Articles by Oscar Nunez

Brightline Completes First Major Construction Zone For Orlando Extension

Brightline, the only provider of modern, eco-friendly, intercity rail in America, has completed its first major construction zone (Zone 2) on its 170-mile extension from West Palm Beach to Orlando International Airport (OIA). One of four zones along this extension, Zone 2 is a 3.5-mile-long section on Brightline’s corridor leading into OIA and represents one of the most complex and challenging areas for construction in the entire project. The Orlando extension is 70 percent complete and employs more than 1,300 daily construction workers and is scheduled to be finished by the end of 2022. The Middlesex Corporation, based in Orlando, served as the general contractor, and constructed the corridor over 33 months through the work of over 100 employees who logged more than 419,000 hours. 

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PMG and JEBCO Ventures’ One Park Sarasota Achieves $150M in Sales in 30 Days

National real estate developer Property Markets Group (PMG) and Sarasota-based JEBCO Ventures, are pleased to announce One Park Sarasota, an 18-story luxury residential development located in Downtown Sarasota on the southeast corner of Boulevard of the Arts and North Tamiami Trail, has achieved the milestone of $150 million in sales in just 30 days. The project, designed by Sarasota-based firm Hoyt Architects, has achieved extraordinary sales volume in this timeframe, marking an unseen pace in Sarasota’s real estate market. Coldwell Banker Realty is the sales team for One Park Sarasota, with Matthew Day, Chelsa Vahtomin and Robert Robinson exclusively representing sales.

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Atlantic Pacific Communities Seeks Site Plan Approval For 36-Story Mixed-Use Building In Overtown, Miami

Miami-based real estate developer Atlantic Pacific Communities seeks site plan approvals from Miami-Dade County planners for Block 45, a transit-oriented 36-story mixed-use building planned for 152 Northwest 8th Street in Miami’s Overtown District. The project attained approvals from the City of Miami back in March 2020, but under the County’s Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Station Subzone regulations, a Pre-Application Meeting and Administrative Site Plan Review of the project is required. The building is designed by Coral Gables-based Corwil Architects with landscaping by Fort Lauderdale-based Architectural Alliance Landscape, and is proposed to include 616 residential units, 24,865 square feet of retail and 605 parking spaces. The application was filed on February 21, 2022.

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FAA Permits Filed For 540-Foot-Tall Building Across From Curtis Hixon Park In Downtown Tampa

Permits have been submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seeking approval for the construction of a 540-foot-tall building at 601 North Ashley Drive in Downtown Tampa. Located directly across the street from Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, the property is comprised of two parcels of land that make up an entire city block netting a combined 1.03 acres, or 44,867 square feet, bound by North Tampa Street on the East, East Twiggs Street on the South, North Ashley Drive on the West and East Zack Street on the North with approximately 210-feet of frontage on each side. The property is currently improved with a 12-story office tower that was built back in 1925 called the GTE Tower, which yields a net 61,290 square feet of space. The permits were filed on February 18, 2022.

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Grand Hyatt Miami Beach At 1701 Convention Center Drive Slated For Completion By November 2025

Construction is expected to commence in the Spring of 2023 for the Grand Hyatt Miami Beach, a 17-story hotel and commercial development planned for 1701 Convention Center Drive in City Center, Miami Beach. Designed by Arquitectonica with EoA  and Stonehill Taylor as the interior designers and developed by MB Mixed Use Development, LLC, a joint venture between real estate developers Terra Group and Turnberry Associates, the development is projected to yield 702,607 square feet of space including 800 hotel rooms, 90,000 square feet of indoor meeting/conference space across 4 floors and 10,000 square feet of outdoor meeting space, 15,000 square feet of retail space, 5 food and beverage outlets and 320 parking spaces. Miami and Los Angeles-based Americaribe is the general contractor; Hyatt Hotels Corporation will manage operations at the property.

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