Not that Paraiso, the four tower megaproject being built along Biscayne Bay in the northern half of Edgewater, needed any help looking bigger, but a new condo tower called Prodesa that is proposed next to it makes Paraiso look absolutely gigantic. And Prodesa is no small-fry itself.
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The Federal Government’s new, stricter rules requiring the disclosure of the identities of secret owners of high end real estate in Miami and New York City have incited much debate about their effects on the market or lack thereof (Related Companies CEO Stephen Ross says it’s no biggie, others aren’t so sure). The membership of the CCIM Miami Chapter (that’s Certified Commercial Investment Member, for you non-Commercial real estate nerds) is delving into the issue at their next meeting with a panel of expert speakers, this Wednesday at Morton’s, over steak.
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This bright, white Loft in Midtown 2, listed yesterday for $1,990,000, takes natural lighting to the extreme, with glossy white floors to reflect the Miami sun after it floods in through huge two-story windows, and before it shines right through the glass interior walls.
The two-level 1,400 square foot space has a master bedroom upstairs, with a large open plan kitchen downstairs, next to extra almost-as-open-plan bedrooms flanking the huge main living space. Curtains are a necessity unless having no secrets is your thing. Each of the four bedrooms is a literal fish tank, with glass walls voyeuristically exposing all to the expansive living area, perfect for showing off to your roommates, or maybe adapting the space to office use.
Boulevard Fifty Seven, a low-slung, sling-backed condo tower planned for a wide and sort-of-triangular lot on Biscayne Boulevard and 57th Street, just across the boulevard from the historic neighborhood of Morningside, officially launched sales with a traditional (for Miami) launch party blowout at its shinny new sales center last night.
Developed by Unitas Development Group, the project was designed by architects Sieger Suarez in a contemporary interpretation of Biscayne Boulevard’s iconic MiMo (short for Miami Modern) midcentury architectural style. Taking advantage of an unusually deep lot, the main residential block wraps around the north, west, and south sides of the block, diminishing its visual impact on the boulevard and Morningside to the east. The 12-story tower will have 105 units, priced at $600,000 and up, including penthouses with private roof decks and plunge pools. Pedestrian-oriented retail space occupies the lower levels, raising the amenity and pool deck just above the tree line and opening up sweeping Biscayne Bay views.
The City of Miami is looking to reactivate Fort Dallas Park, a hidden patch of green on the Miami River in the heart of Downtown that has been neglected and closed to the public for years.
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Photographer Andrew John Sweet was a boy from Miami who returned home after receiving his MFA to capture Miami Beach’s fading, but still vibrant old world Jewish culture of the late 1970s and early ’80s, from the unrestored art deco apartment buildings full of retirees that proliferated around South Beach, to the big hotels and their snowbirds up the beach.
Around Miami, substantial new condo buildings by Pritzker Prize-winning-architects are on the rise, each going through similar processes of construction to ensure these often technically complex, creative towers are executed according to the designers’ original vision. One Thousand Museum, by Zaha Hadid, Park Grove by Rem Koolhaas/OMA, and Herzog & de Meuron’s Jade Signature, under construction in Miami boast mockups of facades, balconies, and exoskeletons.
Brickell City Centre is one of the largest construction projects in the history of South Florida. The first part of this massive megaproject to be completed, the office tower at Three Brickell City Centre which is being mostly leased by Florida’s largest law firm, Akerman, has just been unveiled by the Brickell City Centre people. And here it is.
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Artist Ginés Serrán’s monumental Union of the World, which at its 2010 installation was allegedly (according to a press release) the world’s largest bronze sculpture, was removed from its site at the front of Mary Brickell Village last week. So, what happened to the 26 foot tall, 17,600 pound hunk of bronze?
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In the annals of urban planning and landscape design, the original ‘Emerald Necklace’ is a string of interconnected parks in Boston designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted that link the old Boston Common with Franklin Park, looping around the city. Rickenbacker Park, a new linear park proposed by architect Bernard Zyscovich, could similarly string together a chain of existing parks and green space along the Rickenbacker Causeway, creating an emerald necklace for Miami that would be South Florida’s own version of Olmsted’s great design.
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