![]() ![]() Miami’s coming relatively late to the game because heights in and around downtown are effectively capped by the Federal Aviation Administration and Miami International Airport to maintain clear lanes for planes landing and taking off over the area, especially in case of an emergency. Some urbanists believe “going vertical” is the logical option for dense cities at a time when the world population is expanding and increasingly moving to urban places. Such supertall towers are proliferating in cities around the world, including New York, where some super-thin, supertall ultra-luxury condo towers have been controversial for the way they alter - or, in critics’ opinion, mar - the skyline. But it’s not running the marathon - you don’t need to be first.” “Thank heavens I have the ability to produce them. The super-tower would be a companion to its much lower X Miami apartment tower, now under construction on the back portion of a lot PMG owns on the Boulevard. ![]() According to its city application, the tower would have 93 stories, 640 dwellings, a hotel and a restaurant on a terrace on the 18th floor. PMG has created a website for 300 Biscayne, but it contains little information beyond some renderings. Likewise, PMG said through a spokeswoman that it’s not ready to talk about its plan but expects to reveal more in the first part of next year. Perhaps leery of raising expectations prematurely, Berkowitz would not say much beyond affirming that he’s got all the necessary approvals and is ready to build. Swire won city zoning approval in 2014 for a 1,049-foot tower on Brickell Avenue as an expansion of the City Centre project, though it has yet to submit building plans for review. Then there’s Swire Properties, the Hong Kong-based conglomerate that built Brickell Key and just finished the multi-block Brickell City Centre. ![]()
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