Braman Motors, led by billionaire Norman Braman, has filed plans for its property in Miami to facilitate both expansion of the dealership and potential residential development. The city’s Urban Development Review Board will consider the special area plan (SAP) from Braman Motors for its property at 2060 Biscayne Blvd., 1930 N.E. 2nd Ave.; 160 N.E. 20th St.; 64, 106, 120, and 146 N.E. 20th St.; and 135 N.E. 19th Terrace on April 16. The SAP would need approval from the[...]
Read MoreAnother supertall tower has just been announced in Miami. The new supertall will be called MAJOR. and will be built at 888 Brickell Avenue. The goal is to build “the most luxurious residential tower in the world,” the developers said in a press release. MAJOR. will rise 1,049 feet – the maximum permitted in Miami by the Federal Aviation Administration. According to the press release, MAJOR. will include: 259 residential condos Hospitality use Multiple restaurants and nightclubs In the release,[...]
Read MoreDemolition is well underway at the site where Miami’s westernmost skyscraper is being built. Photos show that landscape architect Raymond Jungle’s former offices are now being demolished in Brickell on the Miami River. A former location of Finnegan’s on the River is also now nearly completely demolished. The Miami River tower will rise 640 feet above ground, or 645 feet above sea level, making it the only building so far inland in Miami to reach the 600+ foot height. Developer[...]
Read MoreBrickell’s giant One Southside Park is moving to the next phase of site work. Developer JDS has now essentially completed the first phase of soil mixing at the site, where construction began in Spring of this year. The tower will rise 64 stories, or 773 feet. The developer is now moving on to soil mixing at what was once a parking lot for the adjacent Fire Station. A temporary parking lot has been completed. One Southside Park is also now[...]
Read MoreDeveloper Michael Stern is partnering with Major Food Group to build a branded luxury condo tower in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood, The Real Deal has learned. Stern’s JDS Development Group and the New York-based restaurant and hospitality group plan to build Major, a 259-unit tower at 888 Brickell Avenue, Major Food Group partner Jeff Zalaznick confirmed. The 1 million-square-foot project will mark the first time Major Food Group expands into residential real estate. The company, led by founders Mario Carbone, Rich[...]
Read MoreFrom the gorgeous tile to the rich room furnishings to the white-washed Spanish-style paseos winding through small, sunny nooks and courtyards, the new Esmé Miami Beach hotel is a tribute to Española Way’s past — and maybe a barometer of its future. The engaging new design of the hotel on the Spanish-Mediterranean pedestrian street, which was built in the 1920s as a Bohemian artists’ colony, is not specific to one era. Instead, it harkens back to all of the history[...]
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