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brickell

Feb 27, 2013, 5:12 PM

In Miami, A New Condo Boom Revives Hopes Of Housing Recovery
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/22/172602696/in-miami-a-new-condo-boom-revives-hopes-of-housing-recovery

Just seven years ago, Miami had a similar surge in condo construction. But it all came crashing down. There was an international banking crisis, and the Florida real estate bubble burst — taking down investors and many developers.

But new towers are once again reshaping the city's skyline.

"Ultimately there will probably be about 25 to 30 towers, probably close to 12,000 units that are all going to be announced or are in the planning stages," he says. "But basically, South Florida is in the begging of its whole new condo boom all over again."

dave8721

Mar 1, 2013, 2:37 PM

Finally a new development on the north side of the river (old CBD) rather than Brickell. A 36-story 400 footer with 352 units planned for 151 SE 1st Street (the vacant lot behind the Gusman Center formally to house "loft 4"). Has no parking. Will have a rooftop lounge and pool area.

to go on this vacant lot:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=miami,+fl&hl=en&ll=25.773412,-80.189171&spn=0.002979,0.002575&hnear=Miami,+Miami-Dade,+Florida&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=25.773412,-80.19019&panoid=NCosoxDv-eZHC3j-jZjy0w&cbp=12,271.42,,0,1.25

http://i.imgur.com/mYCKer0.png

bobdreamz

Mar 1, 2013, 8:29 PM

^ Good news but that is a small lot for such a tall tower! If remember correctly the Loft 4 also wasn't going to have parking either. Do you know who the developer is and the name of this project?

skyscraperfan23

Mar 2, 2013, 12:48 AM

Miami is smoother than ever.

Private Dick

Mar 2, 2013, 1:29 AM

Ultra smooth

bobdreamz

Mar 2, 2013, 2:02 AM

Project: SLS Brickell
Address: 1300 S. Miami Avenue , Miami , FL. 33130
Floors|Height: 52 stories | Height unknown
Developer: Related Group of Florida
Type: Mixed Use Hotel/Residential

Related Group’s purchase of the 1300 South Miami Avenue development site has now closed, according to HFF, which marketed the property on behalf of the seller, South Miami Ave, a limited liability company. The site is approved for the development of a 556-unit residential tower on a 1.29-acre mixed-use tract.

See more at:http://therealdeal.com/miami/blog/2012/11/19/related-closes-on-18-5-million-purchase-of-1300-south-miami-avenue/

Former site of the defecunt Infinity II in the real estate crash, the Related Group of Florida closed on this parcel in November 2012. Plans are for a mixed -use tower at 52 stories and has a previous approval of 65 floors, 738 feet acccording to Emporis in 2008.

Second tower from the left :

http://i.imgur.com/jk0WNHT.jpg

Another possible 500+ footer /152 m skyscraper for Miami.

brickell

Mar 7, 2013, 11:26 PM

Hadid has spoken. That is all.

http://miami.curbed.com/uploads/BAh2kwA.jpg
src: http://miami.curbed.com/archives/2013/03/07/heres-the-first-look-at-zaha-hadids-one-thousand-museum.php

wpolom

Mar 8, 2013, 4:33 AM

Hadid has spoken. That is all.

http://miami.curbed.com/uploads/BAh2kwA.jpg
src: http://miami.curbed.com/archives/2013/03/07/heres-the-first-look-at-zaha-hadids-one-thousand-museum.php

I like it! It looks like an alien ship has landed! Can't wait to see more renders.

Private Dick

Mar 8, 2013, 4:38 AM

Very alien-spider. Love it

Illithid Dude

Mar 8, 2013, 4:59 AM

I'm actually very disappointed. It's just another box with balconies, with a tiny little twist. Not Zaha's best.

colemonkee

Mar 8, 2013, 6:10 AM

It looks like an H.R. Giger design. It has a certain novelty to it that wears off very quickly. Not the best design, in my opinion. But definitely different.

bobdreamz

Mar 8, 2013, 6:13 PM

Interesting design! Balconies are almost a given in residential highrises in Miami.

bobdreamz

Mar 9, 2013, 6:53 PM

dave8721

Mar 10, 2013, 2:57 AM

http://miami.curbed.com/uploads/photo-2-thumb.JPG

Source: http://miami.curbed.com/uploads/photo-2.JPG

doesn't look as imposing as it does above & sort of has a Dubai-ish quality to it.....thoughts? It also appears to be taller than the other buildings but I thought Marquis was taller than 706 feet.

I've seen it listed as 700 and 710 (probably height above sea level). Either way it will appear about exactly the same height to the naked eye.

skyscraperfan23

Mar 10, 2013, 4:51 PM

http://miami.curbed.com/uploads/photo-2-thumb.JPG

Source: http://miami.curbed.com/uploads/photo-2.JPG

doesn't look as imposing as it does above & sort of has a Dubai-ish quality to it.....thoughts? It also appears to be taller than the other buildings but I thought Marquis was taller than 706 feet.

Because miami should have build this as well

http://data.whicdn.com/images/30630649/Miapolis-futuristic-city-Miami-Florida-USA-01_large.jpg

But Nooooooo, the crappy FAA wouldn't even allow it.

IMBY

Mar 15, 2013, 5:54 AM

Don't feel bad! When Stupak first proposed building the Stratosphere tower, here in Las Vegas, he had planned the tower to rise 2000 feet, and the FAA clipped it down to 1049 feet!:rolleyes:

202_Cyclist

Mar 15, 2013, 3:52 PM

Miami developers still seek answers in FAA demands for shorter buildings downtown

Miami Herald
By Maria LaMagna
March 15, 2013

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/15/3287021/miami-developers-still-seek-answers.html

skyscraperfan23

Mar 15, 2013, 11:42 PM

Illithid Dude

Mar 15, 2013, 11:46 PM

N830MH

Mar 16, 2013, 3:38 AM

Because miami should have build this as well

http://data.whicdn.com/images/30630649/Miapolis-futuristic-city-Miami-Florida-USA-01_large.jpg

But Nooooooo, the crappy FAA wouldn't even allow it.

Unfortunately, I have a bad news from FAA. FAA won't allow it. Because they cannot allowed more than 1,000 ft. Due to height restrictions.

http://exmiami.org/threads/as-new-faa-height-restrictions-loom-in-miami-dda-hosts-developer-summit.495/

http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/PubArticleDBR.jsp?id=1202591677202&FAAs_initiative_to_reduce_height_limits_has_highrise_developers_on_edge&slreturn=20130215233732

FAA say that they have to be reduce the height limits. Cannot be excess more than 700 ft.

Here the Miami Herald Newspaper:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/15/3287021/miami-developers-still-seek-answers.html#emlnl=Five_Minute_Herald

Miami aviation is still seeks the answers by FAA.

Dale

Mar 16, 2013, 3:33 PM

Unfortunately, I have a bad news from FAA. FAA won't allow it. Because they cannot allowed more than 1,000 ft. Due to height restrictions.

http://exmiami.org/threads/as-new-faa-height-restrictions-loom-in-miami-dda-hosts-developer-summit.495/

http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/PubArticleDBR.jsp?id=1202591677202&FAAs_initiative_to_reduce_height_limits_has_highrise_developers_on_edge&slreturn=20130215233732

FAA say that they have to be reduce the height limits. Cannot be excess more than 700 ft.

Here the Miami Herald Newspaper:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/15/3287021/miami-developers-still-seek-answers.html#emlnl=Five_Minute_Herald

Miami aviation is still seeks the answers by FAA.

Huh ? The Herald article only says 1,010 to 300 no affected and that Paramount Tower is reduced from 851 to 830 feet.

skyscraperfan23

Mar 16, 2013, 6:05 PM

Unfortunately, I have a bad news from FAA. FAA won't allow it. Because they cannot allowed more than 1,000 ft. Due to height restrictions.

http://exmiami.org/threads/as-new-faa-height-restrictions-loom-in-miami-dda-hosts-developer-summit.495/

http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/PubArticleDBR.jsp?id=1202591677202&FAAs_initiative_to_reduce_height_limits_has_highrise_developers_on_edge&slreturn=20130215233732

FAA say that they have to be reduce the height limits. Cannot be excess more than 700 ft.

Here the Miami Herald Newspaper:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/15/3287021/miami-developers-still-seek-answers.html#emlnl=Five_Minute_Herald

Miami aviation is still seeks the answers by FAA.

The FAA sucks and don't care about anybody but themselves.

skyscraperfan23

Mar 16, 2013, 6:06 PM

I don't think it's the FAA that is stopiing Miapolis from being built...

it's the FAA alright, they don't want to turn miami into even NY nor dubai.

Tectonic

Mar 19, 2013, 2:53 AM

I would love to see Zaha do something in NYC http://live.wsj.com/video/miami-skyline-faces-futuristic-shake-up/EDE20B21-0793-44AF-8C96-35E2737A43BE.html?mod=WSJ_article_outbrain&obref=obnetwork#!EDE20B21-0793-44AF-8C96-35E2737A43BE

skyscraperfan23

Mar 19, 2013, 11:51 PM

N830MH

Mar 20, 2013, 5:00 AM

The FAA sucks and don't care about anybody but themselves.

I understand that. I am concerning about FAA. Just ignore FAA. So..go ahead to started built a new super tallest towers immediately.

it's the FAA alright, they don't want to turn miami into even NY nor dubai.

Well, actually, FAA had it right to reduce the height limits. Because FAA won't allow more than 1,050 ft. They have be reduction the height limits. Due to height restrictions.

skyscraperfan23

Mar 20, 2013, 10:59 PM

I understand that. I am concerning about FAA. Just ignore FAA. So..go ahead to started built a new super tallest towers immediately.

Well, actually, FAA had it right to reduce the height limits. Because FAA won't allow more than 1,050 ft. They have be reduction the height limits. Due to height restrictions.

B.S. again, The FAA don't give a damn about supertall buildings at all.

Tectonic

Mar 21, 2013, 12:29 AM

More Zaha, 1000 Museum: http://miami.curbed.com/archives/2013/03/19/exclusive-zaha-hadids-one-thousand-museum-tower-in-plans-renderings-elevations-oh-my.php

simms3_redux

Mar 21, 2013, 2:00 AM

Instead of reposting renderings of these ugly pie in the sky "stupid money" ideas that are good for neither investors nor the city itself or the urban fabric...can someone please post construction update pics? I know there are a couple of buildings rising, and a plethora of plans and billion dollar projects that haven't quite started yet, or will probably never start, or are in pre-phases (Brickell City Centre...update here?).

Sorry to sound like an old grump, but I frequently click on the Miami forum in the hopes of seeing an update, but for months at a time all that gets posted are idiotic renderings of buildings that shouldn't nor ever will be. Actual progress pics please!

simms3_redux

Mar 21, 2013, 2:04 AM

^^^To add to the above request, the last time a construction pic was posted was October of 2012, back on page 87. (well that excludes the one pics from a few months ago of the museum, which is still very interesting construction that should be tracked and discussed!) :)

brickell

Mar 21, 2013, 3:45 AM

dave8721

Mar 21, 2013, 2:10 PM

Plus the numerous 15 to 20 story buildings going up in west Brickell and the Edgewater area that no one pays attention to.

Dale

Mar 21, 2013, 2:13 PM

Hollo again recently stated that Paramount Tower had begun site prep. Is this true ?

dave8721

Mar 21, 2013, 2:15 PM

(from quantumx at ssc)

Here is Brickell CityCentre with the cranes for EnV Brickell and 1100 Millecento in the back ground:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8567920037_814167e8e8_b.jpg

dave8721

Mar 21, 2013, 2:21 PM

A few more random 20 to 30 story buildings going up in West Brickell that no one notices:

(from exmiami)
http://i.imgur.com/R91Rptg.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7BvZY6H.jpg

simms3_redux

Mar 21, 2013, 3:29 PM

Thanks, are there any Miami posters who live in Brickell that can take monthly photo updates? Miami is an active construction city...I can click into all the other large active construction cities and see all of the projects rising on every page of the thread. Brickell's list includes several 400-500+ ft projects listed as UC...that's pretty significant??

dave8721

Mar 21, 2013, 6:12 PM

Several have their own threads in the construction forum:
MyBrickell:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=201907

Brickell CityCentre:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=203181

Brickell House:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=204025

1100 Millecento:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=201906

easy as pie

Mar 30, 2013, 1:32 AM

can't believe how dead this thread is considering how many huge things are going on. big and oma dropped their south beach convention center updates and they vastly improved upon the initial proposals, which i won't even bother linking to, since they sucked. definitely needs a third round, both of these proposals are horribly flawed, in my opinion, especially in what concerns the vastly outsized role of green space in the proposal, as if ANYONE walks around in parks up there. the best aspect of both proposals is the establishment of a retail corridor up from lincoln/17th into the project site proper. the way to keep that going is, obviously to continue a sort of promenade into a market/commercial-anchored square in front of the convention center. miami beach doesn't have a central square, this is the chance to build it, along with the pedestrial/retail wall up from lincoln that'll actually see it used. bah.

oma money shot:
http://i.imgur.com/vJhc0lI.jpg

big money shots:
http://i.imgur.com/bgteTWi.png
http://i.imgur.com/NiBta9N.png

that and much more (esp on the big proposal) on curbed: http://miami.curbed.com/archives/2013/03/28/convention-center-update-2.php

bobdreamz

Apr 1, 2013, 4:15 PM

http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/503fc48b85216d119c000be3/Releated_Milecento-09-Plaza-01.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/DSC_2368_zps0fa2e293.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/DSC_2357_zps6fccc279.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/CSC_2386_zps797aba3a.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/DSC_2361_zps6494b555.jpg

all pics by Quantumx

bobdreamz

Apr 1, 2013, 4:42 PM

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q236/jcmrls1293/BrickellHouse.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/DSC_2326_zpscaf95b18.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/DSC_2327_zpsfe201f98.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/DSC_2330_zps60757771.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/DSC_2332_zps07957312.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/DSC_2344_zpsf7b7f75f.jpg

all pics by QuantumX

dave8721

Apr 1, 2013, 7:54 PM

The 24-story Bellini Williams Island going up in Aventura:
http://belliniwilliamsisland.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Bellini-march-2013-1.jpg

http://belliniwilliamsisland.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Bellini-march-2013-3.jpg

bobdreamz

Apr 2, 2013, 1:12 AM

^ never heard of this project! Thanks for posting dave!

dave8721

Apr 2, 2013, 1:45 PM

Another project that gets little attention. The 43-story, 485 foot tall Regalia in Sunny Isles.

http://www.regaliamiami.com/common/projects/proj_93.jpg

dave8721

Apr 2, 2013, 2:30 PM

There's also Skyview, a 27-story building going up in the Edgewater area on NE 22nd Street.

(curbedMiami photo)
http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/50ec50ecf92ea17ab9035869/DSC00081_zps6037df78.jpg

bobdreamz

Apr 8, 2013, 2:30 AM

Isn't Skyview very close to Biscayne Bay?

dave8721

Apr 8, 2013, 3:42 PM

1100 Millicento, BCC, EnV Brickell, and a bunch of smaller west brickell towers going up:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/563706_558082450892621_1341177838_n.jpg

dave8721

Apr 12, 2013, 12:44 PM

In the Miami Herald this morning:
Next door to the Four Seasons

http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2013/04/11/18/52/22BWI.St.56.jpeg

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/12/3339116_p2/super-tall-condo-coming-to-brickell.html

CONDOMINIUMS
Super tall condo coming to Brickell

BY MARTHA BRANNIGAN
MBRANNIGAN@MIAMIHERALD.COM
A New York developer who made headlines in Manhattan with plans to erect a super skyscraper is now planning to launch a very tall condominium on Brickell Avenue.

Kevin Maloney, founder and CEO of Property Markets Group, said the developer will start taking reservations next week for Echo Brickell, a luxury condominium at 1451 Brickell that will rise about 750 feet — or 60 stories — and include up to 250 units.

Maloney and Ryan Shear, managing partner of PMG in South Florida, held a focus group Thursday at International Sales Group, which will market the pre-construction project. They gathered some of Miami’s top real-estate brokers to sound out what the market wants in what would become the tallest residential building in Miami to date.

“The caché of this building is certainly the height and the view,” said Maloney, who separately expects to break ground in July on Echo Aventura, a 190-unit bayfront condo that launched sales last fall.

Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott is handling the conceptual design of the Echo Brickell building, which will feature larger units than typically seen on Brickell. Penthouses will likely span more than 7,000 square feet.

With Miami’s latest condominium boom gaining steam, Maloney said competition was keen for the 1451 Brickell site, which sits on the east side of the avenue and currently houses the sales center for the Brickell House project. Newgard Development Group is building the 46-story Brickell House at 1330 Brickell Bay Drive a few blocks away.

PMG recently signed a contract to purchase the Echo Brickell land from an investor who holds it through a corporation, 1451 Brickell Inc.

brickell

Apr 12, 2013, 1:56 PM

whoa

BrandonJXN

Apr 12, 2013, 3:30 PM

Hey now.

easy as pie

Apr 12, 2013, 7:18 PM

holy smoke

Foley Santamaria

Apr 12, 2013, 9:34 PM

That is a sharp looking render/building. Very nice!

jd3189

Apr 14, 2013, 10:17 PM

I'm glad to see all the condo towers going up around Downtown and other centers, but what about development in the other neighborhoods/towns like Little Havana, Hialeah, and Kendall? At least basic midrises to add more density to the core. It seems that Miami just gets tall and glamorous near the port and ocean then drops down dramatically in height and quality once you go west of I-95.With a growing population and a struggle to not expand sprawl into the Everglades any longer, is Dade County considering other methods increasing density throughout the whole city?

MiamiSpartan

Apr 15, 2013, 11:26 AM

The Dadeland area in Kendall, and Coral Gables both have a large number of mid-rises and hi-rises completed and in the planning stages....

jd3189

Apr 17, 2013, 3:26 AM

Overtown and Little Havana should be able to have developments as well. it would make those more crucial and attractive and would lessen the flight to the suburbs they have been getting. As Miami's population grows, and as the boundary between it and the Everglades is kept unmoved, it will have to densify and build up, not only in downtown, but all over. I really want to see South Beach-like density throughout the city,getting it into comparable standings with other major US cities.

dave8721

Apr 17, 2013, 5:43 PM

http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/130418/story5.shtml

Tallest Miami tower due in 2016

By Scott Blake
All plans are go to raise the bar for Miami's skyline, veteran Miami developer Tibor Hollo says about his Panorama Tower project on Brickell Avenue.
In the latter years of his long and storied career, Mr. Hollo is dreaming bigger than ever for Miami: Panorama at 1101 Brickell Ave. is planned to be 830 feet tall — which would make it the tallest building in Miami and in Florida.
The 85-floor structure will have 941 rental apartments, 300,000 square feet of office space and 100,000 square feet of ground-level retail, Mr. Hollo said Tuesday in an interview with Miami Today. Overall, he added, the project will encompass about 3 million square feet of floor space.
Mr. Hollo, Panorama's developer and owner, said his high-rise dream is well on its way to becoming a reality, as some preliminary construction has been completed to set the stage for vertical construction of the tower.
He said the project is scheduled for completion 33 months from now, which would put the opening in January 2016. He said he plans to start marketing the tower to tenants in about 15 months, or in summer 2014.
He said construction of a three-story utility building on the site is complete, and Florida Power & Light Co. is preparing to occupy the building. The building is to be used to provide power for the site. Utilities are being diverted to the site and a street crossing soon will be created, Mr. Hollo added.
Construction at the site, between Brickell Avenue and Brickell Bay Drive, started last year. Eventually, a parking garage there is to be demolished to make room for Panorama.
Mr. Hollo said this is a landmark project for him and the city.
"I'm about thrilled about it and what it does for the city," he said. "It's an iconic project. It's global landmark that will catapult the city to a different level."
That level will be about 41 feet above the Four Seasons Hotel & Tower, also on Brickell Avenue, which has Miami's and Florida's tallest building for the past 10 years.
But Mr. Hollo isn't stopping there. His other high-rise dream — One Bayfront Plaza, slated for 100 S Biscayne Blvd. in downtown Miami — is planned to be Miami's first "super-tall" skyscraper at 1,010 feet. That project has been on the drawing board for years, but Mr. Hollo sounded confident it also will become a reality sometime after Panorama is completed.
Regarding Panorama, Mr. Hollo declined to provide an estimate of the total development cost but said the project is fully funded.

bobdreamz

Apr 18, 2013, 2:53 PM

http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2013/04/11/18/52/22BWI.St.56.jpeg

I know it's a conceptual design and I love the shape but I'm imagining the top half is going to be all glass instead. I wonder how the residents across the street in the Four Seasons are going to feel when this tower blocks their southern views.

bobdreamz

Apr 18, 2013, 3:32 PM

Brickell Aloft | 14 stories :

http://metroatlantic.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dsc_0660.jpg?w=425&h=640

ENV Brickell | 35 stories | 379 feet :

http://i.imgur.com/zVUcdqe.jpg

My Brickell residences | 28 stories | 283 feet :

http://metroatlantic.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/mybrickell-construction-march-2013.jpg?w=478&h=640

Vista Grande | Height unknown currently up to 10 stories :

http://metroatlantic.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dsc_0662.jpg?w=640&h=425

West Brickell Tower | Height unknown currently over 10 stories :

http://metroatlantic.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dsc_0661.jpg?w=640&h=425

Habitat Residences | No construction pic but exterior shell is complete :

http://habitatresidence.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Habitat-Tower-2-1-.jpeg

all pics by UM dev

N830MH

Apr 22, 2013, 8:22 PM

Do you have any news pictures? I would like to see Miami Marlins stadium. I'm just curious. Can you guys take a pictures for me. Thanks!

dave8721

Apr 23, 2013, 1:40 PM

Do you have any news pictures? I would like to see Miami Marlins stadium. I'm just curious. Can you guys take a pictures for me. Thanks!

http://www.thestadiumshoppe.com/images/MarlinsAerial.jpg

http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7157/6716396229_9e76c3df12.jpg

dave8721

Apr 24, 2013, 6:28 PM

Article on all the buildings going up in Edgewater had this little nugget. Not sure the FAA would agree to a 65-story tower in Edgewater:

http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/PubArticleDBR.jsp?id=1202597095368&Land_Rush_Doubles_Values_In_Miamis_Edgewater&slreturn=20130324142007

The Melos are strong believers in Edgewater. Since 2001, they have built four rental buildings in the area. The family owns enough land — including four blocks east of the boulevard — to build about 2,500 residential units, Carlos Melo said. The family plans to build one of Miami's tallest buildings at 1770 N. Bayshore Drive — a 65-story condo.

skyscraperfan23

Apr 25, 2013, 11:22 PM

Miami will become even huger very soon.

N830MH

Apr 27, 2013, 3:15 AM

http://www.thestadiumshoppe.com/images/MarlinsAerial.jpg

http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7157/6716396229_9e76c3df12.jpg

Hey, thanks! I just want to see it. It's look so beautiful! I haven't visit in South Florida for a long time. Because I am no longer visits in South Florida. I miss all of my friends.

N830MH

May 1, 2013, 12:51 AM

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/30/3373278/miami-trolleys-a-hit-expanding.html

Four new trolleys will be put into service to take riders to Vizcaya and Alice Wainright Park to the south, and north through Mary Brickell Village, Margaret Pace Park, and ultimately through Wynwood and Midtown. The city has already paid for them with the $5.6 million it spent purchasing 28 trolleys, some of which have never been used. Limousines of South Florida is being paid $2 million a year to operate the system.

Riding the trolley is free, as operations are subsidized with $2 million a year the city gets from a half-cent transit surtax.

Unveiled last year as a way to get to baseball games when the Miami Marlins opened their new Little Havana ballpark, the system at first was criticized for long lines and taking an hour to complete a 10-minute trip. But that was only during the heady, early days of the new Marlins Park, when fans searched for parking and traffic jams were the rule.

Great news! Miami Trolleys is expanding more routes to Wynwood, Vizcaya, and midtown Miami neighborhoods as well.

dave8721

May 2, 2013, 1:18 PM

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/01/3375392/glass-luxury-condo-coming-to-south.html

http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2013/05/01/18/56/1nbNZL.Em.56.jpeg

Glass luxury condo coming to South of Fifth neighborhood in Miami Beach

BY MARTHA BRANNIGAN
MBRANNIGAN@MIAMIHERALD.COM
People who live in Glass houses ... will have few neighbors. A good thing if they value privacy.

A new 18-story luxury condominium called Glass, slated for the sizzling South of Fifth neighborhood of Miami Beach, will boast just 10 units with 360-degree views and wide outdoor terraces.

Miami-based Terra Group tapped Rene Gonzalez, a highly regarded Miami architect, for the project at 120 Ocean Dr..

The oceanfront high-rise will feature floor-to-ceiling glass walls and aim at integrating the indoors and outdoors to highlight the natural beach surroundings and convey a sense of place. “It’s really a unique design,’’ said Terra Group president and chief operating officer David Martin, who could have put three times as many units on the site. “It’s something I don’t think I’ll be able to do again.’’

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/01/3375392/glass-luxury-condo-coming-to-south.html#storylink=cpy

brickell

May 2, 2013, 2:36 PM

another view - not bad for a piece of property that's not even waterfront. It's been posted that 5 of the units are already reserved.

http://therealdeal.com/miami/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/glass.jpg
from: http://therealdeal.com/miami/

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dave8721

May 3, 2013, 12:50 PM

Another day, another 40-something story condo starting sales. The Bond at Brickell (1080 Brickell Ave), 43-floors, 491 feet:

Brouchure
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vf60l4c4iq4aamk/Bond%20Rough%20Revised.pdf

About as generic as a building can be:
http://thebondatbrickellfl.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/the-bo8.116135827_std.jpg

brickell

May 3, 2013, 2:46 PM

I agree. That one is pretty bad, especially for a Brickell address. It looks like the building actually faces SE 1st, but will have an entrance at Brickell.

http://thebondatbrickellfl.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/LLtl5.116135505.jpg
From their website - http://thebondatbrickellfl.com/home

dave8721

May 6, 2013, 3:30 PM

Another West Brickell building: Le Parc at Brickell, a 12 story building to go up at 1600 SW 1st AVE.

http://leparcatbrickell.com/

dave8721

May 8, 2013, 2:18 PM

A new 30 story tower for the river front, just west of I95 on Flagler:

Flagler on the River
http://i.imgur.com/ncSB3QA.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/K7cDdeb.jpg

brickell

May 8, 2013, 4:11 PM

Also this from today -

Miami rail station to rise this year (http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/130509/story4.shtml)

City garage getting 47-story crown (http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/130509/story7.shtml)

bobdreamz

May 8, 2013, 11:47 PM

Flagler on the River looks massive but the design is quite bland. The westard march of highrises continues out of downtown.

I also wonder if the new All ABoard Florida rail station will have a overhead walkway connecting to the Metrorail station across the street.

bobdreamz

May 9, 2013, 7:53 AM

http://i.imgur.com/BcNTWZh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/iKodXuS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/eswrSMN.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uO5z7Pi.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OEFiE1z.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mqK4Gyg.jpg

(pics by Metro Dade Transit Authoirity)

bobdreamz

May 9, 2013, 1:15 PM

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8229/8569233718_a9fe47bef8_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8568235573_aa9fd7ce64_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8519/8569339230_8fe25f8098_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8095/8569344864_c7bd995198_b.jpg

pics by QuantuumX

http://i.imgur.com/QU2ufhn.jpg

^ Miami Science Museum on the left & Miami Art Museum on the right. Metromover station on upper left under going refurbishing.

[i]pic by Paul305{/i]

bobdreamz

May 9, 2013, 1:40 PM

Port of Miami tunnel digging reaches end of the line

BY ALPHONCE SHIUNDU
ASHIUNDU@MIAMIHERALD.COM

The excavation of the PortMiami tunnel, which began in 2011, came to an end Monday morning when the gigantic digging machine that has been boring the dual-tube underwater traffic passage reached daylight on Watson Island.

“Harriet,” as the $45 million, German-built tunneling machine is known, was scheduled to complete the job about 8 a.m. Soon after, hundreds of workers will begin laying the pavement inside the tunnel.

The tunnel is intended to take cargo trucks off downtown streets and send them directly from Interstate 395 to the port. Currently, they rumble through the congested streets to reach the port.

Once the tunnel opens to traffic in May 2014, the trucks will have direct access to the port from expressways. Both Interstate 95 and State Road 836/the Dolphin Expressway link up to I-395.

The $1 billion tunnel is one three giant transportation projects under way in South Florida. The other two are the $1.8 billion reconstruction of Interstate 595 in Broward and the $2 billion Miami Intermodal Center (MIC) (I posted pics above), a major transportation hub just east of Miami International Airport.

Chris Hodgkins, vice president of Miami Access Tunnel, the multinational company that is building the tunnel, said Harriet has performed well.

“This big girl is tired,” he said. “She’s dirty, she’s worn, she’s missing a lot of her teeth. She wants to breathe some fresh air. She served us well, and she’s ready to call it a day.”

Harriet emerged at the port from the first leg of her journey from Watson Island on July 31, 2012, and was disassembled, turned around and reassembled for the return-trip excavation of the westbound tube, which began Oct. 29.

The machine will be disassembled and her parts will be recycled for future projects, Hodgkins said

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/0...#storylink=cpy

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Lots of infrastructure construction going on in Miami. The dredging of the Port of Miami channel continues as well to accept the larger cargo ships once the expansion of the Panama Canal is complete.

skyscraperfan23

May 9, 2013, 11:15 PM

Miami has the coolest and sleekest skyline.

MrDreTheOne

May 10, 2013, 4:12 AM

http://miami.curbed.com/archives/2013/05/09/landmark-miami.php

Thursday, May 9, 2013, by Sean McCaughan

http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/518bc27af92ea15feb040aa0/14598_a%20copy.jpg

This giant ramp-like building designed by New York based Studio Dror was just announced as the winning entry for the Landmark Miami ideas competition, which asked entrants to submit ideas for a new iconic piece of architecture for Miami, to be located in Bayfront Park. Dror's idea, which looks kind of like a waterski jump for a vacationing Paul Bunyan, is an Eiffel Tower-like monument dropped on its side and filled with exhibition spaces, a theater, a restaurant, and even a library. And although it would be located on what is now dry land, they've dug out the area underneath, creating a little inlet from the bay under the looming triangular thing.

bobdreamz

May 10, 2013, 7:21 AM

^ That thing looks attrocious!

dave8721

May 10, 2013, 2:17 PM

At least it isn't anything "real". It just some architecture competition. Not anything anyone ever actually would consider building (or even think about actually paying for). I.e...fantasy.

dave8721

May 10, 2013, 7:27 PM

http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2013/05/10/residences-retail-coming-to-miamis.html

May 10, 2013, 3:12pm EDT
Residences, retail coming to Miami’s Health District

Oscar Pedro Musibay
Reporter-South Florida Business Journal

The city of Miami has approved the residences and retail space planned for River Landing Shops and Residences.
The zoning change and design allows for 537,000 square feet of retail and 444 residences. The project is meant to appeal particularly to existing area residents, as well as employees and students in the Health District around Jackson Memorial Hospital, said Andrew Hellinger, president of the development group.
River Landing at 1500 N.W. North River Drive is currently the Mahi Shrine Auditorium. The project sits on the Miami River and is visible from the Dolphin Expressway (State Road 836).
Hellinger said the Health District is the second-largest medical district in the U.S. after Houston, with about 30,000 employees and 160,000 annual visitors. It is home to some of the nation’s premier medical and research programs and a growing hub for the biotech industry.

dave8721

May 10, 2013, 7:39 PM

Some more Sunny Isles non-Ocean front buildings:

link to image that isn't posting as an image for some reason:
http://media.bizj.us/view/img/343331/parque-towers-at-st-tropez*600.jpg

http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2013/05/08/priciest-unit-at-new-sunny-isles-condo.html

Priciest unit at new Sunny Isles condo marketed at $4M

Oscar Pedro Musibay
Reporter-South Florida Business Journal

The most expensive unit in the J. Milton & Associates new Sunny Isles condominium called Parque Towers at St. Tropez is priced at $4 million.
Groundbreaking on the 329-unit, two-tower project is anticipated for January 2014 with the grand opening projected for 2015.
Water access for the project, planned at 330 Sunny Isles Beach Blvd., will be on the Intracoastal. The project will be directly across the street from the planned Gateway Park, which the developer and city are working together to complete.
Parque Towers will offer two floor plan options and two and three bedroom units ranging in size from 1,799 square feet to 2,417 square feet. Amenities will include onsite restaurants, private rooftop plunge pools, a recreational area for kids and a performance stage.

dave8721

May 11, 2013, 3:29 AM

Quite a bit of construction going on in Brickell these days. Imagine what this will look like once BCC starts going vertical on the top left of this image:

(from Aerial Photography Inc @exmiami.org)
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg571/aerialphotoinc/AffordableHousing_zps7fb7bed8.jpg

dave8721

May 16, 2013, 5:47 PM

dave8721

May 16, 2013, 5:49 PM

From miami.curbed.com here is the 643 foot tall Mainsions at Acqualina in Sunny Isles going verticle:
http://miami.curbed.com/uploads/acqualina%20construction.jpg

dave8721

May 16, 2013, 6:03 PM

Skyview has just about topped out in Edgewater:

(from sandman @exmiami.org)
http://i.imgur.com/zV8Zdsn.jpg

simms3_redux

May 16, 2013, 7:37 PM

dave8721

May 17, 2013, 1:12 PM

Another big project in the works. From today's Miami Herald. Looks like MDM (Met Miami developers) are getting together with the Miami World Center people to get part of that project off the ground.

http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2013/05/16/19/57/5SwOl.Em.56.jpeg

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/16/3401657_p2/massive-new-convention-center.html

Massive new convention center and hotel in the works for downtown Miami

BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI
AVIGLUCCI@MIAMIHERALD.COM

A big player in downtown Miami development has solidified plans to build a major, privately financed convention center topped by a massive, 1,800-room hotel — the largest in South Florida — on the site of the demolished Miami Arena.

MDM Group confirmed Thursday it has a contract to purchase the old arena site from the developers of the larger Miami World Center, a long-planned mixed-use project that would take up several blocks in the Park West district west of Biscayne Boulevard downtown. Terms were not disclosed.

MDM and its architects also released a rendering and a video, posted on You Tube, of a swooping, cascading, three-legged Marriott hotel tower rising over a huge podium containing the 500,000-square-foot convention center, a 1,500-square-foot theater, and a 2,300-car garage partly buried under ground.

As news of the project, which had been rumored for months, trickled out this week, MDM and Miami World Center principals have declined to elaborate in detail on the massive plan’s cost, financing plans or timetable. No plans have been submitted to the city of Miami, where officials — who have long urged development of a new downtown convention center — say they have not been approached by the developers.

But MDM’s architect, John Nichols, who was authorized to speak on the developers’ behalf, said his client intends to push forward quickly, believes it’s financially feasible because of high demand for hotels and meeting space in Miami, and could have the project done within four years. Nichols said the project would easily cost more than $1 billion.

“Miami is such a red-hot community, and this will be a true iconic landmark on the horizon,’’ said Nichols, of Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe, who said the firm has completed a conceptual design. “This is a huge undertaking. We’ve blocked it out and we know it will work.’’

At the same time, Miami World Center, whose ambitious plans were stalled by the real-estate crash, appears ready to move ahead with a large retail center and several residential buildings next to the contemplated convention center. The company has issued marketing materials outlining 1 million square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space.

Nichols said MDM and Miami World Center are closely coordinating planning and design to ensure the project meets the goals of the broader development, which was approved as a special zoning district by the city during the previous real-estate boom. That plan outlined a dense, pedestrian-friendly district that mixes retail, commercial and residential buildings of different scales with open spaces to ensure an urban neighborhood feel.

Nichols said MDM — which separately is completing the four-block Met Miami mega-project downtown — intends to raise all financing for the project privately, with no publicmoney. Marriott has agreed to manage the hotel, Nichols said, though the company would not comment Thursday.

Full article here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/16/3401657/massive-new-convention-center.html#storylink=cpy

brickell

May 17, 2013, 2:25 PM

Yay, we finally get our downtown convention center. Between this, the rail station and MWC, that area is going to be hot.

simms3_redux

May 17, 2013, 2:57 PM

I'm not sorry for saying this, but little bits and pieces of infill here and there excite me much more than the constant barrage of these ugly Vegas-style renderings of massive buildings (none of which have actually gotten out of the ground yet).

MBCC is in the midst of an $800M expansion/redo - so this ugly ass thing on top of the convention center in downtown Miami will be competing with the public-private partnership that is going to be selected (two bidding teams) to redo the Miami Beach convention center and add 100,000-125,000 SF retail and an 800 room hotel? There's mucho public money involved with the MBCC (can't remember if it's bonds/bed tax money strictly from MB), so I would hope the downtown convention center is 100% private for the sake of taxpayers!

brickell

May 17, 2013, 4:05 PM

Based on the article, the only public money might be from the redevelopment agency for utility projects. It also states that this will not compete with MBCC, which will be much larger. Miami in general lacks good conference space. Other people have talked about building their own downtown convention center (MWC, Genting), so it's no surprise that someone might finally do it on their own.

dave8721

May 17, 2013, 5:46 PM

I felt the biggest news was that not only would there be this hotel/convention center but that it would connect to the new grand central station next door and the MWC would be moving ahead with "several" residential towers around the new convention center. Right now that whole area is a massive block hole of vacant lots where the homeless outnumber everyone else. Seeing those vacant lots filled with anything is a positive

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=700+n+miami+ave,+miami,+fl&hl=en&ll=25.780561,-80.191473&spn=0.005391,0.006341&sll=27.698638,-83.804601&sspn=10.843528,12.98584&t=h&hnear=700+N+Miami+Ave,+Miami,+Florida+33136&z=17

Private Dick

May 17, 2013, 5:51 PM

Private Dick

May 17, 2013, 5:53 PM

That Marriott rendering is dated Vegas-style cheese at its fucking worst.

skyscraperfan23

May 18, 2013, 2:11 AM

Yay, we finally get our downtown convention center. Between this, the rail station and MWC, that area is going to be hot.

Plus resort world miami is also building a convention center as well.

N830MH

May 18, 2013, 3:54 AM

Yay, we finally get our downtown convention center. Between this, the rail station and MWC, that area is going to be hot.

Do you this means Overtown station? Is that near Metrorail station? I think it is overtown, am I correct? I remember where the old arena is. They already demolished it. I remember last time that we went to Circus back in January 1991.

N830MH

May 18, 2013, 4:19 AM

Topped out at 485 feet, Regalia in Sunny Isles:
http://www.regaliamiami.com/html/index.php?type=6
http://www.regaliamiami.com/common/projects/proj_102.jpg

http://www.regaliamiami.com/common/projects/proj_101.jpg

Hey! I remember where the street is. It is on Collins Ave. I think it is near 856 & Collins Ave, am I correct?

QuantumX

May 22, 2013, 1:57 AM

Brickell House U/C
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8393/8687419396_dc8ed6a9aa_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8687419396/)
DSC_0034 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8687419396/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

Brickell CityCentre U/C
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/8688526853_0a9c9a4125_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8688526853/)
CSC_0083 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8688526853/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

Millecento U/C
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8261/8686361657_82b043e59e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8686361657/)
DSC_0013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8686361657/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8390/8688526629_7f93d39e6e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8688526629/)
CSC_0082 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8688526629/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr