Miami Dade’s Water and Sewer Department has agreed to provide utilities for additional units beyond what was originally planned for M-Tower, a 57-story residential building planned at 56 Southwest 1st Street in downtown Miami. The revised utility agreement, recorded in early July, now states the development will include 765 apartments, 4,708 square feet of retail, and 5,000 square feet of a full-service restaurant.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved permits for M-Tower, a mixed-use development planned for downtown Miami. The permits allow for a structure to reach 605 feet above ground or 615 feet above mean sea level. These permits were approved on July 2, 2024, and will expire on January 1, 2026.
Window installation is nearing completion on Metro Edgewater, a topped-off 32 story residential building at 452 Northeast 31st Street in Edgewater, Miami. designed by Burgos Lanza & Associates and developed by Prodesa International under the Metro Edgewater LLC, the rectangular reinforced concrete superstructure rises 373-feet and will yield approximately 520,638 square feet of new construction including 279 rental apartments, 4,230 square feet of ground floor retail, and a parking garage with 300 spaces. Ortega Construction Company is the general contractor with L&R Structural as the shell contractor.
On July 20, 2022, Miami’s Urban Development Review Board will consider proposals for M Tower, a 57-story mixed-use building planned for 56 Southwest 1st Street in Downtown Miami near the City’s Government Center. The applicants, Downtown 1st Street LLC, an affiliate of New York-based Lions Group NYC, and Miami-based Fortis Design + Build are proposing to improve the 1.046-acre property with a nearly 600-foot-tall mixed-use development consisting of a public parking garage for 694 vehicles and 10,531 square feet of ground floor commercial space, and a multifamily residential tower with 675 residential units. The project is designed by Nichols Architects with Naturalficial as the landscape architect, and Kimley-Horn is the civil engineer.
The Planning and Zoning Board of North Miami Beach has unanimously approved plans for Venus, a 26-story mixed-use building planned for 2060 Northeast 164th Street. Designed by Burgos Lanza Architects & Planners with landscape architecture by Kimley-Horn and developed by Crep NMB Venus LLC, an affiliate of New York City-based developer Carpe Real Estate Partners (Carpe), the development is approved for approximately 660,000 square feet of space including 440 rental units, 11,000 square feet of carefully curated retail space, 499 parking spaces and a variety of residential amenities.
