Tall & Urban News

A proposed 30-story apartment development near downtown Fort Lauderdale was granted approval despite some design features that differ from city standards. The city's downtown master plan requires minimum setbacks. 

Mainstreet is planning the 270-unit multifamily project, called Flagler Sky View. It will be in the Flagler Village area just north of downtown Fort Lauderdale.

The Fort Lauderdale City Commission voted Tuesday, 6 December 2022 to approve an “alternative design” of Flagler Sky View for a site plan development permit. 

A company controlled by Paul J. Kilgallon, president of Fort Lauderdale-based Mainstreet Capital Partners, bought the 0.7-acre development site of Flagler Sky View for US$3.25 million in December of 2021.

County records also show that the site has changed hands six times since 1996, when it sold for US$177,300.

Flagler Sky View is among the latest in a boom of high-rise residential developments in recent years in Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding area. Over 10,000 residential units have been built or approved in the last five years in the downtown area. 

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