27-04-2025
- Automotive
- Business Journals
Braman plans Miami high-rise towers, dealership expansion
Braman Motors, led by billionaire Norman Braman, has filed plans for its property in Miami to facilitate both expansion of the dealership and potential residential development.
It's seeking a special area plan for its campus at 2060 Biscayne Blvd. to establish new design and density rules.
The preliminary site plan shows an 11-story automotive building with 6,000 square feet of showroom space, an 8,500-square-foot service lounge, a 14,300-square-foot parts warehouse, a 44,200-square-foot paint shop, a 44,200-square-foot body shop with 51 bays, a 243,000-square-foot service center with 284 bays, and 1,869 parking spaces for customers, staff or inventory.
There would also be two 60-story residential towers on the east side of the property, each with 550 residential units.
Live Local Act project planned in Oakland Park
Brickbox Development and Newrock Partners, through affiliate Brickbox West OP Development LLC, filed a Live Local Act application in Oakland Park.
Situated on the 2.4-acre site at 3701 N. Powerline Road, the nine-story Powerline Apartments would total 325,761 square feet, with 257 apartments, 4,834 square feet of commercial space, a 216-space parking garage and an additional 53 surface parking spaces. As per the Live Local Act, 40% of the apartments would be workforce housing.
Publix, apartments slated for Boca Raton
Selig Enterprises filed a Live Local Act application to redevelop Palmetto Park Square in Boca Raton.
The developer previously filed a land use amendment for the 23.2-acre site at 1401 W. Palmetto Park Road, but the Live Local Act would allow it to move forward with only city administrative approval, and not a public hearing. It aims to replace much of the existing shopping center, including an older Publix, with a 50,000-square-foot Publix, 28,460 square feet of new retail space, 341 apartments and a parking garage. Under the law, 40% of the units would be workforce housing.
Costco planned in Miami-Dade
Costco Wholesale Corp. (Nasdaq: COST) has proposed a new store just west of the Dolphin Mall in Miami-Dade County.
The retailer has the 20-acre site directly west of Topgolf Doral at 11850 N.W. 22nd St. under contract from Cimabian. The Costco would total 159,212 square feet, with a gas station and 800 parking spaces.
Former MLB player to build Miami apartments
AG Wyn LLC, led by former MLB player Alex Guerrero and Ruben Rodriguez, filed plans for a 41-story tower in Miami through the Live Local Act.
Wynwood Tower, on the 0.6-acre site at 330 N.W. 37th St., would feature 234 residential units, 5,038 square feet of commercial space and 257 parking spaces. As usual, 40% of the units would be workforce housing.
Waldorf Astoria breaks ground in Pompano Beach
Related Group and Merrimac Ventures broke ground on the oceanfront Waldorf Astoria Residences, Pompano Beach, the luxury brand's first location in the city and its first stand-alone residential building worldwide.
The 28-story tower, on 1.7 acres at 1350 S. Ocean Blvd., will feature 90 units. The typical condo units range from 2,100 square feet with two bedrooms to 3,600 square feet with four bedrooms. The penthouses are over 6,100 square feet, and two of them include roof decks with private pools and summer kitchens.
Prices start at $2.6 million. The four penthouses range from $16 million to $20 million.
Greg Knobloch, senior development manager at Miami-based Related, said the Waldorf Astoria is 70% presold. About half of the buyers are from Florida, with the rest mostly from other states. About two-thirds of the buyers plan to live in the building, as there are relatively few investors, he added.
'We hope it's going to bring in the wealthy crowd to bring tax dollars to the city and to allow Pompano to go through a renaissance in the next 10 years,' Knobloch said.
Miami-based Coastal Construction is the general contractor. Knobloch said the condo should be completed in two years.
Amenities in the Waldorf Astoria will include a 20,000-square-foot oceanfront pool deck, a private marina, an outdoor bar, a dining lounge, a fitness center, a spa with treatment rooms, saunas and steam rooms, a billiards lounge, a kids' room and a sports simulator.
By the Numbers
$60.25 million
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$27.5 million
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$20.5 million
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