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Miami’s Building Department has issued a site work permit for Santander Tower, a 41-story office development planned at 1401 Brickell Avenue in the city’s Financial District. The permit, issued on August 14, allows for excavation, piles, site and soil improvement work, and lists an estimated total cost of $3,000,000. Applications for a phased vertical permit and a master construction permit remain under review. Demolition of the existing office building began in July 2024 following the issuance of a demolition permit. YIMBY last visited the site a few months ago, when demolition had progressed and the main tower was shrouded in netting.

UHealth at SoLé Mia is preparing to open this fall within North Miami’s 184-acre master-planned community. The seven-story, 363,000-square-foot ambulatory campus will be the University of Miami’s largest outpatient medical facility, designed with patient experience and long-term quality of life at the forefront.

Nearly four years after the closure of Johnson & Wales University’s campus in North Miami, a joint venture firm hopes to move forward with a residential development. Lore Development Group intends to proceed with an eight-story apartment building with 402 market-rate rental homes.  

McDowell Housing Partners has broken ground on Ekos on Evans, a new affordable housing community in Fort Myers. Located at 3501 Evans Avenue, less than two miles from the downtown core, the development will deliver 144 apartments across five garden-style residential buildings.

Sandalwood Beach Resort in North Redington Beach was damaged beyond repair following Hurricane Helene in 2024. Now, a group of developers have plans to renovate the resort into a six-story condo/hotel that would offer waterfront homes and various public amenities.