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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Developers Acquire 1,300-Acre Site Zoned For 2,000-Unit Residential Community In St. Johns County

Just days after acquiring 3,300 acres for $85 million in Clay County, Fort Lauderdale-based BTI Partners closed on a $31 million deal to acquire approximately 1,300 acres in Northwest St. Johns County. The deal closed on Tuesday, December 27, and was done so in partnership with Westport Capital Partners.  The seller was Jacksonville-based Helow Properties LTD. BTI Partners will build the infrastructure for the site to prepare it for homebuilders who need access to ready-to-build land, where over 2,000 single-family homes and attached villas will be built on the site located on Greenbriar Road, also known as County Road 210 West. 

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