Edgewater’s 60-Story Hamilton House Quickly Moves To Permitting Phase

In Edgewater, the 60-story Hamilton House is now rapidly advancing, with multiple construction and demolition permits recently filed.

The main construction permit for the tower was applied for on December 22, with the full plans submitted on January 23 and now in active review.

The permit states the apartment building will rise 60 stories or 649 feet, with 241 residential units and a 3500 square foot restaurant.

The hard construction cost is estimated at $148m.

A contractor is not yet attached to the construction permit. An affiliate of developer Aimco is listed as the contact.

A seawall permit has also been applied for in the past month, with Bunell Marine the contractor. A separate infrastructure and utilities permit was applied for in December.

Multiple demolition permits for the properties were created between January 11 and January 23, with Florida Demolition Inc listed as the contractor.

Five adjacent 2-story multifamily properties with a combined 22 units will be demolished.

 



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Not Anonymous
7 months ago

I love all the development, but Edgewater has so much more potential than tall all residential condos hugging the coast. The area needs more ground level retail and buildings further inland to stimulate activity in the area and connect it to Midtown.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Is it your opinion that those things will never come to Edgewater? In my experience living in Brickell, there was hardly any retail for a long time and once the density supported it, the retail establishments followed. Edgewater is just getting started.

Anonymous
7 months ago

No retail and restaurants in southern Brickell, because the city allowed developers to build along the bay with no pedestrian access. Won’t the same happen for Edgewater?

Anonymous
7 months ago

No retail and restaurants in South Brickell because it’s a different beast than Brickell north of 15th Road.

Anon
7 months ago

There’s no such thing as “south Brickell.” Brickell was originally just south of 15th, home to a development of mansions, and expanded north from I95 to Biscayne Bay. We can’t just pick and choose where we call Brickell and then add sub-labels everywhere else. That is phony, elitist, and confusing.

Marco
7 months ago

“Edgewater has so much more potential than tall all residential condos” 100% agree with that.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Looks like prime waterfront RE is more important ($) for developers than your dream of “stimulated activity.” Priorities first, then the infill can happen.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Isn’t the City’s job in Miami to get paid for “prime” real estate and let developers do what they want?

Anonymous
7 months ago

But City Planners should really be doing a better job at mandating public improvements before developers break ground (like in may other cities)

New Miami
7 months ago

Obviously, we MUST have these requirements. The lack of quality control in Miami is spiraling out of control.

The current city members seem like developer-picked puppets. We need a new gov for Miami.

Every time we ask for common things like bike paths and walkways along the water, or we advocate for an up and coming neighborhood, we hear voices (that sounds like the city and developers) shooting us down and minimizing our opinions and promoting only a few properties along the bay —

when WE the owners and people residing here are the ones responsible for keeping Miami afloat for generations to come!

Anonymous
7 months ago

Property owners have property rights. Whiners got whining on web forums.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Most of the whiners are actually renters anyway. *eye roll*

Edgewaterrr
7 months ago

um— Hamilton House is an all-rental building

Anonymous
7 months ago

Then the extra red tape costs will be passed on to buyers/renters and then you REALLY won’t be able to afford to live here, not even with 2 more roommates. Ask Californians how this has worked.

Finish the job right
7 months ago

Cheap is more expensive in the long run, folks.

We will be the one paying for and cleaning up the messes when the developers try to cut and run with the mega-earnings. Don’t let them fool you. Do it right from the start. Finish the job.

Beautiful Vacation Destination
7 months ago

Beautiful building, but who is going to want to walk down an aisle of podiums and Walgreens parking lots to get to a blocked-off waterfront with no pedestrian access?

Edgewater was designed NOT to be pedestrian friendly. If people expect it to be walkable, it is a bit late for that. The bay front walkways are blocked off. The condos don’t even need to be on the Bay – nobody is docking by boat or jumping for a swim into the Bay from the Condo. Even the nice condos on Miami Beach and Brickell have a path where people can run, and it does not obstruct the view or experience of the condos – it only improves it.

The building is nice if I was going on vacation, but I don’t see it becoming a vibrant walkable hub because of these reasons.

Anonymous
7 months ago

You are not very knowledgeable about Edgewater. There are plenty of buildings on the waterfront offering pedestrian access and with the newer buildings going up, there will be even more. Explore some more before opining next time.

Just Saying
7 months ago

I looked at real estate all over Edgewater, and decided not to buy there. I only saw pedestrian access in one small section around Margaret Pace Park. I got stuck trying to cross the street for about 20 minutes, and the buildings were all spaced far apart.

Just Crying
7 months ago

Then get more money and buy a into a waterfront building. The property owners don’t owe you access. The politicians don’t owe it to you either beyond the established public bayfront parks.

Anonymous
7 months ago

I’ve seen waterfront condos and waterfront mansions… a mansion makes sense but not a condo, the whole point of a condo is connectivity and community. These designs developers are putting up are void of any of the good parts of condo living. They would do better up in Vero Beach, not Miami.

Anonymous
7 months ago

^^I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain, and condos don’t owe the general public any more than single family house owners.

Anons
7 months ago

Okay James Taylor. Yes they do when they are a part of a City. Who is going to want to live in this City if it doesn’t have any nice public space?

Anonymous
7 months ago

A lot can change in 10 years. Just look at Brickell in 2012 vs now.

Stop the negativity
7 months ago

Lets not knock neighborhoods because we don’t live in them <3 Entire neighborhoods have been built in this city in a decade. No reason to cast negativity onto a neighborhood that is still very much in development.

Anonymous
7 months ago

People do it here on the western side of Brickell, which is very much currently developing too. It’s so annoying.

It seems like it’s coming from developers or the DDA because they are always comparing it to properties on the Bay, and their reasoning for promoting some properties but not others is always “do you know how much tax revenue this ‘prime’ real estate location can generate?”

It’s a sign we need a leader who is in touch with the changes of the city and out there promoting each and every neighborhood and leading Miami regardless of who profits.

anon
7 months ago

the problem is that a lot of these towers are along a north south line hugging the bay. once there is more fill in towards the interior, i can see there being more retail.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Well at least this tower doesn’t have a giant parking garage taking up a block to the west and is set back and articulated from the bay more than buildings from another certain developer that rhymes with “belated.”

Callate
7 months ago

We have midtown close by and we are getting Kusher towers plus a Whole Foods. I heard a subway line is also in the works

Anonymous
7 months ago

And that’s just the start (minus the subway line, which I assume you were being sarcastic about). Edgewater is just getting started.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Oh wow what is being told to sell these units and block pedestrian access to the Bay is egregious. No subway. Wholefoods delivers anywhere in Miami. And any developer that puts their name on a tower primarily cares about one person. Can you guess who?

Anonymous
7 months ago

Stop the rumor that pedestrian access to the Bay is blocked. This is flat out false. I walk on the bay in Edgewater every night.

Build a Better Miami
7 months ago

Just look at the rendering above. We have been there and believe our eyes.

Miami Local
7 months ago

This part of Miami was developed awhile ago without bayfront access setbacks. It’s not like the Miami River Greenway and Riverfront being built up now in Brickell and Downtown, where builders are required to have setbacks and develop beautiful pedestrian areas to invite commerce and experiences.

BB1
7 months ago

I really like the ground floor inclusiveness of this project. It dosen’t feel like so many other projects that incorporate no restaurants, bars or retail that are open to the public. One of my favorite new developments!

Anonymous
7 months ago

Careful reporting on Edgewater. Some people will get offended, given that it’s not in Brickell, i.e., the only important place in all of planet Earth.

Anon
7 months ago

Let’s try to play nice today.

It’s a beautiful building and the stone at the base is a welcome departure from the usual stucco.

Anon
7 months ago

All high rises in Miami should require stone at the base, every single one. Where’s the UDRB? What do they even do?

Anonymous
7 months ago

Or random glass and rusty sheetmetal.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Glass and metal are sleek too. Stone is another option, either way is nice.

Melo, the true giga chad
7 months ago

My new favorite tower in edgewater. Its simple and modern, yet classy, without an ugly podium

Anon
7 months ago

This type of design should be throughout Downtown and Brickell too.

Melo is sigma and Chad
7 months ago

Good lets get another addition to the baywalk vertical

LOL
7 months ago

Baywalk? You’re going to need a bay boat here.

Anonymous
7 months ago

The baywalk is coming along quite nicely. With just a few more additions, Edgewater will be fully connected on the bay.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Are they building a new boardwalk or bridge? The images and areal views don’t show a “baywalk.” Didn’t see one there or know how it’s even possible, but sounds like a good idea!

Anonymous
7 months ago

Get out more. I walk on the baywalk every night and it’s only missing around 5 pieces until it’s fully connected all the way from the Venetian Causeway to the Paraiso district.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Baywalk will be a reality soon. Only a few missing pieces.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Beautiful building

anon
7 months ago

Those people who own those little houses on NE 34th st are making a fortune. Good for them

Anonymous
7 months ago

I believe some of them won’t sell. The historic little apartment and two-story single-family houses in areas where redevelopment is unfeasible should be historically designated, restored, and air rights transferred to build taller.

Anonymous
7 months ago

We have some in Brickell that are for sale. Has anyone bought them? This would be a great spot for a parking-less luxury boutique residence and retail.

garish gold toilets
7 months ago

ahhhh the boutique set…….

Anonymous
7 months ago

Bay Park Towers, what’s up? Let’s cash out!

Anonymous
7 months ago

Bay Park Towers should not cash out now. 4.7 acres between Hamilton House and Paraiso should yield a small fortune. Foolish to sell now.