Bonita Springs is one of Southwest Florida’s most treasured vacation getaways. Now, sources note that it could soon be home to the Ritz Carlton Residences––Estero Bay. The project calls for two 22-story towers, each comprising 112 residential units.
Vertical construction is expected to begin this fall for Baccarat Residences Miami, a 75-story luxury condominium tower planned for 99 Southeast 5th Street in Brickell, Miami’s Financial District. Designed by Miami-based international architecture firm Arquitectonica and developed by Related Group in collaboration with French luxury brand and fine crystal manufacturer Baccarat, the 848-foot-tall superstructure will yield approximately 806,326 square feet of space including 318 condominium residences, 8 penthouses, 28 riverfront flats and duplexes, 73,000 square feet of amenities and a 10,000-square-foot waterfront ground floor restaurant. New York City-based Meyer Davis is handling interiors and Enzo Enea is the landscape architect. John Moriarty and Associates of Florida Inc. is the general contractor.
Miami-based Mast Capital received building permit approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration for two structures located at 1420 South Miami Avenue in Brickell, where the firm is planning a 2.6-million-square-foot mixed-use development with three towers across a 2.76-acre site. The tallest structure, the 80-story condominium dubbed Cipriani Residences, will rise 940-feet, or 950-feet above sea level. The second structure, a 59-story apartment tower, will top out at 693-feet, or 710-feet above sea level. Aeronautical studies conducted by the FAA revealed neither of the two structures would have any adverse effects on the navigable airspace.
FAA building permits have been filed for LOFTY Brickell, a 44-story residential building planned for 99 Southwest 7th Street along the Miami River in Brickell, Miami. Designed by Arquitectonica with landscape architecture by Urban Robot Associates and interiors by INC for real estate developer Newgard Development Group (Newgard), the 574-foot-tall tower will ultimately contain 364 fully-finished residences in a variety of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, as well as 40,000 square feet of thoughtfully curated amenities. Newgard has also secured a loan valued at $170 million from 3650 REIT to begin construction at the site.
Carpe Real Estate Partners, a vertically integrated real estate private equity and development company, founded by Erik Rutter and David Weitz in 2018, announced a rebrand to Oak Row Equities. The name change comes as the company continues to mature from its launch in 2018 with one property under management to now over three million square feet under development and one billion dollars of assets under management. In addition to the rebrand, Oak Row Equities announced that it has closed on the acquisition of a 2.1-acre site on one of the last remaining undeveloped city blocks in the urban core. The firm acquired 2600 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami’s popular Edgewater neighborhood for $35 million to develop a mixed-use project designed by architecture firm Arquitectonica. Oak Row Equities is one of Miami’s fastest-growing real estate development firms with active projects in Wynwood, North Miami Beach, Edgewater, and the Design District.
