Coral Rock Development Group scored a $54 million construction loan for a Live Local Act project in Miami’s Allapattah. Developers across South Florida have seized on the state workforce and affordable housing law by filing a flurry of proposals, but few have advanced their projects to the financing and construction stage. Coral Gables-based Coral Rock plans to start construction in the first quarter on the eight-story, 227-unit Dulce Vida apartment building on a 1.3-acre site at 1785 Northwest 35th Street,[...]
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Congress Group wants to build a 27-story apartment tower next to the Shops at Civica in the Miami Health District, marking a switch from a previous plan for medical offices on the site. The Boston-based firm wants to build a 380-unit project on 0.85 acres at 1050 Northwest 14th Street, the triangular-shaped parking lot immediately south of Shops at Civica, according to Congress CEO Dean Stratouly and property records. “The office market, not just here but across the country, is[...]
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The three families that own the Sagamore Hotel and adjacent Ritz-Carlton, South Beach propose a 15-story condominium on a portion of their hotels’ lots, as part of a larger aim to breathe life into a two-block stretch of Lincoln Road. The Lowensteins’ Lionstone Development, the Kanavos family’s Flag Luxury Group and the Ben-Josefs’ Ben-Josef Group want to build the 30-unit building behind the Sagamore at 1617 Collins Avenue and cantilever it over part of the Ritz-Carlton lot at 1 Lincoln[...]
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Brookstone Partners, an affiliate of The Cornerstone Group, paid $15 million for a Little Havana development site approved for a mixed-use project. Brookstone, led by Cornerstone principals Leon Wolfe and Jorge Lopez, acquired the 2.4-acre assemblage at 805 to 861 West Flagler Street and 826 to 860 Northwest First Street, according to records and Vizzda. The deal includes two signed leases with Aldi and Ross Dress For Less to anchor the retail component of the proposed development, which was previously[...]
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A small new section of Baywalk has just opened in Brickell. Politicians celebrated completion of the new stretch in a ceremony yesterday. The new stretch of Baywalk is behind the First Presbyterian Church property, where an “iconic” 80-story tower is in planning. The project includes 250 feet of new seawall. The seawall has been raised to a height of six feet, which is the new standard of the Miami 21 zoning code, according to commissioner Manolo Reyes. Eventually, the new section[...]
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MG Developer and Baron Property Group are ramping up work on their $600 million Metro Center project in Hialeah, with plans to start construction on a pair of rental buildings next year. Coral Gables-based MG and New York-based Baron are developing Metro Center on nearly 9 acres between East 26th and East 25th streets, and between East Ninth and 10th avenues, as well as several surrounding lots, according to an MG news release and property records. The 2.3 million-square-foot project[...]
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