Tall & Urban News

Plans for a new 48-story mixed-use tower named 11 Andrews have been submitted to Fort Lauderdale’s Design Review Committee (DRC) for review. The project is designed by CUBE 3 with Witkin Hults + Partners as the landscape architect and is being proposed by Miami Beach-based Bachow Ventures managed by Noah Bachow. The building would rise approximately 479 feet (145 meters) to the roof, or 496 feet (151.2 meters) to the mechanical screen, and would yield an estimated 732,000 square feet (68,005 square meters) of space including 425 residential units, 7,400 square feet (687 square meters) of commercial space and 425 parking spaces.

The property is addressed as 11 North Andrews Avenue located on the southwest corner of Northwest 1st Street and North Andrews Avenue, and Broward Boulevard borders the southern side of the property. The approximate 26,000-square-foot interior lot is generally located within the Downtown Core, south of Flagler Village, and is a block away from Fort Lauderdale's Brightline train station. 

As per the DRC filing, the overall design of the building creates a unique architectural language that grounds the structure, including vertical stucco elements up to the 31st floor on the west façade and 27th floor on the east façade, which transitions to diagonal stucco elements that become progressively thinner as they approach the pinnacle of the tower. The diagonal stucco elements grow progressively larger towards the middle of the building and begin to grow progressively smaller through to the roof level, peeling back to reveal glass facades and exposed balconies as it tapers upward. This element is reminiscent of a boat’s sail, and creates exposure for additional glazing on the upper floors of the tower, providing a significant visual interest to the entire tower while paying homage to its location in the boating capital of the world. 

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