SUNRISE | Metropica

The project is located in Sunrise, not Fort Lauderdale. Please have QuantumX fix this.

From the website:

"...Situated in the heart of thriving Western Broward County, Florida, METROPICA is 65-acre, mixed-use development project that is positioned to become the new “urban core” of the city of Sunrise, Florida. The development has been conceived as a unique, up-scale experience that will appeal to professionals and residents alike who are looking for an “urban” flavor in an otherwise, suburban landscape.

METROPICA is based on “human modernism” a strategy that strives to create new cities as “places” that are reflective of their time.

The development and its all encompassing atmosphere strive to bring the best that a vibrant city has to offer to Western Broward County by creating an environment that combines natural beauty with a live + work + play environment that is “alive” 24 hours a day. Taking a morning jog through a green oasis, having an informal afternoon meeting in the sun, or setting out on a evening stroll along a fragrant walkway, are all possibilities that will be available to the people who choose to take part in the METROPICA experience..."

Metropica gets green light in Sunrise

Commission approves development agreement; project to break ground in 2015

By Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel
May 14, 2014

SUNRISE —
Metropica, a $1 billion project with enough square feet to hold 70 football fields, won a key endorsement from Sunrise commissioners Tuesday night.

Sitting as the city's Local Planning Agency, commissioners gave unanimous approval to a development agreement that sets design guidelines developer Joseph Kavana must follow as the 4 million-square-foot project is built over the next decade.

"I would call it a dream community," Kavana told commissioners before the vote. "It's a self-contained community where the residents who live there will have access to their own amenities."

The transit-oriented development would encourage residents to get around on foot — or bike — rather than hopping in their cars, said Susan Motley, an attorney for Metropica.

Initial phases call for 1,250 high-rise units, 485,000 square feet of commercial and 150,000 square feet of office space on 28 acres.

But when finished, Metropica would have up to 2,500 condos, 300 townhomes, 485,000 square feet of commercial space and 785,000 square feet of office space, plus a 2-acre park that will be deeded to the city.

The building height would be capped at 300 feet, or about 30 stories.

Eventually, Metropica's developers will seek approval from Sunrise commissioners to rezone the land.

"This is not the first step in our process, but an important step," Motley said of Tuesday's vote. "We need several things to happen before we can get a shovel in the ground."

Commissioners also must sign off on the project's master plan and phased-in site plans for the 50-acre site, located just west of Sawgrass Mills at Sunrise Boulevard and Northwest 136th Avenue.

"We believe this intersection is the nexus of the next development wave that will occur," Kavana associate Erick Collazo told commissioners.

Metropica will likely break ground in early 2015, Motley said.

Kavana hired experts who determined there are no protected species or historic sites on the land, Collazo said.

Critics questioned whether Sunrise has the water capacity to accommodate the project. Collazo said the city has advised him that it does.

Sunrise resident Skye McCloud said she was taken aback by the size of the project.

"I'm not going to ask you to stop it," she told commissioners. "I'd like the residents to know more about the environmental impacts. The scope of this is just mind-boggling to me."

Commissioner Joey Scuotto said he had been hearing of Kavana's vision for more than 10 years.

"We can't just stop every single development that comes to this city because of a few people," Scuotto said, referring to a handful of critics. "We're all believers in this project. The residents aren't here tonight because obviously they don't see it as a burden to the city."

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Metropica Master Plan Receives Final Approvals.

JWNative said:

Hmmmm? That's a popular property. Isn't that the same plot of land for the proposed Pelion project and the Sawgrass Mall parking garage?

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No, it's not. The Pelion Ski Resort (dead in Sunrise) was 'planned' for the lot north of the Metropica site and directly across from BB&T Center.
The new Sawgrass Mills/Colonnades parking garage will be in front of the Grand Lux Cafe and PF Changs restaurants.

UMdev said:

I'm normally defending developers but man, that looks horrible. The buildings by themselves look fine, but grouped together they look like a Soviet housing commune. At least angle some of the buildings different.

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Well said, I should know, I lived in one. I think each building needs to have different architecture.

UMdev said:

I'm normally defending developers but man, that looks horrible. The buildings by themselves look fine, but grouped together they look like a Soviet housing commune. At least angle some of the buildings different.

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I think it's the uniformity+width. It makes them less like towers and, as you said, more like commieblocks. At least the emerald colour in the picture makes it seem more lively than the notorious soviet-blocks.

So I'm assuming that Hong Kong style pencil-towers aren't allowed in South FL?

Reuental said:

I think it's the uniformity+width. It makes them less like towers and, as you said, more like commieblocks. At least the emerald colour in the picture makes it seem more lively than the notorious soviet-blocks.

So I'm assuming that Hong Kong style pencil-towers aren't allowed in South FL?

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I think it's pretty much all of the above. Make 2 buildings thicker, 2 building taller and angle 2 buildings and it would look a little more organic. Look at city center, it's basically the same thing but looks 1000x better.

Massive 65-acre project will bring condos, new mall to Sunrise

BY NICHOLAS NEHAMAS
[email protected]

A long-dormant, 65-acre project that will bring high-rise condos and upscale retail to suburban Sunrise is set to break ground this summer.

The first phase of the mixed-use project, scheduled to open in early 2017, will include a 263-unit residential tower with views of the Everglades and a 480,000-square-foot mall anchored by the luxury cinema iPic Theaters, as well as two hotels, an apartment building and office space. It will be centered around a 21-acre park.

Completing the massive development, called Metropica, could cost more than $1 billion.

“We’re creating a downtown for southwest Broward,” said developer Joseph Kavana. The project’s neighbors include the 350-store Sawgrass Mills mall and the BB&T Center arena.

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Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article21516066.html#storylink=cpy

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