Inside Brickell City Centre’s First Completed Condo Tower, Reach
Brickell City Centre Reach was recently completed and opened to residents, and today Miami Condo Investments got a lookie-loo inside. The building, the first of two condo towers in Phase I of Brickell City Centre, is done up to the nines, with everything super-perfect and tchochkies on every surface. Meanwhile, almost all units have sold in Reach, while there is much more availability in the not-yet-completed Rise, and prices for both are averaging about $650 per square foot. Check out the photo tour below.
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Reach is to the right.
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Reach has a the discreet entrance on the building’s north side.
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Lobby.
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Library on 6th floor.
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Second lobby on 6th floor.
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Lounge on 6th floor.
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Hammam.
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Kid’s indoor playroom.
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Aerobics room.
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Fitness center.
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Kid’s outdoor playground.
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The mall is still under construction.
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Pools.
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Model unit.
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The kind of bric-a-brac they put everywhere. Apparently this is a very large Chinese calligraphy brush.
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Walkway underneath Metromover.
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More construction.
Related Just Unveiled SLS Brickell’s Dramatically Diagonal Balcony Lights
Photo by Marcos Viñas, courtesy Instagram @anapaulacg.
The Related Group’s SLS Brickell condominium tower in the heart of Brickell is fast approaching completion, with closings comin’ up soon. How soon? According to Carlos Rosso, Related’s Luxury Condo Division President, they’re planning on September 1st. In anticipation, the tower was set ablaze last night with a dramatic outdoor lighting scheme of dominated by diagonal rows of twinkling blue dots affixed to small promontories poking out of the building’s balconies, then wrapping around the building at the corners. The effect is really very cool, although last night was a test. How did the test turn out? Well, it looks pretty great,. but as you can see a few big chunks of balcony lights stayed in the dark. Looks like someone might have to do some more testing, Christmas light style.
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Photo courtesy Carlos Rosso.
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Photo by Sarah Elles Boggs.
Arquitectonica’s Iconic Babylon Apartments Wins Historic Designation With 6-0 Vote
Photo by Phillip Pessar.
This just in from today’s City of Miami Historic Preservation Board meeting! In a unanimous 6-0 vote, the board has voted in favor of historically designating the Babylon Apartments on Brickell Bay Drive, a seminal and very early work by architecture firm Arquitectonica which significantly influenced the firm’s later works as well as decades of modern and contemporary architecture in Miami. There is a 30-day appeals process, but the Babylon is closer than ever to being saved. To recap what has happened up until now, I wrote a nice summary over at the Architect’s Newspaper. Also, check back here for more info on what’s next for the Babylon after today’s HBP meeting as it becomes available.
