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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting November 15,2012 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida <br /> the City,and that is Gateway Park and the Parking Garage. Also,finishing up St.Tropez and <br /> making it a truly impressive entrance into the City. He said they have a 600-foot baywalk at <br /> the back of St. Tropez 3 Towers, and this new project will extend it to 1,200 feet with four <br /> entry points for the public to access that baywalk with signage saying that it is open to the <br /> public. He also noted that they went to the Shoreline Review Committee of Miami-Dade <br /> County and they unanimously approved this project. <br /> Eduardo Castineira, Architect President/CEO of Axioma3Architects, presented renderings <br /> and 3D models of the proposed project with a total of about 1,300 linear feet of construction. <br /> After research they found that it will be the largest façade in all of South Florida and probably <br /> all of Florida. It presents an incredible challenge to an architect to make it a project with a <br /> uniform continuity and expression and at the same time they don't want to be repetitive and <br /> cookie cut the whole project. There is retail promenade space at the ground level with several <br /> levels of parking. It is not a project that has units in that area that could have balconies;that <br /> would call for architectural elements. In St.Tropez I the project is built and most would agree <br /> it is a project that makes a statement. The vision has been from day one to create something <br /> with the sophistication of the architectural language that they introduced. <br /> Architect Castineira said Phase II of the project are Towers 4& 5 with a similar style paying <br /> close attention to not just repeat elements over and over again and they are focusing on <br /> introducing new architectural elements and details in that part of the building so it will have <br /> its own flavor. There will be 530 linear feet of construction and so there are a lot of <br /> opportunities there. On the other end is Phase III of the project which is the corner, a much <br /> smaller lot. It is only 162 linear feet of construction but that is probably one of the most <br /> important lots in the City because it is a corner lot and it is at the intersection of Collins <br /> Avenue and 163rd Street. Definitely there we are looking at the possibilities of the pedestal to <br /> have a terminating element and the focus corner marked architectural. They have treated that <br /> with an office building that basically has its own character. He handed out a booklet that <br /> captures all it all beginning with the corner lot and working its way west. In working with <br /> staff they had a fantastic dialogue of concerns,and they have looked at recommendations and <br /> tweaked elements, etc. At the end of the day we are talking about a lot that is rather small,it <br /> is incredibly complex to build on and has limitations and challenges. It is a lot that has three <br /> (3)good sides,traveling on Collins Avenue you will look at the north and south façade, and <br /> St. Tropez east which is the main façade toward this building. That raises one question right <br /> off the bat,where do we put the core,the elevator shaft,the stairs,the ramp for the vehicles? <br /> They didn't want to do it on Sunny Isles Boulevard because that would eliminate the <br /> possibility of having store fronts and a retail area. They didn't want to do it on Collins <br /> Avenue because it is not going to be a very attractive elevation,and we didn't want to do it on <br /> the façade toward the waterways because that is again part of the boardwalk experience and <br /> part of that whole view from Collins Avenue heading north. And so there was only one area <br /> where they could do it which was back to back with the Phase I project. In situations like this, <br /> there is always a sacrifice, and this is a sacrifice that was very meticulously thought through <br /> for the betterment of the project,benefiting his client,the development,and also the City. In <br /> continuation of the retail and baywalk experience they have continued the retail space on <br /> Sunny Isles Boulevard, it is not interrupted with any vehicle entrances or exits. <br /> Architect Castineira said the Collins Avenue elevation is an elevation that had to solve a lot of <br /> problems. It had to solve the problems of service for the retail, every retail component in <br /> 10 <br />