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.
3rd Street Capital 203-215 Propco, LLC, an affiliate of Secaucus, New Jersey-based National Realty Investment Advisors (NRIA), has filed plans for a 48-story apartment tower with ground-floor commercial space at 203 Northeast 3rd Street in Fort Lauderdale. Proposed to rise on a 0.66-acre site comprising four vacant land parcels west of NE 3rd Avenue and east of North Andrews Avenue within the Downtown Regional Activity Center, the 520-foot-tall structure would yield 731,963 gross square feet, including 429 apartments, a 2,711-square-foot restaurant, and 432 parking spaces. FSMY Architects + Planners is the architect, and Architectural Alliance Lan dscape is the landscape architect. Fort Lauderdale’s Development Review Committee is now considering plans originally scheduled for review on May 14.
Strategic Property Partners LLC (SPP) has announced plans for three new developments within Downtown Tampa’s 56-acre Water Street Tampa (WST) neighborhood. These projects include a residential condominium, an office complex, and an entertainment venue near the Amalie Arena. Slated for an area currently in development north of the 900 and 1000 blocks of East Cumberland Ave, the office and residential towers aim to expand the Water Street corridor. The proposed entertainment hub, north of Amalie Arena between South Morgan Street and South Jefferson Street, plans to house a service hotel, an event parking facility, and diverse entertainment spaces.
