Miami’s Building Department has issued a site work permit for Santander Tower, a 41-story office development planned at 1401 Brickell Avenue in the city’s Financial District. The permit, issued on August 14, allows for excavation, piles, site and soil improvement work, and lists an estimated total cost of $3,000,000. Applications for a phased vertical permit and a master construction permit remain under review. Demolition of the existing office building began in July 2024 following the issuance of a demolition permit. YIMBY last visited the site a few months ago, when demolition had progressed and the main tower was shrouded in netting.
Credit: Banco Santander.
Santander Tower is being developed by Services and Promotions LLC, an affiliate of Banco Santander, with Rilea Group serving as project coordinator. Handel Architects is the lead designer, with Bernardi & Peschard Arquitectura handling interiors. RIOS is responsible for landscape design alongside LandDesign. Structural engineering is being managed by DeSimone Consulting Engineers, with SOCOTEC providing building envelope and life-safety consulting. Coastal Construction leads as general contractor.
Credit: Banco Santander.
The tower will rise 765 feet to the roof, or 784 feet including its lightning rod, narrowly surpassing the 764-foot Southeast Financial Center as Miami’s tallest dedicated office building. Plans call for approximately 635,000 square feet of office space, 60,000 square feet of retail, 50,000 square feet of restaurant space, and 20,000 square feet of fitness facilities, along with 1,496 parking spaces.
Credit: Banco Santander.
Designs for the tower feature a diamond-patterned concrete diagrid structural system that reduces concrete usage by nearly 30 percent while allowing for open floor plates. Outdoor landscaped terraces will be integrated into the design, and the ground level will include retail, restaurants, and activated plazas along Brickell Avenue. The project is targeting leading international benchmarks for sustainability.
Credit: Banco Santander.
With the site work permit now in place, Santander Tower is moving closer toward full construction as the development team awaits approval of its remaining permits.
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Nice design but it’s really only for office workers who live in the immediate area. Driving to this area is not advised. But let’s build more parking garages and bankrupt /starve the mass transit. Miami is in the process of strangling herself with traffic.
It hasn’t already? We need real transit solutions, extending Metrorail over Metromover to walkable areas, looking at streetcars, and how to keep SFRTA/Tri-Rail afloat.
The design would be far better without the random holes poked into the tower. The base needs work, too. I’m all for vertical green space, but why does it have to be so messy?
Great to see a signature commercial tower added to the Miami skyline.