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Miami Beach
Overview of One Ocean in South Beach
Located in the South of Fifth neighborhood, One Ocean is a luxury condominium in the heart of South Beach.
Developed by Related Group and designed by Enrique Norten and Sieger Suarez, One Ocean will have 46 residential units, a robotic garage, with retail and restaurants.
Construction began in the Fall of 2013.
Glass Miami Beach
Located in the trendy South of Fifth neighborhood in South Beach, Glass will be an 18 story luxury condominium which only 10 units. Each unit will have 360 views of Miami Beach, Biscayne Bay and Downtown Miami.
Glass is on Ocean Drive and is right next to the popular Prime 112 and across the street from Prime Italian.
Glass is developed by Terra Group and the architect on the project is Rene Gonzalez.
Groundbreaking started in August 2013 and the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2014 or early 2015.
Marea Miami Beach
Located at 801 South Pointe Drive in South Beach, Marea is a 7 floor luxury condominium. It is situated across from the Apogee and just West of the popular Joe's Stone Crab restaurant.
The project is being developed by the Related Group and the architect is Siger Suarez.
Marea broke ground in October 2013 and is expected to be completed by 2015.
Below are contraction progress photos.
Venetian Causeway
On March 15, a bus traveling down the Venetian Causeway got stuck over a draw bridge, which caused a portion of the bridge to fall and expose a hole. This caused repairs to start right away on the bridge.
FDOT(Florida Department of Transportation) has launched a study that may completely re-do the Venetian Causeway.
The types of bridges like the Venetian only have a 50 year life span and this bridge has exceeded that time frame.
The study will take about three years before anything is final.
Ocean Drive Before the Crowds
Looking Down Ocean Drive From the End of the Strip
Miami Beach Commissioners have debated the idea of closing Ocean Drive in South Beach for cars and making it a pedestrian only road. Making it a pedestrian only road would make it similar to Lincoln Road, which is not too far away.
Not surprisingly hotel and restaurant owners on Ocean Drive are against the idea because they believe that people will stay away from the area instead of having to deal with parking. It is already difficult to find parking in the area and closing that road will only add to the congestion.
Parts of the street are closed for certain events such as the Super Bowl and Memorial Day weekend, but to close the road permanenlty would be a bad idea for Miami Beach.
Venetian Causeway
The Miami Herald reports that the Venetian Causeway will close for months to repair the old bridge. The bridge has become weakened over the years and will take approximately six to nine months to fix.
According the the Herald, "The Venetian bridge crisis began March 15 when a Miami-Dade Transit bus traveling eastbound on the westernmost part of the drawbridge near Miami got stuck as it drove on the weakened segment. “A portion of the bridge fell and a hole opened up,” Miami-Dade County Engineer Antonio Cotarelo said at the Tuesday night meeting."
Along with construction on the MacArthur Causeway because of the Port of Miami tunnel and the Alton Road Project, Miami Beach residents will look to have a long commute. The good news is that the Port of Miami tunnel is supposed to be completed by next month so that could help alleviate some of the traffic.
