Articles by Oscar Nunez

MSC Group’s Cruise Division has officially opened its new North American headquarters in Downtown Miami, completing a 130,000-square-foot office buildout that occupies the entire seventh floor of Block 55 at Sawyer’s Walk. The new headquarters consolidates more than 400 team members from across MSC Group entities into a single location, reinforcing the company’s long-term commitment to Miami and its North American operations.

An administrative site plan review has been filed for a proposed 56-unit townhome community planned at 24000 SW 124th Avenue in southern Miami-Dade County. The project is being pursued by Bluenest Development, through its affiliate Bluenest Princeton Park II LLC, with architecture by Pascual Perez Kiliddjian Starr Architects + Planners and landscape architecture by Witkin Hults + Partners. The development would occupy a roughly 5.2-acre assemblage of land located west of U.S. 1 in the Princeton area.

The new Okaloosa Gas District headquarters recently reached completion, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held on January 14 at the campus in Valparaiso, Florida, located at 364 Valparaiso Parkway. The development includes a four-story, 152,000-square-foot office building, complemented by an 18,400-square-foot operations center, a 7,200-square-foot vehicle maintenance building, and a 23,540-square-foot warehouse, consolidating the district’s administrative and operational functions into a single location serving the Florida Panhandle. The project was designed by DAG Architects, with Robins & Morton serving as the general contractor.

Construction has topped out at One Brickell Riverfront, a dual-tower condominium development rising at 99 SW Seventh Street in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood. Developed by Newgard Group and Two Roads Development, with construction led by G.T. McDonald, the project consists of two residential towers sharing a unified podium along the Miami River. LOFTY Brickell rises 44 stories and contains 362 fully furnished condominium residences, while The Standard Residences, Brickell will reach 46 stories and include 422 units. Both towers were designed by Arquitectonica.

Allen Morris Co. has secured a $132.5 million construction loan from Bank OZK for Ponce Park, an 11-story condominium development planned at 3000 Ponce de Leon Boulevard in Coral Gables. The financing supports the construction of the mixed-use project, which integrates residential units, ground-floor retail, and improvements to the adjacent Ponce Circle Park. The loan was arranged by Lotus Capital Partners, led by Faisal Ashraf. The financing follows a separate $138.5 million construction loan secured by Allen Morris Co. in November 2025 for its Ziggurat project in Coconut Grove.