Legacy Hotel & Residences. Designed by Kobi Karp.

RPC Files Notice Of Commencement For 691-Foot-Tall Legacy Miami Worldcenter

Ground-breaking is imminent on the site of the 691-foot-tall Legacy Miami Worldcenter, a 50-story luxury mixed-use skyscraper set to rise at 930 Northwest 1st Avenue within the 27-acre Miami Worldcenter mega-development in the Parkwest neighborhood of Downtown Miami. Designed by Miami-based architect Kobi Karp and developed by Royal Palm Companies (RPC), the tower is expected to yield 310 condominium units, 220 hotel rooms and over 100,000 square feet of space dedicated to wellness. Moss & Associates is listed as the general contractor for the project. 

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3 MiamiCentral. Image courtesy of POMA Architectural Metals.

Uber Inks Lease At EQ Office’s 3 MiamiCentral In Downtown Miami

On August 10, 2021, ride-hailing technology company Uber announced the signing of a new lease for office spaces at 3 MiamiCentral, a 130,157-square-foot transit-oriented 12-story mixed-use building located in the Overtown district of Downtown Miami. The company will occupy 13,000 square feet of the 95,000 square feet that the Class A office component has to offer. Officially addressed as 161 Northwest 6th Street, the structure is designed by AECOM with Design2form as an architectural consultant and currently owned by EQ Office, a real estate investment company managed by New York City-based Blackstone.

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Heron at Water Street Tampa. Photo by Oscar Nunez - Skyalign

YIMBY Tours The Exterior Of The KPF-Designed Heron At Water Street Tampa

The Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed Heron at Water Street Tampa is a duo-tower mixed-use building of 21 and 26 stories located at 815 Water Street within the 56-acre Water Street Tampa mega-development in Downtown Tampa. Developed by Strategic Property Partners (SPP), a joint venture between Jeff Vinik, the current owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, and Cascade Investment LLC, an entity owned by Bill Gates, the superstructure rises to approximately 247-feet (west tower) and 312-feet (east tower) and conveniently positioned near the waterfront. This component of the mega-development completed and opened to the public earlier this year, yielding 420 luxury rental apartments and approximately 53,000 square feet of ground floor retail.

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