A multifamily development firm out of Dallas will need to rethink its plans for a large site in Wynwood after a rejection from the Miami Planning and Zoning Appeals Board, according to The Real Deal.

Westdale Real Estate Investment Management purchased 3.42 acres in Wynwood last year. The land parcels, located near Northwest 29th Street between Northwest Second and Third avenues, cost $16.39 million. According to city planner Efren Nunez, the majority of those parcels (comprised of 19 different buildings) were built in the early 1920s and early 1930s. Redeveloping is at odds with the Miami 21 zoning code, tenets of which aim to maintain the character of a neighborhood.

Westdale’s proposed development, titled Westdale Wynwood, was a 202-unit apartment complex with mixed-use space for offices and commercial establishments below. The planning board nixed the idea, which required rezoning more than a dozen suplexes and single-family homes, citing a need to preserve properties for low-income households amid Wynwood’s changing landscape and continued publicity. The new development would displace residents, city planner Ryan Shedd told The Real Deal, and encourage “the concentration of low-income households in high-poverty neighborhoods.”

A land-use attorney for Westdale disagrees with the rejection, arguing that the plans allow for more housing. Moreover, attorney Steven Wernick told city planners that Westdale has agreed to reserve at least 10 units for workforce housing.

The board rejected the plan on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Its next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m.