FAA Permits Issued For 39-Story Mixed-Use Tower At 128 SW 7th Street In Brickell, Miami

8:00 am on May 9, 2024 By Oscar Nunez

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued permits for a 39-story mixed-use building planned at 128 Southwest 7th Street in Miami’s Brickell financial district. Designed by Gensler, developed by Focus Development Inc (Focus) and tentatively dubbed Miami Starlite, the development is projected to yield 685,710 square feet of space. This includes 517 residential units, 8,282 square feet of retail space, and indoor parking for over 500 vehicles. Focus acquired the site for $28 million in November 2022. Previously the location of Brickell’s former Starlite East Motel, the property is a thru-block site with frontage on Southwest 8th Street and bound by the AC Miami Hotel on the east and the City Heights apartment tower on the west.

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Foundation Work Progresses On Alba Palm Beach At 4714 N. Flagler Drive In West Palm Beach

8:00 am on May 8, 2024 By Oscar Nunez

Foundation work progresses on Alba Palm Beach, a 22-story waterfront residential condominium development located at 4714 North Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach. Designed by locally-based Spina O’Rourke + Partners with Schmidt Nichols as the landscape architect and developed by BGI Companies and Blue Road Group, the 262-foot-tall structure will deliver a collection of 55 residences, including a limited collection of four unique two- and three-story townhomes, each with unobstructed views of the Intracoastal Waterway and private plunge pools.

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Miami-Dade County Reviewing Proposal For 23-Story Babylon Racquet Club At 240 SE 14th Street In Brickell, Miami

8:00 am on May 7, 2024 By Oscar Nunez

Bay Racket Club, LLC, led by William Jacome and Orlando Medellin, has submitted a pre-application for developing the Babylon Racquet Club, a 23-story mixed-use building planned at 240 Southeast 14th Street in Brickell, Miami. Positioned on a pie-shaped lot approximately 19,164 square feet (0.439 acres) in size, where SE 14th Street meets Brickell Bay Drive along Biscayne Bay, the project is designed to become downtown Miami’s premier racket sports and health/wellness center. The building aims to serve as a central recreational hub featuring indoor sports courts, a gym, a wellness center, dining facilities, hotel accommodations, and residential units. Rotterdam-based MVRDV is the design architect, with ODP Architecture & Design acting as the architect of record. The pre-application was filed on April 24 and is progressing through the approval process with Miami-Dade County.

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