Brickell Gateway Tower Submitted To FAA At 761 Feet

Plans have just been filed with the Federal Aviation Administration for the 61-story Brickell Gateway tower.

According to the March 28 FAA filing, the Brickell Gateway tower is planned to rise to a height of 761 feet above ground, or 772 feet above sea level, making it one of the tallest rental apartment buildings in the city.

Construction is estimated to run from January 2024 through January 2027, the filing states.

The proposal is actively moving through the approval process with Miami-Dade County planners, records show. The project is inside the county’s Rapid Transit zoning area, allowing the developer to choose county rather than city planning review.

Revised plans to meet county planner requests were filed as recently as March 21, records show.

According to the latest plans, Brickell Gateway is now proposed to include:

  • 504 multifamily residential units
  • 18,276 square feet of retail
  • 344 parking spaces

Israeli developer Gazit Horizons is the developer. Atlantic Pacific Communities is also shown in the plan set as a co-developer.

Corwil is the architect.

Demolition has already been completed at the site.

 

The most recent renderings revision, filed with the county in January 2023:

 

The site, where demolition was completed last year:

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Miami 360
2 months ago

This gorgeous design will enhance Miami’s western skyline!

Bruno
2 months ago

Thank you for that deep and insightful addition to the reporting.

Might I add…
This building is on a corner, and it is taller than the build8ng that was there before. It is great!
I like it!

Anonymous
2 months ago

A row of offices or residential along western side of the podium would be nice. It has a really nice view of the Underline and would be more connected to street level, also better than seeing 20 stories of parking at a highly walked main corner. This is a lively gathering space and lots of people bike and walk on the Underline. There’s an office next door.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Or a row of smaller separate entrance economy residential studios without parking and/or balconies, floors 2-20, with an event space lobby on floor 2 overlooking the landmark Underline and vibrant metro line, it could bring in additional revenue and at least it would engage the street level and surrounding community.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Offices or residences overlooking the Underline park would promote safety too – more “eyes looking out” over the public space. We know that the opposite has a negative affect…

Anonymous
2 months ago

Love the building Brickell Gateway! I hope the strip mall/surface lots in this gateway-area on 8th St and 2nd Ave also get redeveloped w/ this level of style 👌 🏙️

Name*
2 months ago

Manhattanization

Melo is sigma and Chad
2 months ago

Good more infill along the metrorail, that burger king plaza needs a new tower too

MMN
2 months ago

This is much more then infill. This plus The Sentinel across the street = just wow

Nano
2 months ago

You mean SENTRAL BRICKELL? These stunners will boldly frame the Underline.

https://www.thenextmiami.com/demolition-permits-filed-at-sentral-brickell-site/

Not Anonymous
2 months ago

You can’t call anything taller than 600 ft an infill. Calling new developments that makes people think that they are nothing but a Melo style rental tower. This tower is nothing like an infill, and will be more visible than any other tower from Dolphin expressway and Little Havana.

Professional Engineer
2 months ago

That burger king needs to go!

Anonymous
2 months ago

All the fast food drive throughs around here, Mac D and Wendy too, they can be ground floor retail. West side of I95 better for fast food drive throughs.

anon
2 months ago

nah bro west side has the best cuban food, screw fast food

Anonymous
2 months ago

True, I had some the other day. Love the cuban restaurants around Domino Park on Calle Ocho. If any fast food, it should be as ground floor retailer, but rather see authentic better food in and around Brickell, rather than drive throughs.

Anons
2 months ago

Wow Brickell, going up and up! This was an abandoned trashed small building a year ago, with a homeless issue, and now it’s a really upscale, safe, and buzzy central area. Thank you, Gazit 👏 👏

Anon
2 months ago

Holy density! These Brickell buildings are literally *right on top* of each other!

Anonymous
2 months ago

I mean it is a city…

Anonymous
2 months ago

Keep ’em coming!

Not Anonymous
2 months ago

This building’s first renders were much shorter that these new ones. BCC will easily become the densest part of the southeast when this is built. The only thing missing now is some sort of public plaza or square, where events & marches can be organized, akin to Mexico City’s Zocalo or the Puerta del Sol in Madrid. I think the perfect location for such a plaza would be the block of 848 Brickell Ave.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Brickell’s Southside Park will serve this purpose. 1 SS Park going up is a very tall, dance modern tower in the Brickell “gateway” area and will connect with a public square / park on the Underline.

Not Anonymous
2 months ago

Southside Park is nothing like a public square 🤦‍♂️ The park has no resemblance whatsoever, it is full of trees, playgrounds, and probably children, and would not be able to serve as a public meeting point

Anonymous
2 months ago

The plan and aesthetic of the developer says otherwise. also, squares are typically off the neighborhoods main central transportation stop (Brickell Station) and with all storefront activated around the Underline it has potential to be even more of a buzzy promenade.

Azarius
2 months ago

Love the height added to the skyline. This intersection is going to be crazy for pedestrians ‼️

Anonymous
2 months ago

This is actually one of the safest and easiest crosswalks in Brickell, in my opinion. Good flow, and organized.

Not Anonymous
2 months ago

lol a friend of mine broke his ribs when a driver ran the light while he was crossing there

Anonymous
2 months ago

Oh… 😔 sorry, I’ll look out here too. I I just like that there’s a stop light, some crosswalks don’t have that.

anon
2 months ago

yeah, you can’t change miami drivers, no matter how safer road designs get. gotta put those PSA billboards in spanish

Anonymous
2 months ago

They should require foreigners to pass a US driver’s test when moving here.

Anonymous
2 months ago

They don’t do this already!?!?

Not Anonymous
2 months ago

I agree, and the test should have to be taken every 10 years to ensure mental sharpness and seniors should have to take test every 2 or 3 years. many of the bad drivers are grandmas who forgot to step on the brakes. the driver’s test should also be more difficult, and require knowledge of how a roundabout works, which is currently not required.

Anonymous ;-)
2 months ago

How about stiff penalties for driving with one hand on the wheel and the other holding the mobile phone. When someone nearly runs me over, that’s usually what I notice going on in the vehicle.

Anonymous
2 months ago

They do this bc they’re stuck in traffic from car accidents, got to build better roads and require a driving class 🤷🏻‍♂️

Anonymous
2 months ago

Only offer it in English too.

One more lane bro
2 months ago

They should start with non-foreigners taking a driving test any time after the age of 16

Anonymous
2 months ago

If immigrants really can drive without a test and training on US road systems, the Governor should immediately pass a State law to require some level of training.

It doesn’t just affect Miami, if impacts quality of life throughout FL and new generations of Miami raised here. It’s a huge expense for the state and local gov. to deal with traffic, medical expenses and property losses from people who never get trained.

We may be calling for metros to reduce traffic, but the underlying issue is lack of training for new drivers 🤦

Anonymous
2 months ago

My friend got his foot run over and heard a girl was killed recently downtown… the drivers sped off. Why?

Brickell living
2 months ago

Wonder when they are going to develop the plot of land across from the Brickell metrorail next to 7 eleven

Anonymous
2 months ago

Hopefully whenever they do it they include that blighted single family house too. It’s such a garbage piece of property the city should even consider condemning it.

Anonymous
2 months ago

It could be an arts museum or landmark, maybe the owner would like that. He seems really into preservation.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Nah, it’s a complete tear down.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Unless the 7-Eleven is going down with it, I’d rather see it restored and preserved as a restaurant or tourist information center.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Why would a literal wood shack be preserved?

Miami Community & Hospitality
2 months ago

Residents and tourists LOVE seeing a dash of Old Florida. It brings in character and perspective and the juxtaposition next to the elite modern high rises makes the high rises seem so much more spectacular.

It also stands out as being different so tourists can go in there for a brief historical walk around the building with old Fl photos of Brickell and then get information on all the other attractions in Miami.

Great for Miami, especially up and coming areas that need promotions! Also residents can stop in to see what festivals and events are coming up and meet their neighbors.

Anonymous
2 months ago

You are reaching hard on this one. This isn’t some historic property like Dr. Jackson’s house on Brickell Bay Drive. This is a shack with lots of.. er.. colorful painting on the side. Absolutely no need to preserve it.

Anonymous
2 months ago

I think it’s worth exploring. The framework has historical value, and looks like old Brickell, and with the right deck, landscaping, it could be a really hip hang out spot or tourist center. I’ve seen the owner talk about preservation, and he is so impassioned about this mission. He may consider donating the land to the City with a covenant to preserve the structure and promote arts and Brickell history. It could be a park or something?

https://images.app.goo.gl/W43PAa67MdzeYiFD6

Anonymous
2 months ago

That guy is missing quite a few marbles.

Professional Engineer
2 months ago

Hate to say it, but the final days of Blackbird might be coming to an end. Such a cool bar.

Anon
2 months ago

They can always come back as a ground floor tenant of a massive tower.

Idk
2 months ago

Could be mistaken but I thought swire bought all those air rights when building Reach&Rise/BCC?

Jones
2 months ago

hopefully

Anonymous
2 months ago

It was a cool bar like 10 years ago. Not so much anymore.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Lot doesn’t have enough square feet for a skyscraper

Anonymous
2 months ago

Holy parking podium!!! Beautiful building otherwise!

Jones
2 months ago

would be nice if Brickell had a single public park

Anonymous
2 months ago

It has a few.

Anonymous
2 months ago

It’s being completely revamped and modernized with Brickell style. You may not notice it bc it’s fenced off and being worked on. Southside Park (Brickell’s Park.)

s.k
2 months ago

Really? Southside is not a park. I recommend you go to real cities (London, NYC, Madrid, Mexico City) and see what an actual park is.

Chris
2 months ago

That parking podium is insane! It’s all the way up on the whole North facade of that office tower next door. That’s like 20 floors of parking from what it looks like on the renderings.

Zack
2 months ago

I’d rather walk than drive down 20 floors every day. You don’t need a car here.

Anonymous
2 months ago

You don’t need, but people want. It might have an elevator.

Anonymous
2 months ago

In dense American cities not everyone gets a spot. Some buildings offer spots at a premium. Some of the units could be premium. The devalued cost of the non parking units could be recovered by all the additional floors. The city would like this bc it adds more density. There may be room for an exception to the parking requirement….

none
2 months ago

Miami is turning into the Jetsons City and I’m loving it!!

anon
2 months ago

it’s turning into panama city in panama 🇵🇦

Anonymous
2 months ago

The Brickell Gateway will truly become Brickell’s gate coming from the west.

James
2 months ago

Yes! This Brickell “gate” area beginning at 3rd/2nd Aves to 1st will be grand 🤩

Anon
2 months ago

Woof! I thought Solitair was big. This is double the size 🤤

Anonymous
2 months ago

See? You don’t have to conceal a parking garage with a tacky mural to make it look nice (still would like less parking, but beggars can’t be choosers).

Anonymous
2 months ago

The mixed-material glossy murals are awesome, but variety is good and love this design! It would be better if the garage on west side was concealed with offices or residences overlooking the park, rather than cars 😞 such a prominent interaction point for Brickell and the City of Miami.

305
2 months ago

would be great to do the same with Brickell South, replace the old building, start with Brickell Town House

calivalle
2 months ago

MIAMI ..The Mecca of the Americas…

annon
2 months ago

Beautiful …… !!!!!

Bob, Art Man
2 months ago

Brickell could be the next Dubai minus the glitzy architecture. This project.. is pretty good. I hope they light it up at night …. it will add excitement to Brickell. After all, it’s called Gateway.. greet people with drama, glamour and excitement as they come from west to east on 8th

Anonymous
2 months ago

Exactly! The McDonalds/Wendy’s and strip mall in Brickell are next! Make it a special hospitable** greeting landmark, where people can park and walk (rather than drive and clog up inner streets) and promote and enhance the west as much as the east side.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Yeah and that tower is absolutely gorgeous prob one of my fav

Anonymous
2 months ago

So many gorgeous designs coming to this side of Brickell, not to mention those that haven’t been announced yet…

Anonymous
2 months ago

Comparing Brickell is Dubai is as silly as comparing it to NYC.

Anonimato
2 months ago

Dubai building don’t have flat tops … they have spires …

Anon
2 months ago

Do they have rooftop pools like Miami, or domes like Istanbul and Europe? Miami does need some domes and spires…

Duh
2 months ago

Why so many parking when Publix is next door and train station is across the street. Developers throwing money away

Anonymous
2 months ago

Another year sitting empty….

Anonymous
2 months ago

so many parking levels….having to drive to the top

Anonymous
2 months ago

One of the best designs this place has ever seen. I doubt most of the folks on here will appreciate it. They seem to be dazzled by only rounded buildings with balconies. ugghhh

Hugor Hill
2 months ago

Looks decent

Downtown Vagabond
2 months ago

2027? Should have been purchased by Melo

Vincent
2 months ago

I am loving the density. Are there any proposals for the epty plots of land to the south?

Anonymous ;-)
2 months ago

Seems like a good time for a NextMiami update on all the large projects. I can think of at least six towers from 1210 south to 15th (excluding the conversion of One Broadway), with more farther south and north.

Anon
2 months ago

This IS large. This is HUGE.

Anon
2 months ago

Decent design with papi chulo walmart finishes. Nothing to write home about.