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What’s the view of Miami like from 1,000 feet? You may soon find out

One thousand feet: For builders aspiring to put a gargantuan architectural exclamation mark on the Miami skyline, piercing past that symbolic pinnacle has long been an elusive grail.

Now the on-again, off-again race to the top appears to be very much on again — though no one’s quite owning up to it yet.

After years of planning, several so-called “supertall” downtown towers appear closer than ever to actually breaking ground. About the only question now is, who’ll be first?

One developer, Property Markets Group, has quietly filed plans with the city for a 1,036-foot hotel and condo tower on Biscayne Boulevard that the developers say will be the tallest residential building south of New York City.

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A third, Florida East Coast Realty’s Tibor Hollo, is the current local titleholder. His Panorama tower topped off earlier this year at 849 feet — 868 feet if you count a tower at the top — to become Miami’s current tallest. That’s still short of official supertall status, which is generally accepted to start at 980 feet.

Hollo might next follow up by also claiming the first-to-1,000-feet championship belt. His FECR has not just one, but two supertall buildings on the CAD (Computer Assisted Design) board that reach up to 1,049 feet, each complete with planning approvals and, Hollo says, financing.

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For his part, Hollo downplays any notion that he’s striving to be the first to go sky-high. He noted he’s been working on plans for several years, since before the condo-construction recovery that appears to be winding down again. FECR might break ground on its towers in 2018, but more likely in 2019, he said.

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