Residences at the project, at 135 Ocean Drive, are to
range from 1,300 square feet to 6,200 square feet. Michael Samuel is also a principal of Midtown Group, the New York-based
development company behind the planned, $2.3 billion,
self-contained urban community known as Midtown Miami.
For that project, he oversees day-to-day development
operations and is responsible for master planning.
As designed by architects Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe
& Associates, units have an east-west flow-through
design allowing for natural light from sunrise to
sunset.
Deborah Samuel described the residences' open-plan
design as "a canvas to inspire a modern, comfortable
home."
However, that canvas is hardly blank. Luxuries
studding it include private elevators, floor-to-ceiling
windows, wireless lighting controls, custom home theater
systems and reservation services access.
Service quarters with separate entrances are standard
in each residence.
Kitchens include gas stoves and elongated granite
countertops, while bathrooms have a glass-enclosed
shower and toilet/bidet area and limestone floors.
South
of Fifth is a 28-unit residential project, set to rise
in a place better known for taller towers - South Beach.
The project, South of Fifth, is to include just nine
lofts, 10 condominiums, three penthouses, three cabanas
and three two-story beach houses.