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Grand Peaks Proposes 26-Story Residential Building At 901 SW 3rd Avenue In Brickell

A 26-story residential building has been proposed to rise beside Interstate 95 in the western limits of Brickell, Miami. Dubbed Empire Brickell, the 310-foot-tall structure is designed by Corwil Architects, with Kimley-Horn as the landscape architect. Grand Peaks, a multifamily real estate developer based in Colorado, is under contract to purchase a 1.034-acre site comprising two parcels at 901 Southwest 3rd Avenue and 244 Southwest 9th Street for the project. If approved, the residential development would yield 409,528 square feet of space, including 250 dwelling units, 2,452 square feet of ground-floor retail space, and 352 parking spaces.

The 45,057-square-foot property is improved with two 3-story apartment buildings built in 1962. The structures will be demolished as part of the redevelopment of the property. The development site occupies the northwest corner of the city block bound by Southwest 9th Street on the north, Southwest 2nd Avenue on the east, Southwest 10th Street on the south, and Southwest 3rd Avenue on the west. Progesti Corp is selling the site to Grand Peaks Properties, Inc. after nearly 23 years of ownership.

The renderings of the project are by ArX Solutions, depicting Corwil Architect’s design from multiple perspectives. The building is designed in a modern contemporary style and would feature walls finished in a light-texture cement plaster, glass windows with aluminum frames, balconies with perforated aluminum railings, decorative architectural columns, and pre-fabricated decorative steel feature hiding mechanicals on the rooftop. The structure’s roof tops out at 290 feet, and the elevator bulkhead reaches the 310-foot mark.

Empire Brickell would cater to families, with most apartment homes offering multiple bedrooms and dens. 112 units would have three bedrooms and two bathrooms, while 49 would have two bedrooms plus a den and two bathrooms, along with 40 units of two bedrooms and two bathrooms. There would be 5 one-bedroom units, and 44 units would be one-bedroom plus a den. Units would range between 674 to 1,174 square feet. Amenities on the 7th floor would include a landscaped pool deck with ample seating areas and cabanas, a relaxation zone, a fitness deck and a fitness center, a game lounge, and a business center.

Plans for Empire Brickell are scheduled for review by the UDRB on September 21, 2022

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“To me, it seems outdated,” board member and architect Gia Zappatini said. “It feels to me like it was built in the ‘70s. Is there something you can explore in the façade of the building that is a little more modern?”

Another URDB member, architect Willy Bermello, said the design looked even older. “When you look at the architectural expression…when you look at these protruding columns, it looks like something you would be doing in Miami Beach in the 1950s. I am not sure that is what you want, but it comes off like that,” he said.

Yet, Grand Peaks representatives declined an offer to delay a vote so that the project’s architect, Albert Cordoves, could tweak the building’s aesthetics.
“Unfortunately, we have some contractual obligations,” Grand Peaks’ lawyer Ines Marrero said. “We cannot come back next month. We need a decision today.”

As a result, the board voted 5-1 to reject Grand Peak’s project and its requested waivers for a 10 percent increase in floorplates to accommodate larger apartments and 14 percent parking reduction to 344 spaces in the building’s proposed garage and eight on-street spaces.

Grand Peaks, led by Luke Simpson and Nick Simpson, can request that Miam’s planning director ignore the UDRB’s decision and approve Empire Brickell’s current design and waivers.

Multiple projects were approved today, this was the outlier. Kind of odd how they bashed this building for looking old. Yeah, it does but then what's with the recent developments surrounding the whole building? Those look equally old, they need to be real.

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This received FAA approval with a pending demo permit.

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