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Icon Bay
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U/C in 2014
General information
Status Complete
Type Residential
Location 460 NE 28th Street, Miami, Florida, United States
Coordinates 25°48′13″N 80°11′14″W / 25.8035984°N 80.1871881°W / 25.8035984; -80.1871881
Construction started 2013
Completed 2015
Height 494 feet (150.6 m)
Technical details
Floor count 42
Design and construction
Architect Bernardo Fort-Brescia
Developer The Related Group
Main contractor Plaza Construction Group

Icon Bay is a residential high-rise in the Edgewater neighborhood of Miami, Florida, containing about 300 units over 42 floors. In return for using the end of a city of Miami owned street where it meets Biscayne Bay, the project design approved included a small public park as appeasement. In 2016, the building was awarded sixth place in the Emporis best new skyscraper annual awards.

Design

The developer designed the building so that each unit can be cross-ventilated. Each unit has 2-3 frontages in order to achieve this. The balconies are designed with a zig-zag pattern which: the design element invites more light into the apartments.

The building has 300 one, two and three bedroom apartment/units.

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