Terra and Lion Development Group are proposing a 48-story mixed-use tower, Midtown 1, with 400 residential units, more than 26,000 square feet of commercial, and a parking podium for up to 500 vehicles, on a vacant site at 3501 NE First Ave.

The city’s Urban Development Review Board recommended approval with two conditions: incorporate transparent glazing around the northeast corner on the ground floor to emphasize and extend the retail use, and substitute shade trees for palms wherever possible.