vibrant mixed-use City Center providing a mix of uses including multifamily residential, entertainment, food and beverage, retail, office, and transit-supportive uses, with retail frontage on East 8th Avenue and development of a destination Tri-Rail station on its eastern flank. Through this Request for Proposals (“RFP”), the City seeks to solicit proposals from qualified and experienced development partner(s) to design, entitle, fund, construct, operate, and maintain the first phase of development for this master planned development (“Project”), to be located on the approximate six (6) acre southwest portion of the overall Parent Tract (“Subject Parcel”). The development of the Subject Parcel will serve as an initial phase or catalytic component of the City’s broader, master-planned City Center and will require a public employee housing component. A core objective of this RFP is the provision of long-term housing opportunities for public sector or City employees. The City seeks proposals that reserve a defined portion of residential units at preferential, rental rates for a term (30 years or more) or through an alternative structure proposed by the Proposer, allowing the City to offer affordable and predictable housing as a workforce recruitment and retention tool. The City envisions utilizing this as a recruiting tool to keep the best and brightest in Hialeah for the long-term with low-cost leases within a vibrant City Center development. Proposers should include a public employee housing component and propose a structure that provides a defined number of residential units reserved for public employees at long-term, reduced rental rates or through an alternative mechanism that achieves equivalent affordability outcomes. Proposals shall clearly identify: number and type of reserved units; proposed rental rates and escalation methodology; lease term or control period for City-designated units; and management and leasing responsibilities for City-controlled units. Proposers should identify available revenue streams, such as ground lease payments, that can be used to partially fund and further bring down the rental expenses for city-controlled units. The City anticipates that the Subject Parcel will be provided to the selected Proposer through a long-term transaction structure, which may include a ground lease, joint venture, master lease, or other alternative or public-private partnership structure, in exchange for public benefits that may include, but are not limited to: reserved residential units for public employees at reduced rental rates; ground lease payments or other revenue streams payable to the City; participation in Project revenues; and high-quality design that supports and enhances the long-term master development of the Parent Tract as a City Center. The City is open to innovative approaches for design, ownership structure, and revenue sharing – all in furtherance of the City’s primary goal of providing essential housing for its employees at an affordable cost. To accomplish this, the City will create a fund to receive revenues from the Project, which will be used to offset rental expenses for units provided by the Project that are reserved for City employees at preferential rates. While the City has a defined vision for the long-term master development of the Parent Tract, it is seeking innovative, market-responsive proposals that demonstrate creativity in site design, building program, deal structure, and financial feasibility, while remaining consistent with the City’s goals and public policy objectives. Proposals will be evaluated based on qualifications, development approach, and overall financial and public value to the City. Each Response must be submitted electronically via the City’s e-Procurement Portal located at https://procurement. opengov.com/portal/cityofhialeahfl no later than the date and time specified below. Bids received after said date and time or in some other manner than as stated above will not be considered, and no time extensions will be granted. The City’s schedule for this Solicitation is as follows: Event Date Time Advertisement Date: May 17, 2026 Please see the details in the solicitation June 4, 2026 10:00 AM for the Pre-Proposal Zoom Meeting: Last Date for Receipt of Written June 16, 2026 2:00 PM Questions: Deadline for Submittal of Bids: May 12, 2025 11:00 AM (The City reserves the right to delay or modify schedule dates/times and will use its best efforts to notify Bidders of all changes in scheduled dates.) The City of Hialeah reserves the right to reject any and all responses, and to decide to re-advertise/re-bid or not, or to waive any informalities or minor irregularities, technicalities, or omissions, in the solicitation process. Responses may be held over by the City of Hialeah Purchasing Division, at its sole discretion, for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of opening for the purpose of reviewing the responses and investigating the qualifications of the respondents, prior to consideration of the awarding of the contract and must be honored by the Vendor on the same terms and conditions during this period. Please be advised that this Solicitation is issued subject to the City of Hialeah’s Charter and Code of Ordinances. and the Miami-Dade County “Cone of Silence”, see 2-11.1(t), Miami-Dade County Code, which are deemed as being incorporated by reference in this IFB. Communications with the Mayor, City Council, and City Staff are restricted. City of Hialeah, Florida Luis A. Suarez, Purchasing Division Director.