Due to community concerns, Skyward Living, a St. Pete-based developer led by local Hudson Harr, is revising the plans for the Lake House condominium tower on Mirror Lake. Initially proposed as an 18-story building, the new plan scales the development to an 11-story upscale condominium at 200 Mirror Lake Drive North, designed by Tim Clemmons and Jenny Miers of Place Architecture.
Developers hope to get final approvals for the Preserve at Wards Creek, a 19-acre affordable housing complex in St. Johns County. Our sources report that the venture would offer 288 residences, with floorplans ranging from two-bedroom to four-bedroom units.
Crescent Heights has announced the commencement of an expansive art project in the heart of Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood. Renowned artist Arturo Herrera was commissioned to create a 9,350-square-foot mural named Track & Field, which will grace the east podium façade of Forma Miami, a 39-story, 588-unit residential tower designed by Arquitectonica with ODP Architecture & Design as the architect of record spanning nearly a full city block at 2900 Biscayne Boulevard. We Are Nice’n Easy, a celebrated local art collective of Allison Matherly and Jeffrey Noble, will meticulously hand-paint the mural throughout the following few weeks.
Johnson Development Associates has broken ground on the Sora Vista Apartments, a residential development in Palm Harbor. The garden-style community will offer 264 residences, measuring 800 t0 1,400 square feet each.
Developers Related Group and BH Group have received approval for the second of two planned towers at Diplomat Landing, a mixed-use development planned for to enhance the Hollywood area. Situated at 3451 to 3690 South Ocean Drive, this 42-story tower is designed by Miami Lakes-based Cohen Freedman Encinosa & Associates, with landscape architecture by Witkin Hults + Partners and civil engineering by Kimley-Horn. The new addition to the Diplomat Beach Resort will feature 500 hotel rooms—potentially marketed as branded condo/hotel units—alongside 4,000 square feet of restaurant space and 366 parking spaces, significantly contributing to South Florida’s development landscape.
