Developer Of 61-Story Brickell Tower Signs Utilities Deal

The developer planning a 61-story tower called Brickell Gateway has signed an agreement with Miami-Dade to supply water and sewer utilities.

According to the agreement recorded on August 1, Brickell Gateway will include:

  • 504 apartments
  • 18,287 square feet of retail
  • 344 parking spaces (per previous planning filings, not included in the utilities deal)

Gazit Horizons (Brickell) LLC is listed as the developer on the agreement.

The apartment count and retail square footage identically matches what was filed with Miami-Dade planners in 2022.

Those plans also showed that the tower would be one of the tallest rental apartment buildings in the city.

In March, the developers applied for Federal Aviation Administration approval for a height of 761 feet above ground, or 772 feet above sea level.

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

Demolition has already been completed at the site. A utilities credit for the demolished building was applied to the new agreement.

 

 

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


 

The site, where demolition was completed last year:

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Anonymous
1 month ago

Incredible update for Brickell and solid addition to the Miami skyline! Impeccable corner design with huge updates to pedestrian streetscape and retail along the central Underline pedestrian corridor. Very excited for this project!

steve
1 month ago

Incredible design and vibrant!

Evan
1 month ago

Probably my favorite project right now. Super nice looking and will add great density to the core

Melo is sigma and chad
1 month ago

This street is going to be far denser soon and I love it

Dirt devil
1 month ago

Block will be densest on Brickell and serviced by only one way streets.

Name
1 month ago

More one way streets, and pedestrian only streets. Density comes from all residents here and metro mover.

Cover the Podiums
1 month ago

This building has more street presence than most brickell buildings. I really hope that the parking levels are barely visible, hard to tell from the pictures. At first I thought it was office space but doesn’t seem to be the case

Anonymous
1 month ago

Better than a cheesy mural or sheet metal stuck together like you would find on the walls of Chipotle’s older decor.

Dirt devil
1 month ago

Appears to be 14 parking levels

Anonymous
1 month ago

Gorgeous building!!! Let’s get this up!

Kevin
1 month ago

Brickell is shaping up!

Anonymous
1 month ago

That’ll be a nice block in downtown Miami!

Anonymous
1 month ago

It’s not in downtown.

Sonic
1 month ago

Brickell is a neighborhood in downtown.

Local
1 month ago

Downtown is the affordable older area north of Brickell and south of Midtown.

Dirt devil
1 month ago

Here we go….

Anonymous
1 month ago

Debatably greater downtown, but traditionally people know central “downtown” to be north of the Miami river.

Sonic
1 month ago

Not true.
Downtown includes all the neighborhoods east of 95, north of Rickenbacker, and south of Midtown.

The area of Downtown due north of the Miami River, is called the Central Business District.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Central Business District is a mouthful, and CBD is what all the smoke shops sell. How about just “Central Downtown”?

Ahah
1 month ago

I have a feeling some Downtown developers aim to capitalize on Brickell’s success and know downtown has a certain reputation, so if they call Brickell downtown they can dilute that brand and turn Downtown into something new.

Sven
1 month ago

Because like most cities, the name Central Business District has been around since before automobiles.

In Miami, the CBD center is Miami Avenue and Flagler Street. The intersection of 0 Street & 0 Avenue.

Local
1 month ago

CBD is not a name it’s just a generic description.

Local
1 month ago

“Downtown Central”

Anonymous
1 month ago

Right, but if you live here, you know that “downtown” has come to mean the area north of the river, south of edgewater/midtown and east of 95.

Sven
1 month ago

More like north of the Rickenbacker Causeway.
At least for the 30+ years that I’ve been living or working in Brickell.

Name
1 month ago

Brickell South of 15th/Broadway to Rickenbocker is residential and no where close to downtown.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Brickell beauty

Anonymous
1 month ago

A great looking tower deserving of its name.

Bob art guy
1 month ago

Top of the line design and should set the standard of what commerce of art should be – the addition of the led vertical lighting will add needed energy to Brickell. There used to a guy who ran” light up Miami”

Anonymous
1 month ago

Agree! Bob knows his art. The lights make me want to dance, eat and go shopping.

Anonymous
1 month ago

What does it make your mom want to do? Asking for a friend.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Miami winning

Dirt devil
1 month ago

Winning what?

No 1
1 month ago

Best city to live work and play in USA

anonymous
1 month ago

Love this!

calivalle
1 month ago

Loving this tower great design ..Will compliment the next tower on BK lot

Dirt devil
1 month ago

Heaven forbid

Hosh
1 month ago

This is really exciting for Brickell. Gazit is a strong developer and I guess it will be a great addition to the area and be quality apartments. I wonder if they will sell our rent the units.

Anonymous
1 month ago

A grand entrance to the Brickell core…

Anonymous
1 month ago

It’s more of a grand central statement piece than an entrance. The location is at the heart of the area, centrally adjacent to Sentral Brickell and Brickell City Centre, both in the center of the core, as well as being close to the Brickell Station.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Oh, right. Some twisty boxes are proposed to be the “gateway” to Brickell. Please…

Anonymous
1 month ago

In my view, this stunning tower is a central gateway from the Underline to Brickell City Centre, while the luxury helix building marks the entrance to our beautiful Brickell neighborhood. Whenever we visit Coral Gables or Wynwood, which are only accessible by car, I pass through this entrance to get home. So I am excited to see nice development at the Brickell entrance, too. I appreciate how all the new Brickell developments come together and complement each other!

Anonymous
1 month ago

Now this Arquitectonica, is how you make a modern box interesting.

Leo
1 month ago

Awesome

peej
1 month ago

I pity the fool who has to park at the top of that giant podium…

Anonymous
1 month ago

Don’t worry. He probably walks everywhere, from business meetings to the dentist and drives for weekend getaways.

Anonymous
1 month ago

This is laughable.

Dirt devil
1 month ago

I think it’s called sarcasm

Anonymous
1 month ago

I counted 15 stories of podium! At least they have parking I guess

Dirt devil
1 month ago

344 spaces for 500 units, yes some parking. Enough is the question.

Anon
1 month ago

Certainly enough. Too much is question.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Car elevators are a thing. Unlike in Brickell House, ones here will probably work.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Have you seen anymore car elevators being built after Brickell house… wonder why…

Dirt devil
1 month ago

There’s one at Echo Brickell, much smaller density though.

Sven
1 month ago

Porsche Tower

Anonymous
1 month ago

Not everyone can afford to live in a luxury boutique building.

Another Average Design
1 month ago

The Podium is humongous. It doesn’t respect the context at all.

Yordanis
1 month ago

What are y’alls thoughts on Camden Brickell between 10th and 11th? Stumpy and full of concrete. Do you think this property will one day get repurposed? Prime real estate.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Once the one/two story properties in the area are all developed I think that’s inevitable for redevelopment.

Anonymous
1 month ago

It’s already been re-purposed! It used to be a warehouse that was then converted into its current use. #TheMoreYouKnow

Dirt devil
1 month ago

Still a warehouse of sorts

Sven
1 month ago

Maybe when Camden has to get their 40 Year Certification.

Billy
1 month ago

I have to wonder. With all the pilons that have been drilled into the bedrock to support these very tall and heavy structures, you have to wonder if that bedrock has been damaged.

Fred Flintstoned
1 month ago

Bedrock is yabadabadooo!

Anonymous
1 month ago

can all of these new projects still be happening or is financing them going to be the nail in the coffin…?

anonymous
1 month ago

really depends. I’d imagine developers might be looking for more equity partners on deal to reduce the risk of high interest rates.

Anonymous
1 month ago

It’s happening here. This is one of the top spots in Miami for growth and profit.

Anon
1 month ago

The original Brickell condo building boom was in the late 1970s, when mortgage rates were far higher than now.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Condo towers were being built in Brickell since the 1960s.

Anonymous
1 month ago

They were mostly resort condos on the peripheral of the core, and this wasn’t considered Brickell it is today. That’s why Downtown is “uptown” of brickell.

Anonymous
1 month ago

yeah like 2 of them….reading comprehension is key folks

Dirt devil
1 month ago

Not at this scale or economics

Dirt devil
1 month ago

Irrelevant. Those deals were done with little equity

Joe Dirt
1 month ago

Most of todays deals are all cash too—so your point is?

Sven
1 month ago

Totally incorrect Joe.
Very rarely are apartments built without construction loans.

Joe Dirt
1 month ago

Condo units are very commonly bought with cash, 40 yrs ago and today. Can’t have a project without buyers. Builders got project financing 40 yrs ago as they do today. If the unit buyers are there, so will be the project financing. Dirt Devil is the incorrect one, Sven.

Dirt devil
1 month ago

$64,000 question. I would say 50:50 given staggering increase in construction cost and higher interest rates, but investors/lenders seem to find a way to rationalize these things.

Sven
1 month ago

Depends on the developer, his land cost, and his equity contribution.
This one probably gets done.

To Tell The T
1 month ago

So this is Brickell Gateway and yesterday we saw Brickell Entrance project. I’m confused.

Where’s Samantha?
1 month ago

Simple. Brickell can have a “gateway” at its center, like a courtyard (which is the Underline) with multiple entrances connecting to it.

Anonymous
1 month ago

It’s next to the exquisite new SENTRAL Brickell, and growing Brickell City CENTRE to the north. Love that Brickell will have a new gateway in the center 🎆 🥂 plus the Underline arches look like gateways or arches.

Dirt devil
1 month ago

Just marketing hype

Anonymous
1 month ago

Brickell City Tower getting screwed!

And?
1 month ago

The 4 Ambassadors chuckle.

Yusef
1 month ago

Same with Solitair’s west facing units lol

Anonymous
1 month ago

Solitair is apartments. Who cares about their views?

Anonymous
1 month ago

Isn’t that Brickell’s affordable housing on the bay?

Dirt devil
1 month ago

Ironically true

Anonymous
1 month ago

As if they would rather have remained a neighbor of that low-rise crackshack?

Yusef
1 month ago

True. I guess looking out west really has nothing to offer anyways aside from the blistering sunsets.

Where’s Samantha?
1 month ago

Lol said no one. Sunsets and coral gables and expanding skyline along the river, plus southern Atlantic Ocean, are better than a wall.

Dirt devil
1 month ago

Agree

Anonymous
1 month ago

Sunsets in Miami are better than sunrises, which people rarely even see.