ANF Group Inc. Selected As General Contractor For 15,000-Square-Foot Theatre Arts Building At University Of Miami’s Coral Gables Campus

8:00 am on April 11, 2022 By Oscar Nunez

Davie, Florida-based ANF Group, Inc., a full-service construction firm providing construction management, general contracting, development, and design-build services, has been selected as the general contractor for the construction of a new 15,000-square-foot ground up Theater Arts Building on the University of Miami’s Coral Gables Campus. Designed by Miami-based Mateu Architecture, the 2-story building will feature a theatre, concessions, wardrobe and dressing rooms, acting and dance classrooms, voice studios, a student lounge, and supporting spaces. A 1,000-square-foot IT Hub/Data Room will also be located within the space program of the new Theater Arts building. The project is currently in the pre-construction stages, and is expected to break ground in the third quarter of 2022.

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Brickell Gateway Gets Height Increased To 699-Feet Across 59 Stories, New Conceptual Aerial Rendering Released

8:00 am on April 10, 2022 By Oscar Nunez

Just a few weeks ago, YIMBY reported on the first detailed rendering of Brickell Gateway, a transit-oriented mixed-use high rise proposed for 90 Southwest 8th Street by developers Gazit Globe and Atlantic Pacific Communities. Another recent filing requesting a zoning hearing with Miami-Dade County planners has revealed a new set of preliminary plans that significantly increases the height of the tower from 643-feet to approximately 699-feet; a 56-foot jump. Designed by Coral Gables-based Corwil Architects, the building would now span 59 stories instead of 54, including a boost in retail and parking spaces, and overall yield 854,902 square feet of new construction with 504 residential units.

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JDS Development Group Submits 1,049-Foot Supertall Skyscraper ‘Major’ To The FAA

8:00 am on April 9, 2022 By Oscar Nunez

Major, another supertall skyscraper of mixed-uses planned to rise in the heart of Miami’s financial district, has been submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for review. The developers, JDS Development Group and Major Food Group, hope to attain building permits to develop an 82-story, 1,049-foot-tall tower at 888 Brickell Avenue – a 0.52-acre site on the northwest corner of the intersection with Southeast 10th Street currently improved with a 7-story, 50-year-old office building. An elite team of designers and engineers has been assembled for the project, which includes New York-based Studio Sofield along with ODP Architecture & Design as the architect of record; Desimone Consulting Engineers is the structural engineer and MG Engineering is the MEP engineer; SLS is the code consultant and Kimley-Horn the landscape architect and civil engineer; Lerch Bates will handle vertical transportation and Walker Parking as the parking consultant; Socotec Consulting Inc. will oversee all enclosures, waterproofing and roofing.

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