A developer has proposed a supertall skyscraper in Miami-Dade County. Walter Defortuna, the brother of Fortune International Group’s CEO, wants to move forward with an 81-story building.
Florida YIMBY has learned of two Miami-based projects: one that has finished construction and another that could break ground next year. Here’s what we know.
Optimum Property Management hopes to get approval for a high-rise tower in Miami-Dade County. Plans call for the demolition of a low-rise apartment complex built in 1960. In its place would rise a 50-story building comprising close to 560,000 square feet of new construction.
The primary mat foundation placement has been completed for Art House, a 42-story residential building under construction at 235 1st Avenue South in downtown St. Petersburg. Designed by SB Architects with interiors by ID & Design International and developed by Delray Beach-based Kolter Group, the 450-foot-tall structure will house 244 condominium units, 6,100 square feet of ground floor retail along Central Avenue and 3rd Street South, and a 482-space parking garage. Kimley-Horn is the landscape architect, Smith & Associates Real Estate exclusively handles sales, and United Landmark Associates handles marketing.
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved a tower crane for vertical construction of Altura Bayshore, a 22-story residential tower in the works at 2910 West Barcelona Street in Bayshore Gardens, Tampa. Designed by Curts Gaines Hall Jones Architects and developed by Mar Bayshore LLC, an entity managed by Tampa-based developer The Ronto Group, the superstructure’s main roof will top off at 271-feet and mechanicals will add an additional 70-feet, for a combined height of 341-feet within a 1.77-acre site. The tower crane is approved to rise 341-feet, or 355-feet above sea level, and will be assembled near the southeast corner of the development site. Naples-based Connor & Gaskins Unlimited is the general contractor, Bohler is the civil engineer and Smith & Associates Real Estate is handling sales and marketing.