Two major projects in Midtown and Wynwood will go before the city of Miami’s Urban Design Review Board on May 20 for approval.
A hotel with retail and office space has been proposed on the north side of the Midtown Miami retail center. Aventura Hotel Properties, a Miami-based company managed by Francisco Arocha, filed the development application for its Triptych project for the 44,783-square-foot site at 3601 N. Miami Ave.
The 20-story project would total 379,067 square feet, comprised of 297 hotel rooms, 21,441 square feet of commercial/retail, 65,494 square feet of office, and 368 parking spaces. The uses will include a rooftop restaurant and an art gallery.
The architect on Triptych is Bermello Ajamil & Partners. Attorney Iris Escarra of Greenberg Traurig represents the developer.
The application doesn’t list the brand of the hotel. However, Arocha is also the developer of the Aloft Miami-Brickell.
Aventura Hotel Properties acquired the property for $12.25 million in 2014. It’s located at a key point between Midtown and the Miami Design District.
Easing parking woes in Wynwood
Goldman Properties wants to build an artistic-designed parking garage with retail and office space in the trendy Wynwood neighborhood. It would be located on the 36,250-square-foot site spanning 2660 N.W. 3rd Ave.; 360 and 370 N.W. 27th Street; and 301 and 321 Northwest 26th Street.
Wynwood DS LLC and Goodcorner LLC, both affiliates of Goldman, applied to build a 226,054-square-foot, eight-story structure. It would have 428 parking spaces, 20,594 square feet of ground floor commercial/retail space, 23,618 square feet of offices on the top floor, and 12 bike racks.
The skin of the building will be a canvas for art curated by Goldman Properties, one of the first developers in Wynwood.
It purchased this property with 60-year-old light industrial buildings. for $800,000 in 2004 and $1.1 million in 2012. Now Wynwood has been revitalized with visitors to its graffiti-lined walls and local businesses. This garage could provide much-needed parking for those visitors.
Goldman Properties is represented by Akerman attorney Steven Wernick in the application process. The architect is Wolfberg Alvarez.
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Story by: Brian Bandell – May 12, 2015, 10:46am EDT
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