A developer has proposed a supertall skyscraper in Miami-Dade County. Walter Defortuna, the brother of Fortune International Group’s CEO, wants to move forward with an 81-story building.
Florida YIMBY has learned of two Miami-based projects: one that has finished construction and another that could break ground next year. Here’s what we know.
Optimum Property Management hopes to get approval for a high-rise tower in Miami-Dade County. Plans call for the demolition of a low-rise apartment complex built in 1960. In its place would rise a 50-story building comprising close to 560,000 square feet of new construction.
AKAI Estates, a 44-acre single-family home development in Southwest Ranches, Florida has officially broken ground. Located at 4730 Akai Drive, the development will consist of 16 ultramodern luxury estates that span between 7,000 to over 15,000 square feet within a fully-gated community, inclusive of cutting-edge amenities. AKAI Estates is conceptually designed by internationally acclaimed architect Vasco Vieira, founder and head architect of Portugal-based firm Vasco Vieira Arquitectos, alongside FSMY Architects + Planners as the architect of record. The groundbreaking occurred on October 20, with developers Alex Yokana, Jairo Vela, and Amos and Michael Sochaczevski present.
The developers of AKAI Estates have announced a partnership with FTX US, a leading U.S.-regulated cryptocurrency platform, as the sole platform handling cryptocurrency conversions for the residential transactions within their collection of 16 signature luxury homes in Southwest Ranches. This announcement represents FTX US’s first partnership with a single-family home developer, further establishing AKAI Estates as a trailblazer development in today’s real estate industry and FTX US as an innovator in the cryptocurrency financial services space.
