It took several weeks of voting and telling everyone we knew about it, but the EDITION Tampa is officially Florida’s most loved leisure project – at least according to the Florida Chapter of the American Institute of Architects’ People’s Choice Award. The project is a collaboration between developers from Strategic Property Partners, Design from the Morris Adjmi group and Nichols Architects team as Executive Architects. The condo/hotel opened in 2022, with the first five-star rating in Tampa Bay. With 172…

Plans for a 345-unit apartment tower in downtown Miami are advancing with multiple new construction permit filings. On July 3, applications were filed for both a site work permit and phased vertical permit at the Nexus Riverside Phase 1B site. Adler Development, Nichols Architects and Southern General Builders LLC are leading the team on this project. Plans call for a 36-story, 410-foot tower, with a 393-space parking garage. It will become the second tower at the Nexus Riverside site, known…

A new facility for a new era Set on 22 oceanfront acres and one-and-a-half miles from South Beach and the Art Deco district, the Fontainebleau Miami Beach has long been one of South Florida’s most popular luxury resorts. Frank Sinatra and Lucile Ball were regulars. It has 1,504 guestrooms and suites. The property has an existing convention center of about 100,000 square feet with capacity for up to 5,000. But this new facility will allow the Fontainebleau to hold multiple events…

Wynhouse Miami now has nearly all its glass installed, a new photo shows. Construction on the 8-story building began last summer. A top off ceremony was held in March. A $117.5 million loan provided by JP Morgan Chase and affiliates of Canyon Partners is financing construction. Wynhouse is planned to include: 308 rental residences approximately 26,000 square feet of ground floor retail nearly 25,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities 107 parking spaces The development also includes two pedestrian…

At Fontainebleau Miami Beach, work is underway on the adjacent 45,000-square-foot Coastal Convention Center, with plans to host groups by Q4. In celebration of its 70th anniversary, the 1,504-room Fontainebleau Miami Beach plans to open a major addition before the end of the year. Designed by Nichols Architects, the new-build, 45,000-square-foot Coastal Convention Center will be connected to Fontainebleau’s Treesor Tower via skybridge. The five-story building will feature a 16,500-square-foot ballroom with an outdoor terrace, a 9,500-square-foot junior ballroom, and…