A new law has paved the way for twice as many apartments for a Miami Beach development that targets the city’s working class with capped rents. After being presented and approved two years ago, Mia will return to Miami Beach’s Planning Board in late April with double the number of floors and apartments than originally planned after the passage of the Live Local Act. The state law allows developers to build higher and add more apartments — disregarding local zoning[...]
Read MoreJeffrey Soffer wants to build a new garage at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, with top-floor ballrooms. The proposed garage will be strictly for employees, which means hotel guests will continue to valet at the entrance of the storied resort. Miami Beach’s land use committee on Thursday recommended the project after hearing details about the new structure, which would be built on an existing surface employee lot on Collins Avenue between 43rd and 44th streets. The new building would connect to the[...]
Read MoreThe city of Miami Beach has reached a truce with developers David Martin and Russell Galbut that allows the duo to move forward with their planned luxury condo project at 500 Alton Road. After a contentious back-and-forth with Galbut over the city’s monetary demands, Miami Beach commissioners approved a settlement agreement that allows the developers to exclude stairwells, elevator shafts and mechanical chutes in calculating the floor-to-area ratio of the proposed 44-story tower, known as Park on Fifth. At the same[...]
Read MoreThe gradual redevelopment of central Overtown, the long-neglected heart of Miami’s original black neighborhood, will take a giant leap forward with the planned construction of a $350 million mega-project anchored by a Target store and topped by 556 apartments. The project, the fruit of an agreement between veteran Miami developer Michael Swerdlow and a city anti-poverty agency, would occupy a full city block between Northwest Second Avenue and Interstate 95 at Sixth Street that’s been vacant for years. Under the[...]
Read MoreSafra National Bank of New York wants to redevelop its Aventura branch and office into a 12-story office building. The bank, through subsidiary 3050 Aventura Owner LLC, submitted plans to city officials in December for its 1.31-acre site at 3050 Aventura Blvd. It’s just east of the Aventura Mall and on the west side of the JW Marriott Turnberry Miami Resort & Spa. The property currently has a 3-story office building of 23,539 square feet that was built in 1991. The[...]
Read MoreMiami Beach Planning Board members loved what they heard from the founder of Urbin, a global “live, work, wellness” concept proposed for Washington Avenue, but after nearby residents expressed concern about noise from outdoor entertainment areas, they suggested he meet further with the neighbors to try to find a solution. Rishi Kapoor wants to build a co-living, co-work, hotel space on half a block on Washington Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets. He plans to restore a 1961 office building[...]
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