40-Story Tower Overhanging Historic Church Submitted To FAA At 449 Feet

In Edgewater, a 40-story apartment tower planned to overhang the historic Christian Scientist Church has just been submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration.

According to the September 8 FAA filing, the new tower is proposed to rise 445 feet above ground, or 449 feet above sea level.

Skylight Real Estate Partners, Panther Capital Management, and Arden Group purchased the property in December 2021, and announced plans to break ground on the tower in late 2022.

In August, an attorney registered on behalf of the developers to obtain Historic and Zoning approvals for the property.

Plans were previously submitted in 2019 for a 40-story tower with 364 rental apartments and a garage with between 389 and 421 spaces, to be built above the historic First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1926.

The property is in an opportunity zone.

 

 

The 2019 design for 1836 Biscayne:

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Antennae
6 months ago

Not impressed

Just me
6 months ago

Christian Scientist? What an oxymoron!

Anonymous
6 months ago

lol…

Anonymous
6 months ago

Plenty of glass, some dark stucco, and a historic adaptive re-use? I’m here for it.

alondra
6 months ago

at the price point for the apartments can the church be converted to a lounge with “artisanal and bespoke coctails”…………………..chad gonna have to put on a button down to hang out with the crypto bros…..

Melo, a true Giga Chad
6 months ago

Hell yeah brother!

Southwest Til' I die!
6 months ago

The issue with development in Miami is that it is out of scale with existing structures.

Examples of others are the 14th Street Tower and the Namdar Towers. The Gesu Church and Old Federal Courthouse are beautiful buildings that are overpowered by the Namdar Towers.

I think whatever Design Review Board is in charge can afford to push from time to time and consider these buildings in the context of their built environment.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Until you have some skin in the game, stop whining.

Anonymous
6 months ago

So you’re cool with the skyline just being a collection of random ass boxes rather than a properly planned, human-centered downtown? You ever been to Chicago? SF? Maybe NYC before all the pencils went up?

Anonymous
6 months ago

Yes, and it’s not unusual to see a low-rise adjacent to a supertall. In fact, many times the low-rise sold its air rights for the supertall to be built.

Anonymous
6 months ago

chicago has lots of out of scale buildings

Melo is sigma and chad
6 months ago

A project on that lot has been proposed for over a decade now

Edgewater Resident
6 months ago

As a close neighbor to this lot, I’m very excited for this project. However, I hope it will be condos.

Anonymous
6 months ago

It wont’ be

Anonymous
6 months ago

Interesting how the renders have sunlight coming from the north side of the building.

Just me
6 months ago

The observations that get posted here never cease to amaze me.

Register to Vote
6 months ago

“The property is in an opportunity zone”
So, The FL Governor designated a property in Edgewater an Opportunity zone.

BDub
6 months ago

And the tax law of 2017 exempts developers from capital gains taxes under certain conditions.
Like the Kushner Company got on their properties just up the street, next to the Rolls Royce dealership.

peej
6 months ago

No, that was our former President as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Slim Shady
6 months ago

No….he mapped out entire regions of land with individual properties located within those boundaries.

Register to Vote
6 months ago

Rick Scott designated the opportunity zone areas in FL, coincidentally some were located in Edgewater and Wynwood, two of the least desirable neighborhoods in Miami’s Urban Core.

Just me
6 months ago

Let’s hope the opportunity exists for that church portion to become a House of Blues.

sewing dem wilde oats
6 months ago

this makes way too much sense for miami…..why dont we have one already???? and no liqour licenses on biscayne??? why???

Anonymous
6 months ago

So designating an up-and-coming neighborhood still rough around the edges an Opportunity Zone is crooked, but designating Opa-Locka would be gentrification. LOL, you can’t win.

Anonymous
6 months ago

If the design is being revised, hopefully something where the windows don’t look like a jailhouse and are actually aligned.

As good as it gets
6 months ago

Another soulless tower

Downtowner
6 months ago

What would a soulFUL tower look like?

Anonymous
6 months ago

you can tell it’s in the eyebrows downtowner.

As good as it gets
6 months ago

A tower that creatively stands on its own. Buildings have soul. But obviously, it’s beyond your imagination

Just me
6 months ago

Anything by Hadid, Calatrava or Gehry.

Melo, a true Giga Chad
6 months ago

Probably a long battle to demolish the church. Glad it’s staying tho.

Nice try
6 months ago

“Opportunity zone”… so some rich white guy is screwing over the local residents and community…

Anon
6 months ago

Just demolish the garbage church. It’s never been put to any meaningful use since 1926.