Vasco Vieira-Designed AKAI Estates Slated To Offer 16 Luxury Single-Family Homes In Southwest Ranches, Florida

South Florida is currently experiencing a shift in demand for luxury real estate, where the most fortunate of buyers are drifting away from the coastal cities and opting for inland areas that can offer high caliber luxury single-family homes without sacrificing space or land. Developers Alex Yokana, Jairo Vela, Michael Sochaczevski, and Amos Sochaczevski understood the preferences of this niche of buyers very well, and set their eyes on a 44-acre swath of pristine land located at 4701 Akai Drive, just south of Griffin Road in the Tara subdivision of Southwest Ranches in Broward County. Construction is soon to begin on the lavish homes of AKAI Estates, a fully gated ultra-luxurious community comprised of only 16 residences featuring unique modern architectural designs by Portuguese architect Vasco Vieira with Jiro Yates as the architect of record, open floor plans of 7,000-12,000+ square feet, stunning finishes and attention to detail, and access to a variety of uncommonly upscale neighborhood amenities.

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New York City Developers Propose Bjarke Ingles Group-Designed 44-Story Mixed-Use Skyscraper For Downtown Jacksonville’s Riverfront

American Lions LLC, a joint venture between New York City-based residential developers Fetner Properties and the Lions Group, have proposed to develop a 44-story residential building on the site of the Former Jacksonville Landing site in Downtown Jacksonville, beside the planned Perkins & Will-designed 7-acre park at Riverfront Plaza along Independent Drive West. The tower would rise 486-feet, which would be the third tallest in the city, and is designed by world-renown Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). With an estimated price tag of $166.6 million, the development would bring 333 residential rental apartments along with an integrated parking garage for 330 vehicles, a 7,500-square-foot restaurant on the 43rd floor and a Skygarden Terrace with retail venues and direct access to the public park. American Lions LLC is the sole bidder in the Downtown Investment Authority’s (DIA) request for proposals for the site; plans for the BIG-designed tower were presented to a scoring committee of city officials on April 26, 2022. 

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Related Group’s 41-Story Miami Station Tower Is Approved By The FAA To Rise 539-Feet

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved building permits for Miami Station, a 41-story mixed-use tower at 525 Northwest 2nd Avenue in Downtown Miami’s Overtown District. Designed by ODP Architecture & Design and developed by the Related Group, the structure is permitted to rise 539-feet, or 546-feet above sea level. According to construction permits currently under review, Miami Station will yield approximately 730,000 square feet including an estimated 247,000 square feet of office space, roughly 298,000 square feet of residential space across 301 dwelling units, and a podium comprising nearly 6,000 square feet of ground floor retail and 6 levels of parking for over 500 vehicles. FAA building permits were approved on March 25, 2022, and are valid for the next 18 months, meaning Related has from now until October 25, 2023 to begin vertical construction.

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