Developer Files FAA Permits For 605-Foot-Tall Structure And 670-Foot-Tall Tower Crane In Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale’s new tallest building could soon join the existing crop of skyscrapers in the Downtown area. A November 30 filing with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows a review is now in progress for 633 Southeast 3rd Avenue, a 47-story mixed-use high-rise building planned for a 1.7-acre assemblage located between Southeast 6th Court and Southeast 7th Street, in the Rio Vista neighborhood south of the New River. Designed by ODA New York, led by architect and owner Eran Chen, and developed by Brooklyn, NY-based real estate developer Dependable Equities, the proposed sculptural tower is planned to yield 1,099,811 square feet of space, including 830 residential units, 12,798 square feet of commercial space, and a 9-story parking garage for 951 vehicles integrated into the podium. Flynn Engineering is serving as the civil engineer, and Witkin Hults + Partners is the landscape architect. Approval from the FAA could make this building the next tallest building in Fort Lauderdale and the first to reach the 600-foot mark.

YIMBY last covered the reveal of the iconic landmark tower in September, following a filing with Fort Lauderdale’s Development Review Committee. In fact, plans originally called for a 563-foot-tall structure, which surpasses the current tallest building, 100 Las Olas, as well as many of the latest proposals and planned developments over 500 feet. However, the permit filings show the developer has applied for work on a 600-foot-tall building, or 605 feet above sea level. As far as the tallest planned buildings are concerned, this is indeed the tallest. The previous tallest proposed building was the 595-foot-tall tower planned for 200 West Broward Boulevard from Kushner Companies and Aimco, filed with the FAA in September.

List of permit filings related to 633 Southeast 3rd Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.

There are eight filings for permits connected to 633 Southeast 3rd Avenue, including one for a tower crane.

1 of 7 building permit filings for a 605-foot-tall structure.

The tower crane would rise 665 feet or 670 above sea level.

A permit application for a 670-foot-tall tower crane was also submitted.

The multi-dimensional tower features a unique structural design, which can be described as a series of connected tubular volumes with contiguous wrap-around balconies and terraces. As the tower rises, the sequence of stepped-rounded shapes elegantly eases the volume of the structural massing. The overall effect of the curved slab edges creates textured, undulating elevations clad in floor-to-ceiling glass.