Andrew Schein News Today

A proposed 30-story residential tower south of the New River in Fort Lauderdale is under review by the city on land that was once designated for an affordable micro-apartment project by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

A 45-story condo tower on Fort Lauderdale's Las Olas Boulevard is under construction near the Henry Kinney tunnel. Related Group plans a 192-unit high-rise that would supply the central business district with high-end income residents who would patronize the boulevard's shops and restaurants and work in downtown offices.

A second tower on West Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale would edge out a planned 570-foot sister building by 26 feet. The two projects by a joint venture of the Kushner Co. of New York and Aimco of Denver would form a plaza-like gateway to downtown west of the Florida East Coast Railway tracks.

Commissioners voted despite the objections of the developer’s attorney, who warned they were too late and had missed their chance.

Some who live on Hendricks Isle say the street is taking on a crowded, almost claustrophobic feel as developers build on every square inch they can and as high as they can.