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.
STOCK Residences, the luxury condominium division of Naples-based STOCK Development, has begun construction on The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Naples, the first Ritz-Carlton-branded residences in the area. The groundbreaking ceremony on November 16 welcomed over 100 industry leaders, local dignitaries, property owners, and top-producing realtors to the project’s waterfront site. This milestone event featured a champagne toast and brunch. Architectural firm CGHJ Architects, internationally renowned interior architect Cristian Pinedo, landscape architecture firm Booth Design Group, and J.R. Evans Engineering are collaborating on this project. Suffolk Construction serves as the general contractor.
