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The board’s conditions ask the applicant to implement a more cohesive architectural strategy so the tower reads as part of the same composition as the articulated podium and townhomes, to incorporate stronger references to historic structures that previously sat on the site, and to provide a more cohesive roof/topline for the tower that better responds to the district context.

Why it matters: The property sits across from Loomis Park and adjacent to the Scottish Rite Temple, a landmark that board members repeatedly cited when urging a calmer, more contextual tower treatment. The project pursues a special certificate of appropriateness under the historic‑preservation review process because it is within the Loomis Park Historic District and exceeds 200,000 square feet.

Project details and preservation commitments: The applicant (Bridal CB Development LLC, represented by Carly Kochel and Studio MCG Architecture) said the design reduces typical podium height compared with underlying zoning allowances: a 2–3 story podium that steps to preserve specimen live oaks along NW Third Street, a set‑back tower (30 feet from front and rear property lines), and retention/restoration of an existing historic Frank Gallott House on the site. The proposal provides about 140 rental units and 161 parking spaces. The team emphasized materials intended to reference neighborhood precedents—coral stone cladding, wood‑colored aluminum railings, and vertical wooden‑style screening for garage facades.

Board concerns and requested revisions: Reviewers praised the street‑level townhomes, the podium’s pedestrian scale and the effort to preserve on‑site oak trees. Several members said the tower’s architectural language felt disconnected from the podium and recommended a rework of interior planning (elevator/circulation) and exterior detailing so that the podium and tower read as a unified composition rather than two separate designs. Members also asked for additional fragmentation/breaks in the long parking facade to reduce perceived mass.

Votes and next steps: After discussion and iterations of motions, the board adopted a motion with three conditions: 1) implement a more cohesive architectural design that ties tower and podium and references historic on‑site structures; 2) ensure the design reflects the historic context, including the Scottish Rite Temple and other district precedents; and 3) provide a cohesive roof/topline for the tower. The roll call recorded three ayes and one no; the motion carried 3‑1. Staff and the applicant will revise drawings to address the board’s comments; the project must also proceed through the HEP (Historic and Environmental Preservation) board for its historic review component.

Ending: The board closed deliberations with clear direction to improve tower‑to‑podium integration and to preserve the pedestrian‑level qualities that the members praised.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Miami, FL - Urban Development Review Board - Regular Meeting - Jul 16, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The board recommended approval (3‑1) for the Rio Vista Apartments project at NW Third Street in the Loomis Park Historic District, requiring a more cohesive architectural relationship between the proposed podium/townhomes and the tower, greater reference to on‑site historic structures, and a unified roofline.","taxTitle","Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida","taxId",2890,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6549984,"UDRB approves 'Little River' Live Local project with conditions on lighting, garage massing and street trees",1295,4073000,5368000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5418860-9aa38c8e81444f5a08740bd1a1eb4f02&start=4073&end=5368","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5418860-9aa38c8e81444f5a08740bd1a1eb4f02/thumbnail_4073000.jpg","/articles/6549984/Miami/Miami-Dade-County/Florida/UDRB-approves-Little-River-Live-Local-project-with-conditions-on-lighting-garage-massing-and-street-trees","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6549984-846f7331c652ffe1142ca8f3a3147397/orig.mp4?Expires=1770505757&Signature=b6Jb5dS6R6TMDIj6V1wbXZYdXdcfN8axn9akHvXhwcndW9BD7ldnogDMBrRj1Ya7H-hbZDhK2cqDTMabWGxhYPdztMmh0VqlOrwtWDJu1oGO6GiE8iwdqWh11Iqh0bt9gWlbCuxshlfOjwUuozbNepXsRGtCOW6vnsjMHK8VlXjZpCHTFxA15cRgdqFSKG5kNG6EYXgKM1c01ww9yq4DaiP7URYkL7LptItpiQnbMG8lr3gl-NeozLPuWlHQPuG1lreibCikYM2XSAXLzpef22HWvKkDNLjVU6VLspjA8OocY2GoYIkW9w7tINXlYoHUL-jIeEdnwRVycKr7hF6opA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Urban Development Review Board voted unanimously to recommend approval of a Live Local Act project known as \"Little River,\" a 22‑story mixed residential and commercial development at 7501 and 7553 Northeast Second Avenue that would deliver about 350 units, including 140 income‑restricted units.

The board attached three conditions intended to improve the project's public realm and reduce the visual impact of large parking volumes: enhanced exterior architectural lighting; breaking up the massing of the parking garage on the south elevation; and substituting shade trees for palm trees where practicable to increase sidewalk canopy.

Why it matters: The Live Local Act is intended to advance workforce housing near transit; this application assembles most of a full city block and proposes substantial on‑site retail and a large courtyard. The board’s conditions focus on pedestrian experience, nighttime presence and the visual treatment of a multi‑level parking façade that faces residential and neighborhood areas.

Project details and waivers: The applicant described an assembled block with two folios and about 500,000 square feet of building area. The scheme includes approximately 350 residential units, of which 140 are income‑restricted under the Live Local program, roughly 143,000 square feet of commercial space and 406 parking spaces. The application requested multiple exceptions/waivers, among them:
- an exception to exceed the 40,000‑square‑foot maximum lot size in the zoning district;
- a waiver to permit parking above the first story to extend into the second layer along primary and secondary frontages;
- a waiver to allow up to a 30% reduction in required parking for development within a transit corridor; and
- waivers related to curb/driveway separations and pedestrian entrance spacing.

Design and context: Architect Albert Cordovis (Coral World Architects) described a U‑shaped building that encloses a roughly 6,000‑square‑foot central courtyard and emphasizes active ground‑floor uses and a major retail anchor on the southwest corner. The team proposed a perforated metal mesh screen for parking facades, an exoskeletal grid to recall the area’s light‑industrial origins, and roof‑deck amenity spaces positioned to benefit southern and city views.

Board direction and conditions: Members praised the project’s reuse of frontages and the courtyard amenity but asked for refinements to the parking elevation, exterior lighting, and tree canopy. The final motion approved the project with conditions requiring:
1) enhanced exterior architectural lighting to articulate the facade at night;
2) design changes to break up the massing of the metal parking cube on the south elevation so it reads at a smaller pedestrian scale; and
3) substitution of deciduous/shade trees for standard palms where feasible to create more pedestrian canopy.

Votes and next steps: The motion to approve with the stated conditions passed by roll call 4‑0. Staff will incorporate the board’s conditions into the record and the team will revise facade and lighting details for administrative review and for the subsequent HEP (historic/environmental review) submission as applicable.

Ending: The applicant left with clear direction to refine the south elevation and the nighttime lighting package, and to carry street‑tree changes into final landscape plans.","The board recommended approval for a 22‑story Live Local Act project in Little River (7501 & 7553 NE 2nd Ave) that includes 350 units (140 income‑restricted) after adding conditions on exterior lighting, parking‑cube massing and tree selection; approval was unanimous 4‑0.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6549988,"UDRB approves 54‑story '7 Broadway' tower in Brickell after granting multiple waivers",1584,2460000,4044000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5418860-9aa38c8e81444f5a08740bd1a1eb4f02&start=2460&end=4044","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5418860-9aa38c8e81444f5a08740bd1a1eb4f02/thumbnail_2460000.jpg","/articles/6549988/Miami/Miami-Dade-County/Florida/UDRB-approves-54story-7-Broadway-tower-in-Brickell-after-granting-multiple-waivers","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6549988-049c04371034a236d990e8767c6a57dc/orig.mp4?Expires=1770505757&Signature=Gyf7Apk5IIsCa1E3ifq0EIOw0dQ-DB2dPd1y8gZY9MJW4mIVIjDVwXUPBNRH5ltccdoFuR6F6dBK1bK8zYvhQiyReG85~R4C6Wei2v3JQB7tLLF~fymUEZuCA683G-XB5KxgAF2TDOmDWBav67lu0YGjmIQb35sajANvh-bqBq8GYempQbmC1DFEu56Hkr5IWY9vWwhswE3vdoWVluohsk96njJKc4nJowe7~6mEa9tqXeQAMOC32PcaK6P3ftC4mIWUSp2Bryzlk~dByVuZUgj6mJOJFbhw9H1M6S3FuoVMba-SQCoDKuEcimGSkgpBsqqMmLBuec32kHn52tu3Wg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Urban Development Review Board on a vote of 3‑0 approved a 54‑story residential tower called \"7 Broadway\" at 41 and 75 Southwest 15th Road in the Brickell Village neighborhood, granting a package of waivers the development team requested.

Board members voted to allow the project to proceed with reductions in upper‑story setbacks and other dimensional waivers that the applicant said are necessary because of the site’s triangular shape, adjacent infrastructure and an FAA height‑cap transition across the property.

The project, presented by Iris Esquara for the applicant team and led on design by Jeffrey Kenoff (Cohen, Patterson, Fox) and Victoria Dushbu (KPF), would deliver 54 stories with 113 residential units and 193 parking spaces on a constrained, roughly triangular lot near Simpson Park and the Miami Metromover. Esquara told the board the site is tight—about 136 feet on one axis and roughly 75 feet on the smallest side—and that an FAA surface limitation bisects the parcel and sets two different height envelopes across the site.

Why it matters: The board’s waivers allow a taller, more vertical massing on a small infill site in a dense district. The approvals change required dimensional controls above the eighth story and reduce separation distances for vehicle access and certain parking dimensions; those adjustments affect how the building meets the sidewalk and how vehicles circulate at the curb.

What the board approved and why: The team asked for—and the board granted—multiple waivers the applicant said were driven by site geometry and operational needs:
- Upper‑story front setback above the eighth story: reduced from 20 feet to 10 feet.
- Upper‑story side setback above the eighth story: reduced from 30 feet to 25 feet.
- Driveway/curb separation: reduced from the code‑required 60 feet to 24 feet to accommodate valet circulation and drop‑off.
- Parking stall/drive depth relief: reduction of some stall depths from 26 feet to 22 feet to fit mechanical/stacker parking arrangements.

Architects said the design uses a continuous wrap to integrate the tower with three distinct urban edges—Simpson Park, South Miami Avenue and the water’s edge—and to hide the parking and mechanical systems behind a consistent facade treatment. The presentation noted coordination with the fire department and that an FPL (Florida Power & Light) vault occupies part of the ground floor plan; staff and the design team said those constraints informed the ground‑floor layout and service access.

Board discussion and procedure: Board members pressed the design team on fire‑department access, valet operations and how the project fits the sidewalk experience. Traffic engineer Adrian Dabkowski (Kimberly Horn—reported in the presentation) confirmed vehicles will back into car elevators at the ground floor and stackers will be used on the parking levels; the team said valet procedures and operator training would be required to ensure safe circulation.

A board member identified themself as part of the development team and excused themselves from deliberations; the roll call on the approval recorded three affirmative votes and the motion carried.

Ending: The board approved the waivers and the design as presented and closed the item; staff and the applicant will complete final submittals and permitting steps before construction permits are issued.

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