Total Demolition Permit Applied For At One Bayfront Plaza Supertall Site

A total demolition permit application has just been submitted for the One Bayfront Plaza supertall site in Downtown Miami.

According to the November 15 filing, a total of 535,000 square feet will be totally demolished, at an estimated cost of $2.4 million.

B2 Group is listed as the contractor. Jerome Hollo of Florida East Coast Realty is listed as a contact.

County records show that the 19-story building on the site was built in 1958.

An interior demolition permit was issued for the building earlier this year, with work underway since then.

Florida East Coast Realty says the new tower will be a “global landmark” and the tallest in the city. FAA approval has been granted for a height of 1,049 feet above sea level.

The new One Bayfront Plaza is planned to include Class AAA office space, a luxury convention hotel, and high-end residences.

There will also be a high-end retail mall and parking garage in a podium spanning two blocks.

In total, the supertall development will have over 3 million square feet of space.

Florida East Coast Realty also completed Brickell’s 85-story Panorama Tower in 2018. It currently holds the title of being Florida’s tallest building.

The developer sold the 1201 Brickell Bay Drive property to Citadel last year for $363 million.

 

 

 

 

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Super
16 days ago

Downtown will look amazing with all these supertalls!! Can’t wait!

Native Floridian
13 days ago

They’re killing the pedestrian quality of the city. No bueno.

Yes to Supertalls
10 days ago

BS, This will encourage a more pedestrian atmosphere. Sprawl outwards causes traffic. Going up creates smaller space, no need for cars downtown. So we can create more pedestrian friendly roads. Hopefully will see second story walkways between buildings. ..

Anonymous
16 days ago

Good riddance! That thing is fugly af!!

Maņaaa
16 days ago

Will Flagler look less like zombieland by the time this will be up?

Antennae
16 days ago

If it were only Flager

anon
15 days ago

i live in brickell and have walked around downtown a few times, honestly it’s not bad at all. Pretty dead, but as far as homeless goes it doesn’t hold a candle to other major cities i’ve been in.

EJS
16 days ago

Yesssss! With the Waldorf and this tower, there go my property values…up, up, up.

Anonymous
16 days ago

I don’t see how they help?

Al Czervik
15 days ago

If you have to ask….you may never know.

Anonymous
16 days ago

So you bought into Everglades on the Bay and saw it go to crap?

Build Miami
16 days ago

Knock it down! Knock it down! Can’t wait for One Bayfront! Will be critical for the area. Especially with the Aston Martin almost finished and Flagler de development.

TMK.
5 days ago

And BACCARAT and 2 other luxury towers at the CAPITAL GRILL site. 1428 Brickel. ORA. etc. Miami will have an incredible mix of residential levels. It’s HAPPENING!

Anonymous
16 days ago

Please, can somebody do something with the fountain in bayfront? It has a lot of potential.

Tom
16 days ago

From Central Park

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Anon
16 days ago

Central Park has entire LAKES and Miami can not even turn on ONE FOUNTAIN 😭

Anon
15 days ago

Nor can Miami Dade even fix escalators or moving sidewalks…… there is a reason why people heading to MIA take cars and not the MetroRail.

Anonymous Dwnt
16 days ago

It looks like some sort of work is already happening to it? It’s fenced off. Any details on this?

Anon
16 days ago

Bro it’s most likely Christmas Tree lighting lol – can’t even turn on one freaking fountain – pathetic.

anan
16 days ago

Maybe it filled with free water during these rains , to keep the costs down.

Name*
13 days ago

it’s a green low water design?

MiamiRob
10 days ago

The problem with the Claude Pepper fountain in Bayfront Park is that it costs the city about half a Million dollars a year to operate it. Remember this Fountain has dozens of computer operated streams & colored lighting similar to those fountains in Vegas. Even FP&L at one point donated to keep it going but it’s sad the Miami hasn’t had any of it’s Corporation citizens step up.

Anonymous
16 days ago

I hope the retail lines the sidewalks like the current building.

Anonymous
16 days ago

I hope the retail is upscale, unlike the current building.

Downtowner
16 days ago

Biscayne Blvd cannot support this growth and pedestrian activity the way it is right now, it needs to adapt. Biscayne Blvd should have bike lanes, properly timed traffic lights, more shading trees.

Anon
16 days ago

Keep building! the more congestion, the more likely we will be FORCED to add rail. Sometimes you need pain to get results. this is obviously unfortunate but our officials simply dont “get it.”

EJS
16 days ago

Exactly! Dumb Miami government only reacts to problems. To be pro-active is not in the vocabulary of Miami politicians.

Anon
16 days ago

What’s with all the electric outages? Isn’t the government going to drop the electric lines?

Al Czervik
15 days ago

Precisely!
This is why no one is moving to Miami!

Evidence! Well stated EJS!

These REAL obvious problems are the reason why the population has not been exploding and why Citadel decided to stay in Chicago rather than invest hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate in the last 24 months.

When the WE NEED commentators on The Next Miami figure out how to run for office, WE will convert 50% of the developable land into parks, add MetroMover extensions TO that one authentic craft beer place FROM my futon, and all roads will have 25ft bike lanes with rubber coating of course. We don’t want any bikers to risk the chance of skinning up their All Birds or scraping their iPhones/

EJS, you can just read that article referenced above…..obviously, these developers are clearing the way for a 1,000 ft plus tower because they agree with WE, and they agree so much that they are going to build this building with the understanding that is will be empty forever….or at least until The Next Miami WE NEEDS have their comments read by men of action!!!

Al Czervik
15 days ago

Or….the “officials” have been adulting for long enough to understand the real costs of utopia.

When idealism approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

Anonymous
16 days ago

Loco Joe won’t be in office by the time this is finished. However, I wouldn’t put it past him to try and remove term limits.

Anonymous
16 days ago

Don’t worry. In the next session or two, the State government will pass a bill and be signed into law for universal term limits on local governing bodies. No more “muh legacy” career politicians.

Cover the Podiums
16 days ago

Its in the works. if you go the city’s website they are trying to figure out how to turn it into a world classes blvd. They have examples of Spain and France

Tom
16 days ago

Post the website here please!

Anonymous
16 days ago

Is there a local citizens group that is lobbying for this? It feels like Miami city only reacts when pressured to do something. I’d 100% sign on.

Al Czervik
15 days ago

Get involved with the DDA, the GMCC, or the Brickell Homeowners Association.
There are plenty of others.

Anonymous
16 days ago

It’s as good as it can get! Focus on the many other boulevards in our core that actually need help. Not Biscayne us highway one

BB1
16 days ago

I seem to remember at the last downtown neighborhood meeting that smart traffic lights are coming to Biscayne Blvd.

Anon
16 days ago

That will make car traffic even worse at the same time there will be increased demand for car travel with this new building going up. Go bike ride around Weston.

Anonymous
16 days ago

No problem with Westin. I understand commuting can be a hassle, but consider relocating to the city; city traffic is unavoidable, and finding a job locally might be a good option for someone like you who doesn’t like traffic. We need more bike lanes and pedestrian paths.

Anon
13 days ago

^^how about you consider moving to a suburb where there are miles of bike and walking paths? Doesn’t sound like the city is for you if your priority is biking.

Anonymous
13 days ago

It’s the exact opposite. Suburbs are for cars. Downtown urban areas are for pedestrians/cyclists. See every major city in Europe for an example.

Anon
11 days ago

Are you in Europe……JFC

Al Czervik
15 days ago

Sooo…
Let me get this this straight.

You are saying a Boulevard cannot “support pedestrian activity” and the Boulevard needs to adapt?
Boulevards are inanimate objects by definition, and pedestrians are people by definition.

Seems to me that the Boulevard was here before you, and will be here after you. Seems to me that pedestrians, horses, and cars have successfully been adapting to that street/boulevard since 1896 so successfully that there are Zaha Hadid masterpieces, museums and things unimagined in in the era of World War 1.

Maybe the men somehow made it work without the new minimum standard in shade tree coverage or minimum WE NEED number of bike lanes.

Maybe the men were just tougher, smarter, more resilient, and less needy than the entitled dopes of today. Maybe.

martino
16 days ago

Been waiting for this since Tibor Hollo was a young and spry 85 year old…

Anon
16 days ago

It’s a shame One BCC was downsized…at least One Bayfront will crack the 1,000’ mark!!!

Anonymous
16 days ago

Miami Winning!
Keep it going.

Anon
16 days ago

Downtown and Flagler Street is the heart of Miami. I’m glad it is coming back to life to take it’s place as the epicenter of this city.

Tom
16 days ago

Flagler is still a promise so far with no true actions…

Anon
16 days ago

Did you miss the entire road being ripped up, replaced with pavers, new lighting, new landscaping, and new infrastructure….?

Anonymous
16 days ago

Most buildings are owned by one landowner that shook down the city to redo the streets to his liking, and still doesn’t maintain their upkeep.

Al Czervik
15 days ago

Except for the article referenced above, the development on the Miami River/Flagler, the Waldorf Astoria, and Cultural Center at the old Library/courthouse/transit hub.

Keep up.

Anon
16 days ago

LFG!

Jim
16 days ago

Although it has not weathered well over the years, Robert Law Weeds design was the first modern building to appear in downtown. When it opened it showed Mies’ influence and had Bertoia sculptures. I may be the only one, but I will miss it.

Name*
13 days ago

It’s not a marvel even if it was designed by a famous architect.

Jay
5 days ago

I know this comment is probably no related (to the fountain in Bayfront Park) but it is related to the inability of MD County and the City of Miami to do something (anything) better as far as design and overall looking with a very centric median in Brickell. I’m referring to the Brickell Ave median that has also so much potential (special lighting, proper illumination, Christmas lights (during the holidays), etc. But instead I looks like a scary and dark forest at night. Everything I drive thru (and I drive thru everyday in my way home) I feel so sad about such a great area been so neglected. Miami Dade/City of Miami/or to Whom it may concern: can you please, do something to improve and beautify this part of the financial district? 🙏

Azarius
16 days ago

Do we really need another mall in between BCC and MWC. I understand different commercial and retail but a full out mall I don’t think we need it in this location. Try a museum or some sort of entertainment.

Anon
16 days ago

Wish they had added an observation deck to the plans. It is a public amenity but also an amenity for the tenants.

Tom
16 days ago

We need SkyRise to rise from the dead for that.

Tom
16 days ago

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Cover the Podiums
16 days ago

how do you upload pictures?

Anon
16 days ago

yes how!!!!!

Anon
16 days ago

how do you cover the podiums?

ICONIC
16 days ago

Regardless of other NIMBY’s Skyrise would have looked amazing!!!!

Name*
16 days ago

A lot better than the small ferris wheel.

Anonymous
16 days ago

Not in that nail clipper form, please.

CO Jones
16 days ago

garbage….also made no economic sense. They couldn’t make that cost up with the limited program and they couldn’t make the eb-5 financing work.

Anonymous
16 days ago

The only thing that makes economic sense is for those at the top to make money off ruining everyone’s quality of life? Lots of things make economic sense this is a flawed argument

Anon
16 days ago

Skyrise would rise the quality of your life? Did the proposal sponsor know this? How could they turn down losing millions when YOUR life quality would’ve been improved by their building a big toenail clipper!

Anon
16 days ago

WE NEED. How about Tom speaks for Tom, eh?

Anonymous
16 days ago

Yes, because MWC isn’t really a mall as originally envisioned. A flagship new Macy’s or Bloomingdale’s would be fantastic at the base of this tower, and be an anchor to Biscayne Boulevard like Saks on… Fifth or Michigan Avenues. It could stimulate revitalization of Flagler Street and act as a connection too.

Name*
16 days ago

Still no observation deck on any of the supertalls planned as this one was cut. And no likely observation tower like skyrise planned.