By Sarasota Surroundings On Tuesday evening, Seaward Development and its team of consultants presented their plans for Mira Mar Plaza during a Comprehensive Plan Amendment & Rezone Community Workshop. The event drew a full house of stakeholders, neighbors, business owners, and community members. By the end of the meeting, many attendees left more informed and satisfied with the revised proposal than when they arrived. The presentation opened with Patrick DiPinto, Principal of Seaward Development, who shared a brief history of…

Nichols Architects and Seaward Development are collaborating once again, following the success of Epoch Sarasota, the record-breaking luxury condominium. This time, the team is focused on a mixed-use property in the city’s downtown. The new plans include the rehabilitation of Mira Mar Plaza, restoring some of the unique features the original building had in 1922, while also adding two 18-story towers. The architecture is designed in a layered Mediterranean style to ensure harmony with neighboring properties. The proposed footprint is…

By: Oscar Nunez 8:00 am on August 7, 2024 Miami Dade’s Water and Sewer Department has agreed to provide utilities for additional units beyond what was originally planned for M-Tower, a 57-story residential building planned at 56 Southwest 1st Street in downtown Miami. The revised utility agreement, recorded in early July, now states the development will include 765 apartments, 4,708 square feet of retail, and 5,000 square feet of a full-service restaurant. Previously, the tower was planned to include 675 apartments, marking an increase of 90 additional…

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…