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

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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Vertical Construction Permits Filed For 100-Story Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences, Miami’s First Supertall Skyscraper

New building permits have been filed for the vertical construction of the highly anticipated Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences, a 100-story mixed-use supertall skyscraper that’ll soon rise at 300 Biscayne Boulevard in Downtown Miami. Designed by Sieger Suarez Architects in collaboration with renowned architect Carlos Ott, and developed by Property Markets Group, along with partners Greybrook Realty Partners, Mohari Hospitality, S2 Development and global hospitality company Hilton, the building will simultaneously become Miami’s first supertall skyscraper and the tallest residential building south of New York City. rising 1,049-feet into the skyline. John Moriarty & Associates of Florida Inc. has been named as the general contractor

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