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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
  • Site plan and building modifications
  • Art in Public Places implementation including parking garage screen assembly using FlexFacades by Structurflex
  • Site improvements including Main Entry Plaza reconfiguration
  • Building modifications including rooftop eyebrow thickness increases
  • Exterior concrete column refinements
  • Guardrail material updates to anodized aluminum vertical fins
  • Parking garage signage relocation
  • Additional structural elements including painted concrete beams
  • Security measures including anodized aluminum enclosure at egress stair towers
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
  • Redesign of exterior concrete columns to V-shape
  • Guardrail redesign to anodized aluminum with vertical fin pickets
  • Parking garage signage relocation
  • Art in Public Places screen design approval
  • Enlargement of retail windows on north wall
  • Landscape plan revisions and tree preservation
Project Details
Style Contemporary civic building
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, June 11, 2026

09:00 AM

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