Missoni Baia Completes Foundation With Second Concrete Pour

The second part of Missoni Baia’s foundation was recently completed by joint venture partners Civic Construction and Ant Yapi. Over the course of 17 hours, starting at 3 a.m., 3,900 cubic yards of concrete and 810 tons of rebar (the weight of approximately 65 school buses) was poured. This completed the mat foundation for the project.

Blue Lagoon Community Gets Much-Needed Rental Development Soleste and A New Name

The Estate Companies, a leading developer of luxury multi-family projects throughout South Florida, has secured its certificate of occupancy (CO) for Soleste Blue Lagoon, a luxury, eight-story development with 330 rental units located at 5375 NW 7th Street in Miami.

The project broke ground in 2017 and move-ins began in October. Because Soleste Blue Lagoon is the only Class A market-rate project in the Blue Lagoon community, home to over 100 multinational companies, it quickly achieved 65 percent lease-up. The Blue Lagoon office community also recently announced a $10 million makeover and name change. The 250-acre office park will rebrand itself as the Waterford Business District, in order to remain competitive with Miami’s growing office market.

Tenants can select from a variety of studios, one, two and three-bedroom units outfitted with sleek, modern kitchens with custom cabinets, quartz countertops and designer lighting, dual master suites, spacious walk-in closets and private balconies overlooking Blue Lagoon Lake. Pricing starts in the $1,500’s for studios, $2,100’s for two-bedrooms, and $2,600’s for three-bedrooms.

“We are proud to deliver this transformative development to the Blue Lagoon area,” stated Robert Suris, managing principal, The Estate Companies. “Our firm is committed to developing beautiful and highly-amenitized communities at a competitive price point. This winning combination makes Soleste Blue Lagoon an attractive and dynamic option for high-quality, professional tenants.”

Like all projects within the Soleste Living brand portfolio, Soleste Blue Lagoon is curated with a vast collection of health and wellness offerings and social components, including a lakeside pool with spa, sundeck and private cabanas, co-ed spa with steam room and sauna, aerial yoga studio, state-of-the-art health and fitness club, spinning room with digital fitness instruction, rooftop garden with life-size chess, hammock and yoga lawn, and an electric car charging station.

This milestone comes on the heels of the firm’s grand opening of Soleste Twenty2, a 338-unit rental community, which is also experiencing high velocities at the current price points.

The Estate Companies is on track to deliver an additional 519 units this year with Soleste Alameda and Soleste Bay Village and has an additional 2,196 units in its pipeline slated for delivery early next year. Notable upcoming projects include Soleste Bay Village, Soleste Grand Central and Soleste Spring Gardens, among others. Its project portfolio features a mix of garden-style, mid-rise and high-rise rental developments in Dade and Broward counties.

By Katya Demina

GRAND OPENING OF THE MR. C RESIDENCES COCONUT GROVE SALES GALLERY

David Martin’s Terra and Ignazio Cipriani’s Mr. C hosted the Mr. C Residences Coconut Grove sales gallery grand opening event on February 5. Guests enjoyed live music, hors d’oeuvre and cocktails in the Mr. C Residences Coconut Grove sales gallery adjacent to Fresh Market. The new development marks the first residential project for the Mr. C brand and is set to deliver a next-generation residential experience rooted in service, design, cuisine and lifestyle. 

Residence interiors and amenity spaces are being designed by Meyer Davis, who worked closely with Ignazio Cipriani and the Mr. C team to create an on-brand experience synonymous with old-world European sophistication, cuisine and nautical inspirations. 

At the event, long-time friends David Martin and Mayor Francis Suarez took the stage alongside project leaders, to give thanks and create excitement around the future of Coconut Grove, home to other projects by both Terra and Mr. C. 

Images via World Red Eye.

By Stephanie Warren

Video: 2000 Ocean by KAR Properties Construction Update

New York-based developer KAR Properties has shared their latest construction update and renderings for 2000 Ocean, a beachfront condo development in Hallandale Beach. It has been going vertical since June 28th, when Suffolk poured one of the largest concrete pours in the city in a decade. Today, the building is over 50% complete and hurricane glass has been installed up to the eighth floor.

Upon completion, the building will be positioned closer to the ocean than its neighboring buildings and will include luxury amenities like furnishings by the Italian design brand Minotti, a transformative art curation program spearheaded by curator Megan Kincaid, and wellness amenities found in some of the world’s most luxurious resorts.

KAR Properties expects to finish construction of 2000 Ocean in mid-2021.

Exterior renderings.

Poolside at dusk.

Sauna.

By Katya Demina