First Glass Installed At Five Park, Set To Become Tallest South Beach Tower Ever

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The first glass has now been installed at the Five Park tower in South Beach, photos by Ryan RC Rea show.

Five Park will rise 48 stories, or 519 feet, at the entrance to South Beach. That is taller than any other building in South Beach.

The building will include 280 residential units.

Top off is planned in September 2023, according to real estate analyst Ana Bozovic, who visited the construction site this weekend.

Terra Group and GFO Investments are the developers.

Arquitectonica is the architect, with interiors by Gabellini Sheppard.

 

 

 

 

(photos: Ryan RC Rea)

 

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anonymous
7 months ago

Beautiful and transformative project…excited for the bridge, which will make this part of the beach ultra pedestrian friendly

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Anons
7 months ago

This is an example of how a high way ramp development can be turned into something ultra luxurious and green.

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Anons
7 months ago

Agree, good inspiration for new developments around Miami and in Brickell, like Empire Brickell, looking to refine the Brickell gateway.

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Anon
7 months ago

True! Brickell does have a lot of highway-adjacent space

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Chico
7 months ago

It sure does! Just like downtown, wynwood, Midtown etc… we are starting to see a move in development to turn these areas into vibrant high-end transit oriented hubs like Manhattan.

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Anonymous
7 months ago

Beautiful design! This reminds me of the new River District in Brickell which is going to liven and refine the Gateway district on on SW 2nd and Southside, along the western front of Brickell. Great to see Miami Beach and Brickell grow and inspire each other in terms of design!

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Anon
7 months ago

Not everything has to be about Brickell!!

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Anons of Miami
7 months ago

It’s not all about Brickell. This is the City of Miami and city of Miami Beach , so we can talk about connecting areas in terms of aesthetic and functionality. If we look at everything with tunnel vision, we will keep seeing all these problems arise due to lack of connectivity and overarching big picture vision. It’s not every building for themselves, this is a City where a ripple on one side makes waves on the other.

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Anon
7 months ago

They do it on purpose just to piss people off.

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Bruno
7 months ago

Yeah…but that guy (and his multiple.personalities) hopes that if he calls West Brickell the Gateway District or Brickell, it will magically become known as that.

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Brickell Stakeholder
7 months ago

Bruno, they already call this the Brickell gateway district. Look at the new gateway currently being built. I think your projecting onto me with negativity because it’s different than what you envisioned. We’re just trying to help build on that.

Just because the DDA or county put “west” on one or two gov-funded affordable housing buildings doesn’t mean it will become magically known as that. In fact the complete opposite has happened! People repell from that discriminatory labeling and the many dozens of buildings and businesses here all just say “BRICKELL.”

Promoted as the “Gateway” for Brickell. If you want to give this area a defining characteristic that would be more appealing and inclusive, you and everyone else should start saying the “Brickell Gateway District.” Like the mega developer below…

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“A new world-class mixed-use luxury tower in the heart of Brickell, 1 Southside Park will usher in a new evolution to the neighborhood with upgrades to Southside Park among many other public benefits that will celebrate a new mode of urban living in Miami.

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Bruce
7 months ago

1 Southside Park

Brickell on SW 2nd Avenue (The Brickell “Gateway” District at the heart of Brickell):

According to JDS, this new multi-tier stacked mixed use building will be a “A new urban gateway and mode of urban living in Miami”

https://jdsdevelopment.com/portfolio/1-southside-park

“1 Southside Park is a mixed-use project in Brickell, Miami, conceived as a new urban gateway to the Brickell neighborhood. Imagined by JDS Development Group working with SHoP Architects and James Corner Field Operations, the project brings together market-defining residential, commercial, office, event and wellness spaces; a world-class hotel with food and beverage outlets; and vibrant public arenas. As part of the Brickell Rapid Transit Zone, the project will include access to public transportation, direct connection to the Brickell Backyard, new facilities for Fire Station No. 4, a reinvigorated Southside Park, and numerous other public benefits.”

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Anon
7 months ago

I don’t get it. You saw the word gateway in one article and now you’re referring to the whole area as gateway..? OK…..

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Bruce
7 months ago

Whether its an official name or not this is the Brickell gateway. It’s a new area in Brickell that’s being defined by the current wave of development going up, not the prejudice of those on the bay that are also new to Brickell. They are acting like the first born of Brickell worried about losing mom and dads attention. Brickell is being enhanced with a luxury gateway area.

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Ernesto
7 months ago

I like “Brickell Gateway” a lot. It will spawn more quality development on the western front of Brickell.

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T Patrick
7 months ago

Did you say Brickell Ghetto? Seems more appropriate.

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Brickell Gateway
7 months ago

We saw Brickell labeled here on Google maps, government maps, and every private building and business says Brickell.

Just bc one person says “west” and put it on one senior care building, hundreds if not thousands of people have to change their building names and signs? That’s nuts.

If you want to give it a new defining characteristic at least make it inclusive and upscale sounding, we would prefer the Brickell gateway everyone can just continue to keep using just Brickell.

It’s not up to people who don’t live here to rename it, so all the businesses and buildings that just say Brickell speaks volumes.

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Brickell’s Gateway District
7 months ago

The Brickell “gateway” is a term being used to describe the critical entrance to Brickell.

The term Brickell “Gateway” is not just used to describe the area around 1 Southside Project. A new project in active development one avenue over on SW 1st Ave. This other project plans to be called the “Brickell Gateway.”

It makes sense being that these new new projects are at the point of first contact into Brickell, from SW3 to SW1, and in the Brickell rapid transit zone.

The Brickell gateway district will draw in more visitors and economic activity across Brickell. It’s going to be beautiful upgrade for Brickell’s entrance.

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Anon
7 months ago

There’s nothing inclusive about Brickell, Brickell prides itself on exclusivity. In fact, Brickell advocates on this very forum are constantly trying to emphasize this fact while actively denigrating other neighborhoods.

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Chico
7 months ago

I see other neighborhoods degrading Brickell too. It’s not a Brickell issue, it’s an all of Miami issue and seems to be coming from the top. Those “inclusive” people do it to their own neighborhood in Brickell and to a building next door, they don’t speak for all of Brickell. It seems like there’s a change in mindset. The active and intelligent new local residents want an inclusive high end community that grows within Miami.

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Brickell Diversity & Inclusion
7 months ago

Brickell is probably the most diverse neighborhood in Miami. People live here from all different countries and walks of life and speak many languages.

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Anon
7 months ago

People downvote but no one offers a counter argument. To argue that Brickell is an “inclusive neighborhood” is absurd.

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Anonymous
7 months ago

Sometimes when I read the comments here I feel like we are talking about a different city. Miami has a very long way before being anywhere walkable, let alone about the pedestrian experience.
Most buildings being built right now, not old ones, don’t consider the street level at all. We don’t have sidewalks, no public transportation…this is a good time for our politicians to demand developers to really invest in improving the city.

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Vote For New Commissioner in Special Election
7 months ago

It would be, but I think I read that all the commissioners voted to ignore the archeological dig. If they cared they’d use it as an opportunity to develop something special for the community. They all seem
like developer puppets.

Can we get some more commissioners in who advocate for the people and public improvements? We live in a luxury condo but we are not about staying in our building 24/7z we did that in NYC during the pandemic and left for a reason.

District 2 is having a special election soon.

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Antonio
7 months ago

Bravo Arquitectonica!

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Casey
7 months ago

When does bridge start construction?

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Magazine
7 months ago

I believe the current plan is for pedestrian bridge construction to start in 4Q of this year, when the building tops off. Believe city had concerns of the pedestrian bridge being constructed while the cranes were still up.

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Anonymous
7 months ago

Great job, ARQUITECTONICA!

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RenRich
7 months ago

I thought the Blue and Green Diamond towers were located in the city of Miami Beach? I know that they’re taller than 519 feet tall.

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Bruno
7 months ago

I think you are correct. They are 47 stories, but taller. Isn’t Akoya taller than all of them?

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Anonymous but Famous
7 months ago

I hope the sales pavilion will be dismantled soon.

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wanderer34
7 months ago

Can’t wait until Miami Beach starts having residential supertall (1000 ft) towers. Residents right now may not want it, but it would help alleviate some of the real estate and rental costs Miami Beach currently has. Miami Beach needs more residential units!

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Low Rise Miami Beach
7 months ago

No it doesn’t! Nobody wants to live permanently there! It’s out of the way and inconvenient. Nobody wants supertalls on Miami Beach. It’s a resort destination and island getaway for the City of Miami. Move to Brickell or downtown if you want to be in or near a supertall. It’s not even safe to have supertalls on that land. Paris has no supertalls and it’s beautiful!

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Anonymous
7 months ago

No — YOU don’t want to live there permanently. Plenty do.

And it’s plenty convenient to the beach—Florida’s #1 attraction.

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Low Rise Miami Beach
7 months ago

I go to other beaches to relax not a party beach. It’s great for vacationers. I just don’t think it would be a nice place to live or visit if it was high rises. If you think it’s high traffic and seedy now could you imagine if it was a dense urban city with that kind of party energy?

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Low Rise Miami Beach
7 months ago

Was not high rises*

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T Patrick
7 months ago

Except the best area of Miami Beach is Sofi and it has the most high rises and most density. It also has the best restaurants and best quality of life in all of South Florida.

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Anonymous
7 months ago

Because it’s so close to a low-rise community where people can breathe. It wouldn’t be special if it was all so tall. It would be Coney Island.

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Realtalk Reilly
7 months ago

I love how you acknowledge that the actual residents of the area “may not” like your idea of turning South Beach into Hong Kong, but that doesn’t discourage you in the slightest. They just lack your vision, that’s all!

No, we residents of Miami Beach do NOT want supertalls, but the City Commission doesn’t care. They always seem to side with the developers, for some mysterious reason. I can’t imagine what it could be. Well, that’s not true — I can imagine it, I just can’t prove it.

This building has a nice looking design but is way too tall. It is monstrously, overwhelmingly tall. Rising over 200 feet above the tallest nearby structure, it is obscenely disproportionate to its surroundings.

My favorite off the renderings, all of which downplay the disproportionality of the tower, is the first one you come to, after the photos. It not only minimizes the size of the shadow cast by the building, but falsely portrays it as falling south of the tower instead of north of it.

No matter what time of year it is, a tremendous swath of South Beach will literally be in the shadow of this building, including the entirety of that little park that the developers built just to the north of it. So far they are only up to 15 stories or so of construction, but the greenery in that park is already starting to turn brown from lack of sun. It’s going to be 48 stories!

Watch what happens next — after struggling to get grass and other plants to grow in that literal shadowland of a park, where no one will go, the developer will pitch to ditch the park and put up another tower there. And the City Commission will go along with it. For some mysterious reason….

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iRideMDT
7 months ago

Stop the Glass! Stop the Glass! Stop the Glass! Stop the Glass! Stop the Glass! Stop the Glass!

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