Federal Aviation Administration

FAA Permits Being Reviewed For Mill Creek’s 25-Story ‘Modera South Eola’ In Orlando

The Federal Aviation Administration is currently reviewing building permit applications for Modera South Eola, a 25-story residential building proposed for 270 East Pine Street as a part of The Commons master-planned mixed-use development in Downtown Orlando’s Central Business District. Designed by Bethesda, Maryland-based SK+I Architecture and developed by an entity linked to Orlando-based Mill Creek Residential (Mill Creek), the L-shaped residential tower would comprise 400 multifamily rental units with related amenities,  8,238 square feet of retail space, and an 8-level parking garage with space for 400 vehicles. The Commons is a joint venture partnership between Mill Creek and an entity linked to Charlotte, North Carolina-based Highwoods Properties, Inc. (Highwoods), which is developing the commercial portion of the master plan – a 3-story structure with 100,000 square feet of Class A office space at 115, 155, 191 South Rosalind Avenue. 

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FAA Permits Filed Again For Related Group’s 45-Story ‘RD Las Olas’ Under Construction In Downtown Fort Lauderdale

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has received building permit applications to continue work on RD Las Olas, a 45-story mixed-use building under construction at 201 South Federal Highway in Downtown Fort Lauderdale. Designed by Cohen Freedman Encinosa & Associates and developed by Miami-based The Related Group (Related), the tower is destined to become the second tallest in Fort Lauderdale, comprising 300 residential units along with approximately 3,200 square feet of ground floor retail, a parking garage of 453 spaces and amenities such as a 10th-floor deck with a club room, a health club, a pool, and a spa. Balfour Beatty is serving as the general contractor with Baker Concrete Construction as the shell contractor and PTE Systems International, LLC providing post-tension materials and equipment

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FAA Building Permits Filed For 700-Foot-Tall Structure At Miami Worldcenter Block A

Building permits have been submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for work at Miami Worldcenter Block A, where Miami-based private investment firm Abbhi Capital, led by founder and managing partner Sankesh Abbhi,  is planning a large-scale mixed-use development with multi-family units, office, retail and hotel space. The FAA filing reveals the developer has applied to build a 692-foot-tall structure, or 700 feet above sea level, atop a 2.2-acre site fronting Northeast 1st Avenue between Northeast 10th and 11th Streets, approximately addressed as 100 Northeast 11th Street. Very few details on the project are known, but at the proposed height and factoring in the zoning regulations, a 55 to 60-story tower can be possible for the site with nearly 850 residential units and 1.2 million square feet of new construction.

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Okan Tower Gets Slight Height Reduction In New FAA Filing, Permits For Tower Cranes Filed

An October 5th filing at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reveals Okan Tower, the 70-story mixed-use skyscraper planned for 555 North Miami Avenue in Downtown Miami, has gotten a slight height reduction. New building permit applications show the massive tower would rise 893 feet, or 906 feet above sea level, a decrease of 9 feet from the previously planned 902 feet and 915 feet above sea level. The tulip-inspired tower is designed by Behar Font & Partners for developer Okan Group. It will be anchored by Hilton Hotel & Residences and yield 399 residential units mixed between condos and condo-hotel units, a five-star resort-hotel with 316 rooms, 67,588 square feet of Class A office space, and nearly 3,000 square feet of retail/commercial space. Civic Construction is the project’s general contractor, located on the southeast corner of the intersection between North Miami Avenue and Northeast 6th Street.

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Fort Lauderdale’s DNA Towers Get Height Increase To 550 Feet In New FAA Building Permit Filings

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) received new applications for building permits to allow vertical construction for DNA Towers, a pair of mixed-use towers planned for 300 North Andrews Avenue at the border between Flagler Village and the Central Business District in Fort Lauderdale. According to the permit filings, the 40 and 45-story towers are now planned to rise 550 feet, or 555 feet above sea level, roughly 50 feet higher than the previous filing in May. Designed by Miami-based Seiger Suarez Architects with landscaping from EGS2 Corp and developed by Fort Lauderdale-based BH3 Management (BH3), the 1.4-million-square-foot development will comprise 612 residential units, roughly 60,000 square feet of experiential retail/commercial space, and a 7-story parking garage with 890 parking spaces.

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