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On 1/16/2024 at 10:22 AM, Luvemtall said:

It’s not just about building codes, South Florida has the stack against it, a game of roulette and the odds are not in its favor. I lived there during Andrew when the naysayers were having parties on the beach, they soon learned the fury of nature. Roads ripped right out of the ground, steel twisted into pretzels and hardly a building was built over 20 stories then . And the population was not no where like today, they can never evacuate that many people now. Like mentioned above, there’s always going to be people who just don’t get it or want to , everything is a joke or a conspiracy theory. Until the worst happens, then they are the first complaining why wasn’t something done to prevent it. 

Not to join in this conversation late, but Andrew is what prompted South Florida hurricane codes to be the strictest in the U.S. Hurricane Irma struck downtown Miami with 100 mph wind gusts. Cranes snapped and swung but even under construction towers were intact.

I think a lot of people paint South Florida as this incoming doomsday that'll happen in 5 years, but it's not. It will be a slow fight against the tides and major infrastructure change will take place over the next 20 years.

[133 KVB (two 49 story towers of 574’ & 512’ featuring condos, apartments, hotel, ground level retail, public park & 8 levels of parking)]

18 minutes ago, Plasticman said:

Actually it’s 734’ and 858’ 

I may of read it wrong, but I didn't calculate the underground parking levels. Only above ground heights were measured.

[133 KVB (two 49 story towers of 574’ & 512’ featuring condos, apartments, hotel, ground level retail, public park & 8 levels of parking)]

https://vimeo.com/433868186

 

[133 KVB (two 49 story towers of 574’ & 512’ featuring condos, apartments, hotel, ground level retail, public park & 8 levels of parking)]

Is this a real proposal - http://users.neo.registeredsite.com/7/0/5/20955507/assets/2021-04-24_Nashville_Master_Plan.pdf

I haven't heard of the developer but the portfolio doesn't seem too horrible.

According to diagrams these towers will reach 634 FT for the shorter one and 756 for the taller ones.

 

[17th & Patterson (310 17th Ave. North, 14 stories, 175 residential units, ground level retail, 205 capacity internal garage)]

Awesome street activation! The amount of parking spaces was due to the recent parking maximum? Although wasn't there always a lack of parking minimums in the recent years, the only change was changing the minimum to maximum?

[14th & Hynes (40 stories, 480', residential; 36 stories, 435', hotel/condos; shared ground level retail and underground/structured parking)]

Very nice! What's the parking to unit ratio if anyone knows?