Revealed: 39-Story Menesse Proposed In Brickell

Plans for a 39-story residential tower called Menesse have just been filed in Brickell.

Menesse is planned to top off at 426 feet above ground and include:

  • 400 residential units
  • 415 parking spaces

A letter from the developer’s representative states:

Consistent with the County’s vision for developments within the RTZ, the Project creates density in the urban core and includes a pedestrian friendly design with wide, landscaped public sidewalk to enhance pedestrian connectivity within the overall neighborhood.

The 0.69 acre property is currently improved with a 39-unit multifamily building constructed in 1968.

Menesse Brickell LLC is the developer.

Behar Font Partners is the architect.

The proposal was filed with Miami-Dade County Planners for review under their Rapid Transit Zoning Metromover Subzone, rather than being sent to the City of Miami for review under city zoning rules.

A pre-application meeting with county planners was requested on December 9.

 

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RenRich
3 months ago

Like the glass. Really getting dense. Hopefully it keeps the glassy look with the final product.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Basic

Anonymous
3 months ago

Basically boring.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Is it slightly curved at the top? Makes the building passable, I suppose.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Gorgeous modern new development in a beautiful community in Brickell. Can’t wait to welcome new friends to Brickell!

Azarius
3 months ago

This is good for west Brickell. We need more ground retail and commercial spaces to activate the streets. Otherwise the center core (Miami Ave) will have to support all these new residents in a already congested non pedestrian friendly area.

Brickell HOA
3 months ago

FYI – this is NOT “West Brickell.” Technically, there is no place called that yet. But I noticed that developers are calling west of Interstate-95 “West Brickell,” to create a new Brickell-adjacent neighborhood on the border of Little Havana. However, presently the Menesse address and 2nd Avenue are simply Brickell and an integral central location at the CORE of Brickell.

Brickell Stakeholder
3 months ago

He’s right! This is the core of Brickell, not Miami Ave. That was the entire point of the reasoning, to make the underline and Metromover the central hub and have multiple high end pedestrian promenades all around( Miami Ave AND 2nd Ave).

Don’t worry about new areas taking the spotlight away from older Miami Ave, it’s already nice and as all of Brickell develops nicely, Miami Ave will be one even more popular and have a broader patron base than it does now.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Um, west of I-95 is Little Havana by the official city neighborhood boundaries, but actually it is the other part of “Southside,” which was “West Brickell’s (west of Miami Avenue) original name. Further west, and it’s Conch Hill, then Westmoreland, and Shenandoah. Leave developers and land speculators to call places whatever they want.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Southside was the name for all of Brickell. AKA south side of Miami. Mary Brickell purchased a cluster of plats along the bay and the namesake Brickell eventually came known to refer to the entire neighborhood west of I95 (without geographic distinctions for this small neighborhood).

There is no such place as “west Brickell,” but it’s a great name for the area of Little Havanah west of Brickell. I’ve seen a few buildings west of I95 branding as “West Brickell.”

The truth is, every time a new block of buildings gets built the names all get changed around anyway as those names become less relevant or accurate, hence the confusion among commentators. The best thing to do to avoid sounding uninformed or archaic is to refer to all of Brickell simply as Brickell.

Anonymous
3 months ago

What about the owners who bought here under the city planning guidelines and buildings branded as just Brickell? This is Brickell. It is one of the best locations in Brickell too, with easy access to Metromover I95 and block away from the Brickell City Centre.

Anonymous
3 months ago

This is part of the Brickell “core”.

Anonymous
3 months ago

As another astute commenter commented in one of the other posts today, fillers gonna fill…

pooblix shirt green
3 months ago

bland and insipid…..

Anonymous
3 months ago

Good.
Yet, another building in the west corridor as in-fill.
So, can we please stop saying there is not enough low cost housing!?
It is as if no one has gone to Seattle (super expensive) etc.

Anonymous
3 months ago

There’s plenty of low cost housing just outside of Brickell and short commute. I live in a luxury building and commute 30 min to work every day. Not having to commute is not a right, it’s a privilege. Brickell doesn’t need any low cost housing. It should all be market and above market high end luxury neighborhood.

lep
3 months ago

Wait.. Isn’t 1010 Brickell?

Anonymous
3 months ago

1010 Brickell is a high end luxury building, just like all new buildings in Brickell.

Urbanist
3 months ago

This is a sign the city needs to re-zone all of West Brickell, Overtown, and areas near MetroRail for higher density.

Everyone is opting for county zoning.

Anonymous
3 months ago

With the rezoning, this has become central part of Brickell. It is not “west brickell” which is a name being considered for the area WEST OF I-95. This area is a highly-valuable central location within Brickell, surrounded by billion dollar luxury residences and some more being built in her. Eventually it will live up to its Brickell identity.

Anonymous
3 months ago

It already does! I live in a luxury building on 2nd avenue in Brickell and find it already to be a more upscale and residential than the “luxury” one I used to live on near BCC and busy Miami Ave.

Also it doesn’t flood like the rest of Brickell! I believe this will be one of the nicest parts of Brickell in a few years when people catch on to the value.

Anonymous
3 months ago

West of I-95 is not Brickell, nor West Brickell.

Anonymous
3 months ago

It could become “West Brickell” since some people apparently love that name. Just like they branded West Palm Beach Beach after Palm Beach, but it’s not Palm Beach. 2nd avenue IS Brickell and known as such–at least presently.

True
3 months ago

West of Brickell is Riverside. Maybe eventually Riverside will rebrand as western Brickell. It would be clever if it can develop with the same vibe.

Michael
3 months ago

I hope that they do more to dress up that pedestal.

Anonymous
3 months ago

I don’t. Keep it simple or conceal it better, otherwise, or you end up with a Related or Melo monstrosity.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Is it me, or I just read the same article about another building?
In any case, both buildings are basic.

Anonymous
3 months ago

It’s funny how all those non-affluent West Brickell residents want to call their zone Brickell. Nope. Us real Brickell residents are telling you how it is. You live in West Brickell, and that’s totally fine. It will also be a beautiful neighborhood one day, but it will still be West Brickell.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Property prices and rent costs are comparable in this part to those throughout Brickell. You’re on some high cloud to think anyone living here is not affluent too, if not more affluent than you and people in other parts of Brickell.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Says who? The developer who once upon a time got you to believe that some streets in Brickell are separate and valued differently? All of Brickell is a new neighborhood for everyone, including those that grew up here. I remember when Mary Brickell Village with few high rises in this part. You’re perception was based on an outdated clever marketing convention that’s obsolete and no longer accurate.

We used to call City Place in WPB just that, and now it’s Rosemary Square. I welcome the rebrand because it’s better for the neighborhood and overall city of west palm beach.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Property prices and rent costs are comparable in this part to those throughout Brickell. You’re on some high cloud to think anyone living here is not affluent too, if not more affluent than you and people in other parts of Brickell.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Sure Jan. Property prices and rent costs are comparable in this part to those throughout Brickell.

Anonymous
3 months ago

People in this part of Brickell are just as affluent as those in all parts of Brickell, and possibly you. You’re talking a matter of several blocks.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Who is this “wicked witch of the west,” trying to claim all the valuable property EAST of I95 and adjacent to the bay as “west”? Anyone from Florida knows that neighborhoods east of I95, especially this close to the water, is undoubtedly “east.”

luxury markets lost luster
3 months ago

and a brickell border snob….

True
3 months ago

True! Nobody likes a brickell border snob either, claiming his/her street is the only one in Brickell.

Anon
3 months ago

Is this the Starlight hotel property? If so, it looks like it only covers half the property. I wonder if they have plans for the 8th Street fronting half?

Anon
3 months ago

Nevermind, this is one block south of there.

Vincent
3 months ago

Boring, like the rest of West Brickell.

Hilarious!
3 months ago

Haha.. Vincent needs west Brickell to spice up his life.

Anonymous
3 months ago

This is not in West Brickell, as it is not west of I-95. That is a misnomer. This is the CORE of Brickell, and a central hub which will be modernized all around in the next few years.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Saying something is in “West Brickell” is just talking about a direction, that’s all. It’s just like saying “Upper and Lower Manhattan.” If you’re in the North, South, East, or West in Lower or Upper Manhattan, then you know what direction you must travel in the area to get to what you’re looking for.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Except by using these names, you prematurely block a valuable prime location from growing cohesively, when you continue to use misleading names like that. Makes it seem far away, distant and separate, when it’s NOT. All of Brickell is narrow and small so there’s no need to splice it up vertically, especially when it’s all blending together and remains unfinished.

Save the geographic name for when something new actually develops west of Brickell and I95 and want to carry in the Brickell branding. That’s been called west Brickell too or Riverside.

Anonymous
3 months ago

All of Brickell from I95 to the Bay is barely the size of Greenwich Village (not even including the West Village or East Village) let alone the vast geographic size of Manhattan at large.

This is not a good basis for using a superfluous and confusing naming convention. It makes it sound like West New York, which is in New Jersey, when this is simply a part of a small upscale neighborhood with common development and flow.

It’s all just Brickell from I95 to the bay, and it anything I can see why the developing area west of I95 would want to be referred to this way.

Anonymous
3 months ago

^
Saying something is in “West Brickell” is just talking about a direction, that’s all. It’s just like saying “Upper and Lower Manhattan.”

I never said or compared Brickell to Manhattan. Why do people like you guys get your panties in a bunch if somebody says West Brickell? If somebody says “you’re in east Brickell so go west and you’ll see I-95” if their being asked for directions and both of them are by Biscayne Bay in Brickell? Heck, I remember when Miami Beach was just Miami Beach and no one said “South Beach.” When I visit cities in other states I have to explain to people that have never been to Miami that regardless of what they hear on TV, there are no professional sports teams and no professional sports being played at all in so-called “South Beach” or anywhere in Miami Beach. But I’m so used to people saying “South Beach” now to where it doesn’t bug me anymore.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Your underlying logic is sound, but your example is very different and not comparable. It actually proves the opposite point…

Miami Beach is about the size of Brickell, Downtown, Edgewater, Wynwood, and Edgewater COMBINED. It makes sense to call different neighborhoods within Miami Beach different names.

Brickell is the size of only about South of Fifth neighborhood. Would you say, “North South of Fifth?” or “West South of Fifth”? For Brickell, it doesn’t make sense to overly narrow an area that is already so narrow.

The most reasonable way to proceed is to simply refer to Brickell as Brickell, as this is a narrow area, there is no apparent distinction, people frequently move from one part to the other and want consistency in naming, and the neighborhood is already so small from I95 to the Bay (10 min walk).

A vast majority of people, about 95% estimated based on comments and materials in public domain, know this to be Brickell anyway, so anyone trying to overly narrow this will not do any good, and will meet resistance. It’s better to work on improving the community than debate this.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Don’t worry. We can use GPS to navigate the few blocks it takes to get to the river or bay, or anywhere else within Brickell.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Are you trying to outdo they guy who posted then same comment over and over again about his vision for West Brickell?

Anonymous
3 months ago

Are you the same person who keeps calling this “west Brickell”? Does that somehow serve your interest? Unless you own here, I’m not sure your interest takes precedent. I see many owners posting here, including those developing these buildings, who know and refer to this area as simply Brickell — a newer and cooler part of Brickell, but yet very clearly and undistinguishably Brickell.

We know how to use google maps, don’t worry, we can navigate the few blocks it takes to get to the river or the Bay…

Confused
3 months ago

Tell me something… why is there a “South East 9th St and a “South West 9th St, in Brickell?

Anonymous
3 months ago

Great point. The street names eventually will be updated so everything east of I95 is “south East” street. Did you know right now southwest 9th street is only ONE short block (how exclusive)! That’s ridiculous. If that’s your basis, Brickell City Centre and SLS Brickell are also west.

Did you know that in Fort Lauderdale the street numbers change from East to west at St Andrew’s? Using that rubric, the streets in Brickell would turn to “west” even further west of I95. All of Brickell is in fact “East” – streets will be updated over time, not as big priority, but we can start preparing for that now.

Anonymous
3 months ago

I mean, correction: southeast 9th street is only ONE block (how exclusive)!

Anonymous
3 months ago

^
You’re trying to argue your point with an illogical point of view.

For example.. if you’re standing in Brickell on SE 9th st and you’re talking to someone on your cell phone and their in say, Adventura, you can pin point where you are by telling that person you’re in the Brickell neighborhood on SE 9th st and south Miami ave. Same thing if you’re standing in Brickell on SW 9th st and you’re talking to that same person by cell phone and you want to pin point where you are, you also say “I’m in the Brickell neighborhood on SW 9th st and SW 2nd Ave. You’re still identifying whether you’re in East or West Brickell.

Telling someone or identifying where something is in Brickell by saying “west Brickell” is only talking about the location its in or at in Brickell.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Insider tip: Pinpoint your location by the Avenue. If you use East/west it’s no more helpful than saying you’re in Brickell. Brickell is all East to most people. It’s not that wide to begin with.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Correction, boring block in Brickell being developed to fit in with other newly developed blocks in Brickell. Give this block some time to catch up! All of Brickell is completely unrecognizable from just a few years ago…