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.
London Bay Development Group has completed a significant phase in the construction of The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Estero Bay, with the completion of a weeklong foundation pour for the project’s lagoon. This process required 115 trucks, 1,460 tons of concrete, and 152,304 pounds of rebar, marking the largest ground-level pour the company has undertaken to date. The development’s one-acre lagoon will be a central feature of the project. Designed with Balinese-inspired pavilions, the lagoon will provide lounging, sunbathing, and dining areas. The 22-story dual-tower development within a 500-acre nature preserve in Bonita Springs has reached over half a billion dollars in total sales.
Kolter Urban has selected Manhattan Construction Company as the general contractor for The Island at West Bay Club, an 86-unit luxury condominium situated within the master-planned golf community of West Bay on Florida’s Paradise Coast. The project, designed by Garcia Stromberg Architects, recently received a construction permit from the Village of Estero.
