Tree Permit Applied For At Potential Brickell Key Supertall Site

A tree permit is now pending for a property at the south end of Brickell Key.

It is the same property where height approval for a potential supertall tower has been requested from the FAA.

In December, a filing with the FAA proposed a tower height of 1,049 feet, with a second adjacent tower rising 700 feet.

The tree permit application was created on January 20, with the initial submission date listed as February 1.

A total of 12 tree are proposed to be removed, and another 21 relocated.

Swire Jadeco LLC, C/O Swire Properties is listed as the owner on the permit.

 

 

(photo: Phillip Pessar)

 

 

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Anonymous
7 months ago

I’m sure the tower will be beautiful, but I think this is the first development project I feel opposed to. Not many major cities have the luxury of public green space on an island oasis like this site. Would hate to see it go 🙁

Anonymous
7 months ago

I agree with you. In few years miami will building more artificial islands and parks.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Have you ever been to that “park?” It’s a breeding ground for iguanas. Tell us how you really feel.

anonymous
7 months ago

it is not a “Public” green. This site is private property. You can have an opinion, but not the right to decide what anyone does with their own property.

Hugo
7 months ago

In general I’m all for high rise development. However we lack green space.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Advocate for a world-class open park for community events at Jose Martí Park and Southside Park.

Mayor Suárez Save Us From Carollo!
7 months ago

Joe Carollo just added beautiful dog statues downtown! It wouldn’t be controversial if it came from someone else, but let us tell you why this insults us…

“There is nothing like this artwork around the world,” he said. “We are very proud to offer world-class artwork in our local parks and…”

Sadly, there is NOTHING like this artwork in HIS own district or parks. He’s so vested in downtown, he isn’t even doing anything for his own district. Instead, he’s arguing with his own district over how to name it.

On his website he describes areas he rules as “west Brickell” and “parts of Silver Bluff.” Instead of saying “west Brickell – he could easily say “parts of Brickell” he uses this nomenclature for Silver Bluff. It’s as though he just wants to maintain power and control without doing anything positive to help his district. He can start by changing his website to “parts of Brickell” and adding some artwork here.

Otherwise, we don’t want him in charge of our community anymore! We can easily join district 2! If he doesn’t stop calling us with by insulting terms and holding back our growth, I’m sure district 2 will welcome us !

Please HELP Miami, HELP Mayor Suarez!

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/dog-and-cat-sculpture-park-in-miami-celebrates-grand-opening-16308729?fbclid=IwAR3qAaPA2jd_60aS-29IZuQZ11wMaLzBzontxJJTkTuOAyNkyYe39r16Ea8&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Anonymous
7 months ago

Tell us that when Miami Circle Park, Bayfront Park, and Museum Park are actually utilized better.

More Parks
7 months ago

I see tons of people in all three parks daily. Walking their dogs, running, exercising, meeting friends. This upcoming weekend is a large event at Museum Park celebrating the new Pets of Miami exhibit.

I am in these parks almost daily – not sure how often you check them out but they are only increasing in popularity.

Citizens of Miami
7 months ago

Brickell needs that too! Our leaders aren’t investing in our community enough. We want a farmers market at the Underline and we want it to lead to a waterfront park and fountain.

Anonymous
7 months ago

The Underline is utilized the best. It should be Miamis model. You know why? It looks like the parks in NYC, designed by thoughtful people, not all the rest of the parks in South Florida. Our leaders keep adding these basic parks because they are so ignorant but whoever did Underline is onto something!

Anonymous
7 months ago

Miami Circle Park is not finished . I believe there is supposed to be a monument in the center. I walked by and it was just grass with a circle and nothing in the middle. When are the monuments coming? We pay so much in property taxes.

Melo is sigma and Chad
7 months ago

Hopefully they wider the sidewalks on the brickell key bridge with this additional tower.

Anonymous
7 months ago

That bridge must be widened out when these towers get built…

Anonymous
7 months ago

No more trees? There goes Claughton Island. Hopefully people will invest more in mainland Brickell where there are better views and conveniences.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Better views? Claughton Island has the best views of Biscayne Bay and mainland Brickell being a separate island, unless your definition of “best views” is looking into somebody’s bathroom at Icon Brickell or another set of Related/Arquitectonica boxes.

Anonymous
7 months ago

The developer, Swire?, should be required to give Jose Martí Park a worldclass upgrade for having the privilege to repurpose this coveted sacred space. It would be the right thing to do, and would be a great PR move.

Get Involved
7 months ago

Get involved in city council meetings and tell them how you feel.

Anonymous
7 months ago

What’s wrong with Jose Marti park now?

Anons
7 months ago

Everything, it’s got no activity and there is no planned retail/restaurant space around it on the Riverside side, but this is a prime spot with River District Brickell going up.

It looks like a third-world municipal park. It needs to be world class to bring in patrons from Brickell and across Miami. It should have some type of monument, remove the pool and underutilized rec space, add lush landscaping, cleanup under I95c add splash fountains and public art and lighting and safety kiosks

annon
7 months ago

There are huge plans to redo the park, and they’ve already started it. Don’t you see all the trucks and staging area going up right next to it?!

Anon
7 months ago

Where can I read about these plans? I’ve tried searching online. Help!

Share the Plans
7 months ago

Miami City doesn’t share plans as far as I know. They don’t want people to see where the money is going… or maybe there are no plans?

Anonymous
7 months ago

Doesn’t help when considering the people who use it.

Anonymous
7 months ago

People hardly use this park now for a reason. I heard people make fun of other people for going there. It looks like a municipal basic park not a neighborhood park.

It needs a total new rebranding and should connect to a underline in terms of design and aesthetic.

Citizens of Miami
7 months ago

It should all be bought out and built into a master plan neo-classical style community with units dispersed evenly to house all the people that live there now, but add more luxury units and streetscapes.

Anonymous
7 months ago

I walk in the park daily – the pool was refurbished recently and is used all the time including for kids swimming lessons, which I have attended. The park overall needs and upgrade no doubt, but the pool is valuable to the surrounding community that doesnt have pool amenities in their buildings for the most part.

Riverside Development Authority
7 months ago

All the buildings around if can be rebuilt with pools in the form of affordable housing and integrated with buildings that have luxury amenities.

Nobody would be left behind and we could add another municipal pool more inland for those that don’t have access to one.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Move the pool to the indoor gym for lessons. Kids screaming in a pool fenced off on the prime lookout spot is a deterrent to the parks full utilization

annon
7 months ago
Anon
7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Local Gov Oversight Commission
7 months ago

Is there an open book where we can see how the 13 mil is being spent? Miami would like to know…

Vince
7 months ago

Yes, you can get off your arse and attend the Miami River Commission Meetings or any of the public charrettes where public input is solicited.

WARNING: This will require effort.

Anonymous Participant
7 months ago

Will it also come with public shaming and extremists? In todays climate not everyone wants to show up to these things…

Anonymous Participant
7 months ago

Put the budget online and get online feedback. The meetings are very outdated.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Post the minutes of each meeting and allow one week for online comment. This will ensure you hear from the full range of the community and not just the extremely active people who have time to go in person.

In Person Meetings Give Highly Limited Insight
7 months ago

Only unemployed people can go to these meetings. Who has time to go when they work from dawn to dusk?

annon
7 months ago

The city is already spending $13 million on the park. They’ve started the works already.

Anons
7 months ago

That is amazing news!! This isn’t the design is it?

https://www.curtisrogers.com/wedg

The design on this site looks like the current JMP. It is all old cookie cutter Mediterranean 1990s FL architecture. Can the new park dazzle a bit more and integrate modern Brickell designs?

I hope it’s neo-classical with a Miami modern twist, with splash fountains and an outdoor amphitheater and monument. It’s so beautiful here along the river, and it’s very underrated.

I also hope the City removes all the parking spots under I95 and cleans it up, because they attract homeless tents and blight.

The pool really is a poor use of space. It requires a lot of maintenance, and people to operate it. It’s also just fenced off and community pools are common in my opinion. A splash fountain would be utilized more to keep the community cool and draw in more wealthy patrons to the area, who would love to eat outside and people watch.

Anon
7 months ago

Those are nice ideas, but it looks like this is the plan the city is moving forward with.

Anonymous
7 months ago

What’s the point of commissioning time and effort on a redesign? The design looks the same with fresh paint. That costs 13Million? Doesn’t something seem extremely off?

Has anyone looked into what the money is being spent on? That’s a lot of money to go to a park design that looks the same as present and very uninviting and out dated 👎

it’s not too late to redesign and improve it right, it’s just trees? This sounds like a fake improvement. We need something better for this spot.

Anon
7 months ago

You must be new to Miami…

Moonlight Justice
7 months ago

I am new in a way. I am from
here and traveled the world. Don’t worry Miami. There are good people and progress will prevail. I plan to help like Batman, except with words not fists, moonlighting for Justice.

By day I’m a just a man with skills, and by night I monitor my neighborhood and think about solutions that help everyone. When you see an anonymous name that seems genuine, you’ll know there is someone who has your back.

And if you think of pulling the wool over peoples eyes, think again. We are more than just one. We are a city of smart people.

I’m a leader, but one that leads by example, and not* looking for fame or compensation. Like most of us, I can’t afford for our leaders or outside investors to ruin this city or exploit us.

I am Moonlight Justice.

Anonymous
7 months ago

I think there are plans in Miami that have been dormant for 20 years. It’s the perfect time to redesign. It’s not too late right?

Anonymous
7 months ago

Mediterranean architecture is an appropriate fit for the park, considering Little Havana and Riverside’s architectural legacy, which thankfully still mostly intact. If you want a modern park, I invite you to spend an hour Museum Park, count the dog droppings versus people, and run the risk of a heat stroke.

Design Pro
7 months ago

It can be neo-classical with a mix of Mediterranean and modern together. Don’t make it an old fart park that nooone uses – like it is now. The entire point of updating the design is to activate the area with youth and vibrancy. It’s a transition point so it needs to capture elements of both Brickell and Little Havana.

Design Pro
7 months ago

What legacy? It’s not the Biltmore or Breakers. The structures look poorly constructed, or maybe it’s just years of decay. If you’re going to revive the architecture at least do it with a modern contemporary twist.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Look how active Brickell is versus Little Havana and tell me which architecture you think this park should identify with to draw in more visitors… it should be a hybrid of both.

Anons
7 months ago

I walked by and there’s no interesting architecture around the park.

It’s all two story stucco rectangles with AC units out the windows, which means it was probably built in the 1980s with very bare essentials.

It lacks any type of design character and would enhanced by a rebrand/refresh. Include workforce housing for the people who live there, a single workforce housing building can house entire blocks.

It’s so under utilized with the tiny unsafe buildings now, incorporate Cuban culture but we can make it modern, safe and vibrant to connect it with the rest of Miami. We want to feel connected with Little Havana.

Anonymous
7 months ago

The reason Museum Park is underutilized is because it’s bordered by a bay and no beach. There’s only a small local community there. Parks need to be surrounded by a community to thrive. Brickell already has the community part, so invest in the park part.

Vince
7 months ago

???
Just like Margaret Pace Park on Bayshore Drive and 18th Street.
Sooooo……The reason why Margaret Pace Park is packed all the time is because it is bordered by a bay and no beach?

There is a different reason why MPP is packed and Museum Park is not.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Edgewater has a full time local community. Downtown is working on it…

Anonymous
7 months ago

Nobody uses modern anti-people parks. Look at Bayfront Park in the old days versus its 1980s redo.

Design Pro
7 months ago

Look at the Underline. It’s shot up in vibrancy in only a year. They even have yoga on sundays and we are planning a farmers market. We Miami want the Underline to connect to Jose Mart Park in terms of design aesthetic and flow. It’s a beautiful and innovative park. If you put a standard Spanish tile pavilion it’ll only be used by homeless people.

Trust me Miami!

Anonymous
7 months ago

Look at the success of the Underline – or Rosemary Square in West Palm, these are what should be emulated.

Rosemary Square revived its aesthetic to give its Mediterranean style a more Brickell like look and feel

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<3 Riverside
7 months ago

Riverside could be enhanced with cobblestone streets like above photo.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Not another old days voice.

Anons
7 months ago

What about all grayed out areas under I95? Can we remove the shady parking lot? It’s so ugly and not pedestrian friendly. This is one of the least innovative designs Miami has seen in the last 100 years.

Why is there such a disconnect between the leaders and people?

Anonymous
7 months ago

When have our “leaders” ever put the residents first??? How about inspecting these condo buildings sooner than 40 years? All I read is giant monstrosities being built, while current residents get notices their condos are inhabitable. Seniors thrown on the street, while our leaders and developers get richer. Its disgraceful that seniors that have paid their dues in life can’t even trust the city to maintain the safe structure if their condo buildings.

Vince
7 months ago

Wow.
Buildings are inspected multiple times before, during, and after construction. Buildings are inspected often throughout their lifetime.

“The city” is not responsible to maintain private property. Property owners are responsible for maintaining their property. (I can’t believe that this isn’t taught in high school)

Anonymous
7 months ago

Surfside is the fault of all our leaders for putting profits over people. Improve the quality of life for the people already here.

City Fails on Safety
7 months ago

Then why don’t they enforce the elevator codes. I lived in a rental building that has a certificate from 3-4 years ago. It got stuck all the time and I lived in fear every day that I’d drop to my death.

Future of Little Havana
7 months ago

All the buildings around Jose Martí Park are probably not even up to code and a huge safety concern.

The city probably must demolish the old unsafe buildings and invest in a luxury workforce housing with an elevated podium or rooftop pool, it could house the people forced to live under the current conditions.

It would be a mixed community of working class and ultra wealthy together, a beautiful new neighborhood for Miami that honors Little Havana and brings it up to the 21st century safety codes.

Vince
7 months ago

Leaders are people. Leaders do more than whine, complain, and type in the comments section.
Leaders are aware of what is happening, and are working to make it better.

Voice of Many Anons
7 months ago

Good, and please don’t take this the wrong way. I have a full time job doing very important work for people, so don’t take me for a whiner.

I just would expect there to be more people dedicating their entire time and effort on these issues.

If we don’t share, the leaders will only hear the actively unemployed “in person” people or the billionaires with money who don’t live here.

Just trying to help those leaders hear a an everyday perspective on what the City sees on a daily basis.

Fed Gov Should Help Too
7 months ago

We understand. There is a lot to do. It’s a lot on a local government. Don’t be afraid to ask for help, especially from the federal government. The fed gov keeps pouring money into elite NYC, and should be helping cities like Miami.

Anons
7 months ago

Will there be a kayaking booth and a local station that can start a business charging people to rent kayaks. This means jobs and dynamic activities.

Little Havana Design Tips
7 months ago

Look at Rosemary Square. It is the perfect design inspiration for Mediterranean Spanish meets modern Brickell.

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Brickell Meets Little Havana
7 months ago

I urge the leaders of Little Havana. Please look at Rosemary Square in WPB. It was built in the style of the new park (20 years ago), and had an entire facelift to look like Brickell. It’s the perfect style to preserve the Little Havana architecture to the west and transition and connect people to contemporary Brickell.

Vince
7 months ago

Who should “require” it?
Would you require Swire (from Brickell Key) give the world class upgrade BEFORE Chetrit (adjacent to Jose Marti Park) does their scheduled worldclass upgrade so that Chetrit can rip it all out.
Or do you want to require Swire to rip out Chetrit’s woldclass upgrade.
Or, are you just posting without having a clue as to what is happening in your own community.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Work with Chetrit and develop something cohesive and nice for the park, extend it well past the park into a master planned community. You can combine the funds and develop workforce housing in Riverside and new luxury developments. Our leaders are afraid of their own potential!

Anonymous
7 months ago

It’s public land that we pay for so we have a right to say how it can be used.

anonymous
7 months ago

Why should the developer get involved? They did not run for public service. Next time think twice who you elect.

anonymous
7 months ago

Swire’s moving really quick here…

Anonymous
7 months ago

Are they going to demolish the Mandarin Oriental Hotel? It’s a beautiful building, and it’s not that old.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Beautiful? Really? Looks pretty plain IMO.

annon
7 months ago

It’s old. time to tear it down. It looks super dated.

Anonymous
7 months ago

It matches all the buildings around it. I mean there are way older buildings in Brickell that need to be torn down… would be great to see more new builds.

Anonymous
7 months ago

You mean it’s not a giant glass box out of the 1960s with some funky balconies tacked onto it? Please… Nothing was wrong the the Courvoisier Center, but they’re making it look like generic office buildings around MIA.

Celita ✝️
7 months ago

Yes! They are making the Courvoisier Courts looks like q building from Doral or Blue Lagoon !! May be it’s that crap of making everything “ green” 🙄

Anonymous
7 months ago

I’d rather stay at the Mandarin Oriental over the Waldorf-Astoria AKA stacked boxes.

Anons
7 months ago

Same here, there’s so many better stacked designs in Miami, like one Southside park.

ok...
7 months ago

By “so many” you mean one? Maybe two?

Melo is sigma and Chad
7 months ago

They aint playing, they’re trying to go vertical by EOY.

Vincent
7 months ago

I’m hoping they build sonething higher than 1000 feet.

Anonymous
7 months ago

More tax revenues for the DDA to take from Brickell and pump north into downtown?

City of Miami
7 months ago

Brickell is not a city unto itself. It’s a part of the downtown area AKA the City of Miami.

Citizens of Miami
7 months ago

Brickell should be governed together then. Why don’t those special taxes get allocated across Brickell? Instead they go downtown. If it’s all one city then maybe we start treating it as such?

Brickell Development Authority
7 months ago

Wealthy Brickell may not realize this, but the taxes collected here in Brickell by the DDA may be spent far across the river, and not across Brickell.

An outdated law says the money can’t be spent (or collected) in parts of Brickell. Wouldn’t the people taxed in Brickell rather see that money spent to maintain their own neighborhood, rather than another one?

Miami needs reform to create a Brickell Development Authority.

Vince
7 months ago

You do not have a full understanding of TIFs or the DDA.
Please stop posting about it until you do.

Some people may believe what you are saying is true.

Brickell Anons
7 months ago

Can you please share? There’s limited information on the City website and most of what we learned is from you and others on here… we would love to be more digitally engaged and know that our community is being improved and included in Miami’s future plans…

Anonymous
7 months ago

Cue the collective freak out of the Brickell NIMBY’s…

Juan
7 months ago

If they don’t also add the walkable space/transit corridors needed for this level of development then I honestly wouldn’t blame them.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Hopefully this project is built just expand the bridge and make the island able to handle it and it will be amazing going to be kinda like the Burj Al Arab in Dubai but better and in Miami.

Anon
7 months ago

And less than half the height.

Facts
7 months ago

I never understand why people downvote things that are factually true, as opposed to opinion lol.

I guess you don’t like that it’s true..?

Anonymous
7 months ago

Uh the burj Al Arab is only 1053 feet

Anonymous
7 months ago

It could be the next best thing since 1000 Museum, and people will still complain about losing a patch of grass only because it’s not at the “gateway” to Brickell or wherever they want it.

Anon
7 months ago

I guess they have right to build it, but I hate this project.

DipThong
7 months ago

Nah, that’s a great spot for a tall tower. Embrace it! They can always move the park to the roof.

What is jeopardy.
7 months ago

Yet they won’t even start OBCC yet…

Anonymous
7 months ago

They should move them to Ferrè Park!

huh?
7 months ago

Where?

Anonymous
7 months ago

He means Museum Park.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Yeah but it changed name so I call it with its new name.

Anon
7 months ago

ohhhhh – never heard of it referred to as ferre park how do you even pronounce that

Anonymous
7 months ago

That’s because everyone still calls it Museum Park.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Isn’t Museum Park the more modern and newer name? It sounds like it. Nobody is using Ferre. There’s not even a ferry.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Ferre is the new name. He was a former mayor of the city. I believe the first Latin mayor in miami he was puerto rican. And he was one of the first to promote development of downtown miami

Anonymous
7 months ago

He built 100 Biscayne Tower, but presided over downtown’s subsequent decline.

Downtowner
7 months ago

So we are honoring one of the many failing past leaders? Let’s just stick with a name that is less controversial like Museum Park.

Vince
7 months ago

If you would have had a 10 minute conversation with him, you would understand.

Downtowner
7 months ago

Isn’t downtown being developed now?

Miami 22
7 months ago

The City used names as power plays and to appease egos – look how they try to rename entire neighborhoods for political agendas, ignoring the go vices of the people. they have no clue how to urban plan and build a thriving city. New Miami Government 22!

Vince
7 months ago

It is named after former Mayor and community leader Maurice Ferre.

DipThong
7 months ago

You need to roll your “R”s. Practice makes perfect.

Anon
7 months ago

I don’t speak Spanish and I can’t roll my R’s. They should pick a more inclusive name that everyone can say – like Museum Park.

Anonymous
7 months ago

More inclusive? So because you Dont speak Spanish we need to ignore all our Spanish past or we cannot celebrate the Latino community achievements. Pls, educate yourself, he was the first latino mayor. No puedo con tanto comemierda

Anon
7 months ago

They will always be Bicentennial Park and Joe Robbie Stadium. ;P

nobody
7 months ago

you get it!

Anonymous
7 months ago

Why would we move Brickell property to downtown? Downtown is extracting so much from Brickell and not doing anything to help Brickell.

Anonymous
7 months ago

The park is for the public not private developers…there are plenty of condos across the street

Anonymous
7 months ago

Get a clue, read the article, it’s PRIVATE land

anonymous
7 months ago

its actually owned by Swire and they allow residents to use it.

Anonymous
7 months ago

I’m referring to Ferrè Park…Swire will of course build whatever they can here

Vince
7 months ago

This would be a smart comment, except it isn’t a park, and never has been a park.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Move them to Jose Martí Park or Southside Park, which are still in Brickell!

Anonymous
7 months ago

Can you please stop sharing disinformation? This is not what the article stated at all. There has been a call by the commission to look into preserving portions of the findings, but the development will absolutely continue. Nice try to confuse people, though.

Just Want Brickell to Thrive
7 months ago

So there will be a public park and museum integrated into the future plans?

Anonymous
7 months ago

Nothing has been decided about a museum or UNESCO site. I haven’t seen anything suggesting a park is any part of the plans.

Is UNESCO Building Waterfront Museum in Brickell?
7 months ago

According to the Preservation board member “This should be a World Heritage Site.” As reported yesterday in the Miami Herald – we are not sharing misinformation, this is just what seems to be happening based on the Miami Herald and other sources.

Anonymous
7 months ago

So one board member’s opinion that it should be a UNESCO site means that “it’s becoming a UNESCO world heritage site” and “the Baccarat supertall will no longer be built as planned”? What you posted is absolutely misinformation. Nothing has been decided at all.

Anons of Brickell
7 months ago

Honestly people are just sending us developing stories and trying to share our opinion on what we think will happen…

According to Miami Today, “ The very first beneficiary of the new Baccarat building at 444 Brickell Ave. is likely to be not tenants of a 75-story luxury residential tower but a museum, as archaeological work at the site uncovers shards of pottery and bones of millennia-old early residents of Miami.”

Anonymous
7 months ago

That’s what it seems like from the articles. If people are calling on it to to be a world heritage site, including the preservation board, and museum, doesn’t that mean the writing is on the cave walls?

We may have gotten excited and didn’t realize it’s still being decided. In any event Miami needs more parks and museums, including in Brickell. This is exciting news and unbelievable, and seems like an incredible discovery for Miami, mankind, and the world.

Anonymous
7 months ago

If it does in fact become a unesco site then it’s more valuable then a private development, but the riverwalk needs to be completed!!

Bring UNESCO to Brickell
7 months ago

“Broken Promises: Years later, Miami’s ancient history still not on display. One is a dog park | Opinion”

https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article268231537.html

UNESCO World Heritage Museum, Miami River Brickell
7 months ago

It’s mostly good news! I’m just sharing the facts. Bacarrat can buy McDonalds and Wendys – the supertall would look perfect there. It can be a land swap if necessary. Brickell can finally have a waterfront UNESCO museum and public space!!! Under International Law, it must be saved.

“The very first beneficiary of the new Baccarat building at 444 Brickell Ave. is likely to be not tenants of a 75-story luxury residential tower but a museum, as archaeological work at the site uncovers shards of pottery and bones of millennia-old early residents of Miami.”

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2022/05/24/archaeologists-dig-into-miami-history-at-baccarat-tower-site/

“Miami takes first step to save archaeological find at condo site”

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article272235433.html

“Prehistoric artifacts found at Miami condo construction site”

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article271657237.html

Anonymous
7 months ago

This reads like a high school essay. I give it a C-

EJS
7 months ago

Oh the misinformation in this posting is enormous. No, UNESCO doesn’t just “bam!’ give a site its status without a long, thorough application process. The Baccarat building project has not been cancelled — just delayed until further facts can be gleaned from the building site. And why are you posting this here? These postings are about the Brickell Key project. OY!

Anonymous
7 months ago

This is just full of lies. No supertall is planned as part of the Related development.

Anons
7 months ago

Can we rename Jose Martí Park to Brickell Riverside Park?

Anonymous
7 months ago

Don’t worry, it’ll be renamed Marí-Carollo when the beloved commissioner retires.

Anonymous
7 months ago

Who is that? The mayors nemesis?

Anons
7 months ago

We doubt it but who knows. Is he retiring soon? We are waiting for Little Havana to become nice again.

Anons
7 months ago

Does the retirement party cost 13Million? That’s what the “city” is allegedly spending to on the park that has the same look as present. Maybe some expensive fertilizer or someone is profiting, or hopefully a good excuse for the high spending and poor results.

Miami 22
7 months ago

Investigate and confirm. We don’t have a penny to waste, when parks are being built on left and right.

Fifi La Plume💕
7 months ago

why the Courvoisier Office Building is being converted in to something that belongs to Doral or Blue Lagoon???……

Anonymous
7 months ago

The same reason beautiful old 1920s houses are stripped of all their architecture features and look like a computer battery back-ups. We’re still in the neo-Modernist “less is more” and “everything has to look the same” cycle that proved to be a massive failure (with few exceptions) fifty years ago.

Anons
7 months ago

We need more Rosemary Square architecture to connect Little Havana to Brickell, I would love more neoclassical revival it in Brickell if it’s done with with quality. Otherwise it looks like a retirement home from the 1990s.

New Era
7 months ago

Ummm – So add some extravagance to the design! If it’s not baroque, fix it!

Anonymous
7 months ago

“Their” green space? I was under the impression this was private property.

Innovation
7 months ago

Hear me out. After you dig out the subway system in Miami, use that land to reclaim a massive green space on Biscayne bay close to brickell. A trail leading from Ken’s building to this island. Big enough to hold thousands of people for walking, exercise, music festivals, tons of trees, etc. No buildings or cars allowed!

Future Miami
7 months ago

I know you’re mocking the people and think it’s crazy but I’ll entertain you…

No subway. They are not safe and nobody likes them for the future. Waste of money. They flood anyway, like in NYC.

Don’t reclaim land. Utilize the existing land and require setbacks so Miami stays livable. One can only spend so much time on their own rooftop.

We have thousands of people but if we are going to have thousands more there will need to be a place for everyone to be outside, otherwise what’s the point of being in Miami?

Anonymous Hippo
7 months ago

There is a sign on “their” green space clearly indicating that it is not “theirs” and is subject to development at any time.

<3 brickell key park
7 months ago

Use this as a dislike button

Anonymous
7 months ago

There is no park on Brickell Key, but rather private property that the citizens have been privileged to use. Use this as a button to support private property rights.