The week’s real estate news, including Cohen Brothers propose 23-story office tower – West Palm Point By Brian Bandell Cohen Brothers Realty Corp. has unveiled plans for a new office tower in downtown West Palm Beach. The New York-based developer agreed to lease the 2.4-acre property at 801 S. Dixie Highway from the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency. West Palm Point would rise 23 stories. The tower would have about 352,000 square feet of leasable office space and about 25,000 square…

The building would rise at 4441 Collins Ave. By Rebecca San Juan Despite a historic slowdown in tourism that has lead to widespread layoffs, Miami Beach’s iconic Fontainebleau Resort is seeking approval to expand. Jeffrey Soffer’s Fontainebleau Florida Hotel LLC was set to present plans Tuesday to the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board for an additional five-story, 175,000-square-foot building housing meeting and ballroom space. The board moved the item to its September meeting. The resort, a popular venue for weddings,…

Cohen Brothers Realty Corp. has unveiled plans for a new office tower in downtown West Palm Beach. By Brian Bandell The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board will consider approval of the design at its Aug. 10 meeting. Its sign-off on the conceptual design is required before the New York-based developer submits its plans to the City Commission because the CRA will be leasing the land to the developer. … The recently submitted plans dub the project West Palm Point….

1450 Brickell Tower Becomes Miami’s First LEED Gold Office Building From World Property Journal: Just days after unveiling that 1450 Brickell now has 226,000 square feet of office space leased, the project’s developer announced today that the ‘class-A’ building has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System is the nation’s accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of environmentally-sound buildings. This makes 1450…

facility designed to make hotel more competitive   Susan Askew Commissioners approved on second and final reading zoning changes to allow the owners of the Fontainebleau Hotel to build a stand-alone structure with ballroom and meeting space on what is now a surface parking lot between 43rd and 44th Streets across from the main hotel campus. The five-story structure is intended to help the hotel better compete for conference and meeting business within the South Florida market. Our initial story…