In looking at Downtown in Google Earth, I was amazed at how many surface parking lots and crappy little structures there are.

I'm wondering what will happen to the lots directly west of the row of condos from Marquis to the Freedom Tower.

As it is right now, there will be a row of gorgeous million dollar condos right next to crap.......

I have highlighted the crap in blue.

What will be built there? There won't be many water views unless they build really high.....>800feet and the FAA probably won't go for that.

So are we looking at mixed-use cause of no water views? High-density commerical, office, retail, maybe some condos?

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2299/futuredevelopment7ky.jpg

It'll be no different than NYC or Chicago. Not everyone will have prime sightlines to the water. That's life in the big city.

some affordable housing would be nice but wont happen,also a nice pedestrian friendly village thing,of cousre it won't happen.

i believe the owners of some of these lots include hank sopher,boymelgreen,and royal palm.they'll mostly be used for parking for the triple a now since the old parking lots are where the projects are being built.later in the future i believe they'll be sold or developed.

well atleast we have some crappy buildings and parking lots to knock down to build scrapers, cant wait til that happens and we start expanding the skyline from east- to west,

Oh Hatter....Pessimistic, but at least you aren't well informed....our youth today are so cute...
also a nice pedestrian friendly village thing,of cousre it won't happen.In fact, the pedestrian Promenade one half block south of the 11th street (the 24 hour entertainment district) was dedicated a few weeks ago...."probably not going to happen" because it already did. :)

Based on the info I have from emporis.com the condo Platinum on the bay is under construction and planned to be 590 feet over ground but i dont find any info of this project in the web,does anybody know is the information from emporis is accurate or they are putting a wrong number>I did find that there is a condo called Platinum in that same area but only 22 stories.I appreciate any help ... :) :)

wont b developed for quite a while i dont think... and who knows what the market will b demanding by then... id say itll prob b alotta mixed use, with a lot of modest office buildings and modest condos... nothing to fancy... but who knows, who could have predicted this condo boom now?

suncity,platinum on the bay is infront of platinum and it is 590ft it a pretty nice building but its not u/c it just got approved recently

Thank you Mad Hatter!!! Today I was driving soth by biscayne boulevar and i saw a lot of cranes ,in particular in the midtown area,we used to follow two or three projects at a time but now is more difficult to know what is going on in every spot of construcction down there