Construction permitting is advancing for the redevelopment of 3333 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood, where Beitel Group is planning a three-tower development spanning an entire city block. A master construction permit filed for the first tower calls for a 45-story residential building with 667 units, structured parking, and 7,408 square feet of ground-floor retail space. John Moriarty & Associates is listed as the general contractor.
Some site prep and demolition is already underway across portions of the property following approval of demolition and tree removal permits. Additional applications remain under review for site preparation and foundation piling work, the master construction permit, and phased vertical construction. Approval of the remaining filings would allow work to progress into foundation activity and subsequent vertical construction.
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The filings provide the clearest indication to date of how the development has evolved from the scheme first presented in 2022. Designed by Stantec, the earlier proposal called for three buildings rising 41, 40, and 12 stories, with two residential towers and a separate office building. The development was planned with 635 residential units, 156,989 square feet of office space, 19,180 square feet of commercial space, and 1,210 parking spaces.
The development has since shifted toward a more residential-focused configuration. The current master permit provides details for the 45-story first tower but does not include comparable program information for the remaining two buildings.
Credit: FTG Studio
The scale of the first tower alone illustrates the extent of the revision. Its 667 residences exceed the 635 units planned across the entire residential component of the original 2022 proposal. The current permit also identifies structured parking and ground-floor retail but does not list the substantial office component included in the earlier development.
Renderings depict three rectilinear residential towers rising from a broad multi-story podium occupying much of the block. The podium is articulated by a repetitive grid of openings along its visible elevations and supports landscaped amenity terraces and pool decks above. The towers are defined by continuous balcony slabs that emphasize their horizontal lines, with glazing recessed behind the slab edges. Select levels feature enlarged cantilevered terraces, some incorporating landscaping, which project beyond the otherwise regular building envelopes and introduce an irregular pattern of extensions across the elevations. The renderings do not make clear how much of the podium perimeter is occupied space versus screened or lined parking areas.
Credit: FTG Studio
Preparations for construction are also reflected in FAA filings cited by Floridian Development. Four crane applications have been submitted for the site, including two temporary crane filings requesting heights of up to 603 feet and two tower crane filings requesting heights of up to 644 feet. The filings identify an anticipated operating period beginning December 1, 2026 and extending through July 31, 2028.
The approximately 2.91-acre development site was assembled through separate acquisitions in 2022 totaling $46.7 million. Beitel Group acquired approximately 2.80 acres for $45 million, while Aimco purchased the approximately 0.126-acre corner parcel at 440 NE 34th Street for $1.7 million.
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I thought architecture here couldn’t get any worse after Related/Arquitectonica’s Icon and Paraiso eyesores. I was wrong.
100%
Agree, it’s no show stopper, but is replacing a bunch of nothing buildings and is adding much needed housing and density to the area. What I cannot believe is that there is no mention of affordable housing units in this development. The City /county/sttat legislatures in Florida really need to add affordable housing to building codes so that developers add in affordable units in these large developments like they do in many other cities in the USA with worker housing shortages.