21-05-2025
15-story boutique hotel slated for Fort Lauderdale beach seeks approval
A 15-story boutique hotel would stand 200 feet high on a quarter-acre parcel near Fort Lauderdale beach, offering views of the ocean and Intracoastal Waterway.
The proposed 42 Hotel calls for 75 rooms, a rooftop pool deck with cabanas, 47 parking spaces and basement parking. The property is located at the northeast corner of North Birch Road and Alhambra Street at 3001 Alhambra St.
Fort Lauderdale's Planning and Zoning Board is set to vote on the project Wednesday night. The project will also require commission approval.
The building has a combination of nautically and tropically inspired elements with round edges and exposed round columns, the developers' application with the city states.
'Circular openings are provided in the slabs from level five to 14 along the west façade at the balconies to provide additional natural lighting and ventilation,' according to the application.
Given the limitation of the small lot size, the design cannot accommodate a traditional tower step back.
Instead, the project employs innovative design strategies to mitigate the scale and bulk of the tower, according to the developer, New York-based Hariohm Realty.
The developer is requesting dimensional modifications to the tower stepback and tower separation as well as an increase in the floor area ratio.
'The parking facility is located underground, creating a pedestrian realm that is visually appealing with landscaping, a double-height ground floor and an outdoor garden seating area that creates an urban respite at the ground level,' the application says. 'Parking is proposed in the basement, eliminating the view of a parking garage above the first floor and replacing it with habitable space.'
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