{"id":1168,"date":"2025-10-29T16:20:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brickellsold.com\/blog\/related-group-macklowe-plan-ritz-carlton-north-bay-village\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:46:27","slug":"related-group-macklowe-plan-ritz-carlton-north-bay-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brickellsold.com\/blog\/related-group-macklowe-plan-ritz-carlton-north-bay-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Related Group, Macklowe Plan Ritz-Carlton North Bay Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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Another major brand is joining the growing pipeline of luxury condo developments in North Bay Village.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coconut Grove-based Related Group and New York-based Macklowe Properties are in talks with Ritz-Carlton to brand their planned waterfront project on Harbor Island, sources told The Real Deal.<\/em> The developers secured approval for the two-tower development at two village commission meetings in July and September.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Commissioners this summer passed a zoning ordinance that will allow the developers to build two 500-foot, 43-story waterfront towers at 8000 East Drive and 7946 East Drive via a special area plan. The project calls for 364 condos and nearly 800 parking spaces, or about two parking spaces per condo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Renderings of the planned waterfront project on Harbor Island
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Renderings of the planned waterfront project on Harbor Island
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Related is leading development of the project via its affiliate, Harbor Island Development Company. It will mark Macklowe\u2019s first development in South Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The project will take up the northern tip of Harbor Island west. The developers also plan a 9,000-square-foot public park and a 42-slip private marina. Arquitectonica, led by Bernardo Fort Brescia, is the architect.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Marriott International, which owns the Ritz-Carlton brand, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Related also did not respond to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Related and Macklowe assembled more than 4.1 acres, which include the Biscayne Sea Club co-op and the Majestic Isle condo building. An entity linked to the developers paid $47.7 million for Biscayne Sea Club in late 2023 after a drawn-out and litigious sale process with the co-op community.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The developers also bought out unit owners at the Majestic Isle condo building, which had been declared unsafe. Last summer, a Related-Macklowe entity terminated the Majestic Isle condo association, a legal process required to eventually tear down and redevelop the site.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ritz-Carlton has branded other luxury condo buildings in South Florida, including Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami<\/a> Beach and Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove. A Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach is planned as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

North Bay Village is part of the branded residential boom taking over many of South Florida\u2019s coastal markets. Planned projects in the three-island town include Mikael Hamaoui\u2019s 30-story, 70-unit Pagani-branded condo tower at 7940 West Drive, also on Harbor Island.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Eichner family\u2019s New York and North Bay Village-based Continuum Company also plans two condo towers, a 200-key Continuum hotel and marina on 4.5 acres in North Bay Village that include the former Shucker\u2019s and Best Western property.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The largest project announced is the planned, phased, 14-acre redevelopment by the billionaire Ansin family\u2019s North Bay Village-based Sunbeam Properties into 7.3 million square feet of development, which is expected to include roughly 2,000 residential units, 300 hotel keys and commercial space.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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