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DRB26-1161

FKA DRB24

1072, 299 72ND STREET

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Proposal

An application requesting modifications to a previously approved Design Review Approval for the construction of a new five-story community complex, with a parking garage, library, community center, aquatics center, fitness center, retail, multi-purpose fields, and jogging track. The applicant is proposing changes to the materials, design elements, landscaping, and other architectural features.

From the Letter of Intent

Design of an iconic 5-story Community Complex that includes an Aquatic Center with a 50-meter competition pool and a 25-meter multi-purpose pool, a 590-space parking structure with combined pickleball courts on the top level, a 7,800 sq. ft. Miami-Dade County Library, 5,000 sq. ft. of commercial/retail space, a 7,500 sq. ft. Fitness Center, a 5,000 sq. ft. Community Center, and 60,000 sq. ft. of active green space with a jogging path.

  • Final color, design and details of the proposed architectural screen for the west elevation fronting Harding Avenue to screen the parking garage
  • Art in Public Places (AIPP) parking garage screen design with custom-printed mesh featuring ocean wave-inspired artwork
  • Site plan and building modifications including plaza reconfigurations, accessibility improvements, and circulation enhancements
  • Building modifications including rooftop eyebrow thickness increases, exterior concrete column refinements, guardrail material updates to anodized aluminum
  • Parking garage signage relocation and additional structural elements
  • Security measures including anodized-aluminum enclosure at egress stair towers
  • New glazed openings on north walls of retail spaces
Staff Recommendation
APPROVAL

Compliance Findings:

✗ Sea Level Rise: Not Satisfied ✓ Design Review Criteria: Satisfied
Key Issues
  • Modifications to previously approved design including rooftop eyebrow parapet thickness
  • Redesigned exterior concrete columns to V-shape
  • Relocated parking garage signage
  • Changes from glass to perforated metal screen on garage openings
  • Final design of Art in Public Places screen on west elevation
  • Enlargement of retail windows on north wall
  • Site layout revisions for grading and elevation changes
Project Details
Style Contemporary civic building with painted stucco, expansive glazing, distinctive projecting eyebrow canopies painted green, anodized aluminum vertical fin guardrails
Height 66'4" / 5-Story
FAR 194,085 SF / 1.2 F.A.R.
Zoning GU, Government Use District
Lot Size 167,045 SF/3.83 AC
Parking 590 vehicle spaces provided, 174 spaces required, 16 long-term bike parking spaces, 13 short-term bike parking spaces
Applicant City of Miami Beach
Architect WJ Architects
Meeting

Thursday, April 16, 2026

09:00 AM

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