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CLIENT NEWS: Swerdlow proposes replacing Miami public housing complexes with 5,000-plus apartments with affordable, workforce units

March 12, 2025

Developer Michael Swerdlow wants to develop 5,730 multifamily units with some affordable and workforce apartments, replacing five public housing complexes across Miami. Coconut Grove-based Swerdlow Group’s project also will include 370,000 square feet of commercial space such as offices and a school; 250,000 square feet of open space and amenities and a new Tri-Rail passenger train station, according to Miami-Dade records. The project would replace the existing public housing complexes of Victory Homes at 520 Northwest 75th Street, Newberg at[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Miami Slated For More Riverfront Living With Launch of Soaring Towers

October 19, 2021

A billion-dollar community will soon take shape along the Miami River, delivering more residential and commercial space to the trendy area. Work will start next month on a 54-story rental apartment building on a four-acre corner at 275 SW Sixth St., next to José Martí Park, according to Jerry McDonald, president of the Plantation-based family-owned contracting firm G.T. McDonald Enterprises. The first tower will be completed in early 2025. The unnamed project will have 632 rental units, ranging in size[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Miami’s Westernmost 600-Foot Tower Gets FAA Approval, With Construction Now Underway

October 15, 2021

A 54-story tower on the Miami River has been granted height approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. The tower will be permitted to rise 640 feet above ground, or 645 feet above sea level, according to the approval notice. At that height, it will become the westernmost 600-foot tower ever built in Miami. The approval was issued today (October 14) after four months of review. Two tower cranes were also approved to rise 760 feet above ground, or 765 feet[...]

CLIENT NEWS: 22-story office/commercial tower in Health District wins OK

October 1, 2021

A plan to construct a state-of-the-art office tower in the city’s Health District has been recommended for approval by a city review board. Owner-developer TCD 212 Civica FL Property plans the commercial and office building at 1050 and 1000 NW 14th St., a high-profile site south of Northwest 14th Street, just north of the Dolphin Expressway (836) and west of Northwest 10th Avenue. Miami’s Urban Development Review Board recommended approval. Overall, the building would have 731,472 square feet of floor[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Miami River Developer Files Plans to Install 765 Foot Tower Cranes

September 28, 2021

The developer of a 54-story residential tower on the Miami River has applied for permission to install two tower cranes to assist with vertical construction. According to the September 20 filing with the FAA, the two cranes will rise 760 feet above ground, or 765 feet above sea level. In total, the cranes will be in place for an estimated 18 months. It is likely that the cranes will become the tallest ever this far inland in Miami. The tower[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Boutique Class “A” Office Building Proposed for Abandoned Fifth Street Construction Site

September 22, 2021

A joint venture between New York-based developer Sumaida + Khurana and global real estate development firm Bizzi & Partners purchased an abandoned construction site in the South of Fifth neighborhood earlier this summer with the idea of constructing a boutique Class A office building designed by renowned Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza. The developers are planning 38,000 sq. ft. of offices in a building that would face 5th Street as you enter Miami Beach from the MacArthur Causeway. The new[...]