Rezoning Sought For 1,000-Key Expansion Of Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon At 5101 Blue Lagoon Drive

Miami-Dade County is reviewing plans for a major expansion of the Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon at 5101 Blue Lagoon Drive in Miami. Submitted by M2 Miami Airport Blue Lagoon LLC, an affiliate of New York-based hotel owner and operator MCR, the proposal would add 1,000 hotel rooms across two new 14-story buildings on the property’s 20.6-acre waterfront site overlooking Blue Lagoon. Designed by Behar Font & Partners with landscape architecture by Walk Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, the project would increase the property’s total room count to 1,508 keys while replacing existing surface parking with new hotel buildings and structured parking facilities.

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The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Naples Nears Completion As 30-Foot Sculpture Is Installed At Entrance Plaza

Construction is nearing completion on The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Naples, a six-acre waterfront condominium development at the corner of Vanderbilt Beach Road and Gulf Shore Drive in Naples. Positioned between the Gulf of Mexico and Vanderbilt Lagoon, the project will yield 128 residences, penthouses, and grand penthouses and is being developed by STOCK Development and its luxury condominium division, STOCK Residences, with design by Curts Gaines Hall Jones Architects (CGHJ). Suffolk Construction is serving as general contractor, J.R. Evans Engineering is the project engineer, Susurrus is leading interior design, Booth Design Group is the landscape architect, and JKM Lighting Design is the lighting designer.

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$100 Million Construction Loan Secured For Alhambra Parc At 33 Alhambra Circle In Coral Gables

MG Developer and Vertical Developments have secured a $100 million construction loan for Alhambra Parc, a mixed-use development planned at 33 Alhambra Circle in Coral Gables. Designed by Bellin & Pratt Architects, the project will bring 74 luxury residences, 13,000 square feet of office space, and nearly 18,000 square feet of retail space to a site near the center of the city’s downtown district.

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