Used IBC totes in North Miami, Florida

What the sources say about North Miami

A 90-acre planned revitalization district called Chinatown is on NW 7th Avenue; as of 2019 it was still under construction.

More background on North Miami

North Miami covers about 10.05 square miles, of which 8.46 square miles is land.

ZIP codes and neighbors

33160, 33161, 33168, 33181. Nearest: Miami Gardens (116,173), Opa-locka (16,507), Miami Lakes (33,247).

What that means for totes

Our reading: a bayside residential city has more rain barrel and storm-water questions than industrial ones. Construction at a large district also means builders who use water storage on site.

A tote near the bay should be strapped and screened, and raised if the lot floods.

With a university campus, a state park and a revitalization district, North Miami has institutional and construction buyers as well as homes. Our reading: a campus facilities department or a builder will want the safety data sheet and a clear schedule.

Before you buy in North Miami, check whether your site is near the bay or a park, since low ground and mosquito rules both matter there. A tote beside a campus building may also fall under the institution's own facilities rules.

Our reading: with Biscayne Bay on one side and a planned Chinatown district under construction, North Miami has food businesses, marine users and builders. Food users should say whether a tote held anything edible and whether it was food-grade, because a food-grade tote is worth more on the resale path. Builders with unfinished work should say if totes held concrete admixtures or paint, which affects the grade.

Bayside properties face salt air, so cage corrosion and valve threads deserve a look; a rusted cage lowers the grade even when the plastic bottle is sound.