At Aventura’s JW Mariott Miami Turnberry Resort and Spa this week, Black businessmen from around the country networked and traded advice during a three-day conference called Black Men XCEL.
As optimism about interest rate cuts this year fades, many CRE professionals find themselves slogging through, working with what they have amid the uncertainty over what’s to come.
There’s stress everywhere, Cityview Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Damian Gancman said at Bisnow’s Finance and Deal-Making Conference at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Los Angeles Thursday.
Handel Architects and Olin collaborate to design two striking towers that flank the downtown Los Angeles skyline, featuring a series of landscaped terrace decks
Handel Architects’ Angels Landing project in Downtown Los Angeles, developed by MacFarlane Partners, Peebles Corporation, and Claridge Properties, is a $2 billion skyscraper complex situated on Bunker Hill’s Y-1 land parcel.
The development comprises various uses centered around significant public open space, with the design of the open space being led by Olin.
The Angels Landing has been awarded a 2023 American Architecture Award from The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
Plans include 422 residential units, two hotels, cultural/civic space, and 50,000 sq. ft. of retail.
The site, most recently home to the temporary park known as Angels Knoll, was previously intended to be part of a re-development project decades ago.
On an urban scale, the project strives to connect the various neighborhoods that converge at this location, including the Financial District, the Historic Core, the Cultural District, and the Civic Center.
By using the buildings’ architecture and landscaping, the design encourages the fluid movement of people into and through the site’s many building lobbies, retail storefronts, and plazas.
The design approach is based on a number of key factors: the re-interpretation of the arrival plaza at the Pershing Square Metro Station; enhancement of the pedestrian experience of riding the Angels Flight funicular; and creating a more lively pedestrian experience to and from California Plaza and its adjacent office buildings.
Rising above the podium are two towers, organized to act as a gateway into the project site.
The lower tower is located along 4th Street and is set back from the corner of Hill Street, while the taller tower is located on the north side of the parcel and is located closer to the street edge.
The juxtaposition of the two towers creates a dynamic composition within the overall context and provides visual distinction from the surrounding context.
The 42-story tower incorporates a horizontal balcony feature that wraps around the building to create strong bands along the exterior.
The base of the taller tower is expressed by a similar balcony design, creating a dialogue between the two structures.
Above, the banding on the tower turns vertical by using protruding vertical fins that appear as layered screens in front of a horizontal substructure, exposing balconies at the corners of the floor plates.
Angels Landing is a development where urban design and architecture are fused to create a world-class development and a new landmark for the City of Los Angeles.
Project: Angels Landing
Architects: Handel Architects LLP.
Lead Architect: Gary Handel
Landscape Architects: OLIN
Clients: The Peebles Corporation and MacFarlane Partners LP.
Renderings: Courtesy of Handel Architects LLP.
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By Matthew Arrojas
The club was founded in 1926 on land that was previously an avocado plantation.
The Bath Club in Miami Beach will reopen later this month after an extensive renovation project.
Don Peebles, owner of the nearly 100-year-old private club at 5937 Collins Ave. in Miami Beach, updated much of the private club's members-only amenities. Allison Antrobus and Ruby Ramirez of Miami-based design studio Antrobus + Ramirez redesigned the property for Coral Gables-based the Peebles Corp.
The Bath Club features a three-acre private beach, a full-service spa, a fitness studio, a resort-style pool, cabanas, clay tennis courts, lounge areas and new culinary options. The private club also has six different venues providing a combined 26,000 square feet of potential event space for members.
Apicii Hospitality, a New York-based hospitality management and consulting firm, curated the Bath Club's new food and beverage options. Dining venues include the club's Courtyard, Veranda and the historic Parlor and Governor's Loggia. The restaurant and bars will serve seasonal Mediterranean-style menus.
Chef Jeff Masanz will serve as executive chef for the club. His experience comes from working in the industry at the Boca Raton Club & Resort and Diplomat Beach Resort.
According to a statement regarding the opening, the Bath Club is the only private club in Miami Beach not attached to a resort or hotel.
The club was founded in 1926 on land that was previously an avocado plantation. Over the years, it became a destination for notable figures including former President Herbert Hoover, William Vanderbilt II of the prominent Vanderbilt family, French jeweler Pierre Cartier and Boeing Co. founder William Boeing.
However, for years the club denied membership to Black and Jewish people. Peebles, the club's first Black member, purchased the property in 1999 with the intention to make the club a more inclusive experience.
“The Bath Club offers a sense of place, legacy and authenticity for all walks of life,” Peebles said in a statement. “This is where diversity and reinvention – past and future – come together for enriching experiences surrounded by privacy and luxury.”
Adjacent to the Bath Club stands the Residences at the Bath Club at 5959 Collins Ave. The condo building includes 112 units and was built in 2005.
Credit: South Florida Business Journal
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