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 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.
The Planning and Zoning Board of the City of North Miami Beach will consider plans for NMB Venus, a 26-story mixed-use development proposed to improve an existing surface parking lot at 2050 Northeast 164th Street. Designed by Burgos Lanza Architects & Planners and developed by Crep NMB Venus LLC, an affiliate of New York City-based developer Carpe Real Estate Partners, the development is proposed to yield 651,620 square feet of new construction including 351,584 of residential space across 439 rental units, 10,735 square feet of ground floor commercial space and an integrated parking garage with 499 spaces. Fortis Design + Build is listed as the development manager with Kimley-Horn as the civic engineer and landscape architect.