MiamiCentral Supertower Sites Sold For $50.8M

Florida East Coast Industries has completed the sale of two MiamiCentral Supertower sites where 83 story towers are planned, according to the SFBJ.

The total sales price for the two parcels was $50.8 million.

Two companies, NW 1 Ave South Tower LLC and NW 1 Ave North Tower LLC, are the buyers. Both are based in Great Neck, New York.

In January, Miami-Dade approved plans for two 83-story, 848-foot towers on the sites with a combined:

  • 2,007 residential units
  • 49,634 square feet of retail
  • 2,136 parking spaces

In February, the developer requested a legal document from Miami-Dade to allow the sale to proceed.

The sites are a part of Brightline’s MiamiCentral development.

 

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Budding Bureaucrat
4 months ago

Downtown Miami needs more greenspaces. I hope that with the Government Center Redevelopment Plan they incorporate some greenspaces. I really do enjoy the walking track adjacent to Government Center.

Jerome
4 months ago

Agreed. It sucks that half the renders are of parking lots or roads.

Sorry but it’s true
4 months ago

Miami will never be that city. If you think developers or the city are going to sacrifice developable lots for a park you’re dreaming. This city has never prioritized its populace over tourism dollars and I don’t see it starting now.

Not Anonymous
4 months ago

We can keep dreaming though. Hopefully one day there might be a new park in Brickell or Downtown…

Anonymous
4 months ago

There will be a new park One Southside, move to West Brickell. It’s one of the more green urban areas in downtown.

Anonymous
4 months ago

It’s not new… it’s an existing park that’s just getting renovated

anon
4 months ago

That tiny little parklet?

Anonymous
4 months ago

Fix Bayfront and Musuem Parks first.

Pleezzee
4 months ago

There’s the huge “Simpson Park” in Brickell already that’s hardly used.

Face it, there are so many beaches in MiamiDade where visitors can stay in swanky hotels, where we can see and look at beautiful women, go and eat in fabulous restaurants , and go to bars and world renowned clubs. Being in MiamiDade county is not like being in Iowa or someplace like that in the middle of this country. A bunch of parks in downtown Miami is really not necessary because there are already enough parks to get your “park fetish” on..

Anonymous
4 months ago

That’s not true. Brickell isn’t dense enough to activate Simpson Park into something more like Central Park. It will be soon though and should be.

As I said before, people who don’t live here think that people want “beach” all the time. It’s absolutely our number one destination but it’s not a solution.

Residents need green, safe and well maintained public space. There’s a beautiful urban park in the middle of Nice, where the metro runs by, huge days trees provide shade, water flows up in fountains in sections for people to play in the water, giant jungle gyms designed like fish and sea creatures. It’s remarkable, and we have the same nice weather and international appeal here.

That’s what could enhance this city. People would love to walk from shop to shop and enjoy the beautiful weather and culture in Miami.

Pleezzee
4 months ago

^
“That’s not true. Brickell isn’t dense enough to activate Simpson Park”

You just proved my point when I said – “A bunch of parks in downtown Miami is really not necessary.”

Anonymous
4 months ago

I said it soon will be, if not already there. Have you seen the growth in this city?

Anonymous
4 months ago

Iowa…? Park fetish? What the actual f are you talking about?

Pleezzee
4 months ago

Iowa, Nebraska, or Missouri (to name a few) doesn’t have salt water bays and beaches like Miami does.

Anonymous
4 months ago

You sound like someone from the northeast who just comes here for a quick swim in the Atlantic once a year. A lot of people who live here don’t even go to the beach. It’s not the same when you live somewhere.

Pleezzee
3 months ago

^
Guarantee I was born in Miami before you were. In 1986, I drove from one coast, the east, in Virginia, to Oregon, the west coast. I saw and know what I’m talking about.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Not to be all Gen Z because I’m not but… Ok boomer. Maybe that’s why some of the parks look the way they do, they need some TLC from people who care about them. And from this thread apparently there are a lot of people who do.

Anonymoose
3 months ago

the whole point of simpson park is that it’s a low-trafficked respite of actual south florida ecology, in a small pocket of the rapdily urbanizing surroundings.

you can’t “do” anything with simpson park because you cannot “do” anything TO simpson park. it is a time capsule and intentionally so.

Anonymous
4 months ago

A park could bring in tourism dollars just as central park has in NY

Demetrius
4 months ago

Miami will never clear that much land for a park.

Anonymous
4 months ago

The point is that Miami will never clear *any land* for a park.

Hilarious!
4 months ago

^
Sheesshh!.. you guys are right, let’s just ignore that gigantic Everglades National Park next door…

Anonymous
4 months ago

Dude you’ve said this before. The Everglades is great for a wind boat ride and some gator pics but it’s not the kind of park we are talking about. Think Central Park or Riverside Park.

Pleezzee
3 months ago

^
I can’t think Central Park because NYC has a population that’s over seven million people. The Everglades would swallow Central Park at least six times and still have room for anyone to get their “park fetish” on.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Never say never, there’s new spirit in the city and it’s on the up and up.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Never say never. We have a new population in town who will speak up and work together with the people who live here.

Anonymous
4 months ago

The plan calls for eliminating the green space there is now.

Local worker bee.
4 months ago

Ha! These large lots were street level parking eyesores, except for one very very small triangle. That said, I regularly enjoy/walk the oval track park just west of the SPCC.

Original
4 months ago

I was wondering how long it would be before one of you “Park Nuts” will come along and speak that same ole rubbish that’s, face it, most citizens in this city are tired of hearing. People would like to see more “office towers,” but you want to see more “parks” downtown People want to see more so-called “affordable housing” in this city.. but you want more “parks” downtown. People believe this city need and should have more “Mass Transit” lines.. but you want more “parks” downtown. Nearby, theirs the gigantic “Everglades National Park” for your convenience.. but you want and believe there should be more “parks” downtown. Also nearby there’s the huge “R Hardy Matheson County preserve,” but you want more “parks” downtown. There are plenty of “lavish” beaches at your convenience.. but you want more “parks” downtown.

I could go on an on but whats the point.. because you only know one thing, and that is, you want more “parks” downtown… smh….

Renrich
4 months ago

Amen brother!

Anonymous
4 months ago

Listen, the hobos are there because WE the people let those parks tl deteriorate to the point of it being only attractive to a homeless person…

THAT is why we need new green secure and safe parks. As people move here it will be a even more a public necessity.

You’re obvi not from here because if you were you’d know that peol dot. Go to the beach all the time! If they did they’re skin would fall off from the sun.

People enjoy green parks here, so try to put yourself in the perspective of the people who are going to live in these areas and have been left with low quality parks in the city core.

Anonymous
4 months ago

I am a f-ing native and have live in oceanfront condos for 25 years, I go to the beach virtually every day to fish, swim, or walk. Buy yourself a clue before running your mouth.

Hilarious!
4 months ago

^
“Listen, the hobos are there because WE the people let those parks tl deteriorate”

“THAT is why we need new green”

I’ll say it again, “because you only know one thing, and that is, you want more “parks… ”

It’s not that there is not enough parks in Miami, it’s that you want to see more parks so they can let them deteriorate also!

Anonymous
4 months ago

They won’t deteriorate if they are planned right. The Underline is an absolute beauty. I see people doing yoga in the mornings, Monarch butterflies flutter, an older man who may have lived here his entire life plays classic music on the piano. It’s an absolute joy to see the city come alive.

The Next Miami is not the kind of city that lets a park deteriorate. It plans right from the start to prove a sustainable park with many utilitarian purposes in a zone that will attract residences. Miami has never had the size of population and industry it has now.

Think toward the future my friend, and try to let go of the past.

Anonymous
4 months ago

If we don’t develop beautiful parks where will our children grow up?! You sound like a single person or someone who doesn’t care about our future. Parents need places for their kids to roam free and play.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Isn’t that why we built suburbs?

anon
4 months ago

Make this man live in a coffin apartment in Hong Kong if he hates parks and public services so much. You may find the soulcrushing density there more to your liking.

Original
4 months ago

^
Um.. who are you talking about.. because I haven’t read anybody’s comment that said they “hate parks and public services?”

Anonymous
4 months ago

Love the park idea! Can we add some tennis and pickle ball courts. I’d also love some place to have a picnic and read a book in the shade. These buildings have amenities but nothing compares to community space.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Exactly! Who wants to live in those little cubes with nowhere to breathe? Let’s say it again and say it louder 🌲 🌴 🎾 🌳🌷 🏙 what do we want? Parks! When do we want it? Now!

Mmmm
4 months ago

And so…the flipping began.

Renrich
4 months ago

Hope so.

kekwAnon
4 months ago

Probably. The dude that bought it buys empty office buildings and grass plots and flips them to another bidder for profit. He doesn’t seem interested in actual development at all

Anonymous
4 months ago

Miami is not any “coastal neighborhood in Florida”where we just need to develop along the bay – Miami is in a league of its own. It’s an international city more akin to Seattle where coastal views are appreciated but there is a luxury dense core in the center.

We can’t just keep building luxury condos along the bay – and assume the city is just going to keep growing vertically north/south. We need to spread the development west to I-95, and eventually further to the airport, and give some girth to this City!

Otherwise it’ll just be a resort town.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Girth is always a good thing

Demetrius
4 months ago

that is a decade out from happening. This decade will be continuing to fill in spots in Brickell. The beach will get some refreshing. North bay will get started on its refresh be two decades of work there. The River will get some luxury fill ins. Coconut Grove already has the beginnings of being another Brickell – go to the plaza area where the new Lowe Hotel just open. West of I-95 is were they are already building regular housing and vanilla buildings. South Dade will also be were they focusing on building up more. Problem will be transportation and water management for all this.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Very smart comment! Appreciate your sensibility and agree 💯 excited to see west brickell meld with rest of brickell, it’s this sliver of land that in every way feels connected but hasn’t been activated to full potential . It would complete Brickell.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Seattle has Mt. Rainier views from most everywhere as well as water. Miami has water only. Can’t compare the 2. Miami luxury is all about the coast, unless you’re providing a product like a 5000 sq ft house on an acre in Weston or Pinecrest. You can have multi-family development spread west, but the vast majority of it won’t be luxury. Miami will always primarily be a resort town, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Anonymous
4 months ago

That’s not true. The views our west and of Brickell in my opinion are just as beautiful if not more than the bay. The sunsets are phenomenal and seeing all the lights and Coral Gables sparkle at night is just breathtaking.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Miami is Wall Street South. It’s just as internationally known as Seattle if not more so. It’s boasts the third largest skyline in America.

We have a variety of industries and headquarters for many major companies. It’s a beautiful place to live and visit, but it’s an even better place to work. We have diverse cuisines, Michelin star restaurants and the most amazing dining and event spaces.

The weather and lush landscaping is as close as it gets to paradise.

The lifestyle in Miami makes it a dream to wake up here every day and go into the office. It’s so much more than a resort town now, but the growth will make sure it stays that way.

It has become the most important city in America according to Fortune.com and having relocated from NYC I certainly can see why.

I can see it being the perfect place to raise a family too.

Anonymous
4 months ago

A giant volcano, ground breaking 🙄 the lush landscaping and architecture in Miami are their own views. The sunlight makes everything beautiful, unlike some other cloudier cities. We can harvest the landscaping and develop the architecture to be the shining star that people come to see, aside from yes the clear vast waters.

Anonymous
4 months ago

The expansive western horizon and sunsets are gorgeous. People like to see the city lit up at night just as much as they like seeing the water during the day. Don’t sell yourself short. Miami is more than water views, its much richer than that, believe me.

Budding Bureaucrat
4 months ago

I hope that with the Government Center Redevelopment Plan they incorporate more greenspace. Not at this site, because its privately held. But in government properties. The walking track adjacent to government center is a great community space and it was always pretty well utilized by gov office workers pre-COVID. I think that it would be a great asset to preserve.

Anonymous
4 months ago

It’s a Bum Garden.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Considering the abysmal quality of the work for the new courthouse, don’t get your hopes up.

Hilarious!
4 months ago

Haha.. he wants a more expensive courthouse to get convicted and sentenced in.

Truth for Development
4 months ago

Add greenspace, luxury high rises, and improve roadways. This area is perfect for a denser urban sister neighborhood to the luxury mid-rise developments all across Brickell.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Will this mean a better design that isn’t Melo on steroids?

Renrich
4 months ago

What a horrible waste of precious space. Yes, it’s residential, of course it won’t look as eye-opening as an office or hotel, but this is a hideous abomination in double vision. Boring is almost passable. This is 2 ugly no glass no class fat bulky monstrosity. UGH!!! I pray this is just a cruel joke. Will be the ultimate Miami eyesore.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Inflationary pressures make shifting development risk more appealing…just ask FECR

Demetrius
4 months ago

why no restaurant space? this area has little space for restaurants as is.

Joe Of Brickell
3 months ago

Simpson Park in Brickell Area has a history behind it and has several trees that are not found elsewhere in the USA. It also has a large amount of different vegetation. If you haven’t visited the main building do so and find out if they still have the guided tour of the park which many found very interesting and informative. Trees are important to our air quality.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Wow that’s so interesting? This should be publicized more. Maybe it’s just a matter of marketing. Lead people to this park and others through smart urban planning.

Not Anonymous
4 months ago

Please build!! With these and that big project that the County is planning, this area will be completely transformed. Let’s hope they actually get built.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Build something already.

kekwAnon
4 months ago

The buyer is Moshe Oppenheim btw. He owns a bunch of grass plots and dead office buildings in Ft. Lauderdale and nothing of any real substance. He seems to be buying properties for the sake of buying them. I hope he doesn’t ruin these towers with his inexperience…..