Miramar Cove, a mammoth $1 billion mixed-use development, will bring new life to western Broward with 2,874 residences along with dozens of restaurants, bars and shops — and a 185-room hotel.
“There will be gondolas where you can go from restaurant to restaurant, similar to the Venetian in Vegas,” developer Andy Ansin said Wednesday during a groundbreaking ceremony that drew a crowd of more than 200 people.
“We’ll have a boardwalk on the water, so you’ll be able to sit outside the restaurant and be on the water, see the gondolas, see the fountain show,” Ansin told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “And have an experience that’s really hard to find anywhere in South Florida. One of our taglines is, ‘We’re bringing the beach to Miramar.’”
The project has already broken ground and is expected to be open by the end of 2028, said Ansin, CEO of Sunbeam Properties and owner of WSVN-Ch 7.
An estimated 8,000 residents are expected to make their home at Miramar Cove, located at Miramar Parkway and Red Road, just minutes from Florida’s Turnpike.
The project calls for up to eight apartment buildings that will stand eight to 10 stories tall, Ansin said.
Once built, the project is expected to draw thousands of guests from all over South Florida curious to check out the new destination.
The land, once cow pasture, was purchased by Ansin’s grandfather in the 1940s for $100 an acre – a total of $12,500, Ansin told the crowd gathered under a white tent set up on cleared land not far from mountains of dirt.
At 125 acres, the Miramar Cove project will be one of the largest mixed-use developments in the history of Broward County, Ansin said.
The project, owned by Sunbeam and developed by Stiles, will include rental 200 townhomes and more than 2,600 apartments, an entertainment district, a beach club for residents of Miramar Cove and more than 40 acres of parks for a growing population center that’s home to nearly 500,000 residents within 5 miles.
The community will feature walkable, tree-lined streets and 5.5 acres of translucent blue water, creating an inland waterfront in a city miles from the beach.
A supermarket is also planned along with 125,000 square feet of Class A office space.
The project also sits adjacent to Sunbeam’s Miramar Park of Commerce, one of South Florida’s premier business hubs, home to more than 15,000 employees across 165 national and international companies.
It’s too soon to say what the rent will be, Ansin told the Sun Sentinel.
“I think the rent will end up being a little higher than market rate because of all the amenities,” Ansin said. “A lot of people who live in apartments today have pets. So they will be pet-friendly.”
Nearly one-third of the site is dedicated to water, creating a setting that is rare not just for this market, but for any inland development in South Florida, Ansin said.
The tech and innovation behind the basin is the same as at marquee waterfront projects, including Monaco Yacht Club in Miami Beach, The Strand in Turks & Caicos and Royal Caribbean’s Hideaway Beach at CocoCay in the Bahamas.
The development is designed around everyday life on the water, drawing on the principles of a 15-minute community where residents, workers and visitors can meet most of their daily needs without ever getting in a car, Ansin said.
Designed to support a healthy, active lifestyle, the development will offer 5 miles of walking paths connecting the entire 125-acre community, complemented by Founders Park’s 10 acres of green space and The Estuary’s 25 acres of natural trails.
For years, West Broward residents have had to drive east to find entertainment, and of course, waterfront dining.
Miramar Cove changes that, Mayor Wayne Messam told the Sun Sentinel.
“This is creating a diversity of recreational, housing and dining experiences for Miramar,” Messam said. “We’ve had to go to Fort Lauderdale and Miami or even Pembroke Pines to find a decent restaurant.”
The mayor said he and other city leaders approached the Ansin family years ago to see if there was interest in bringing a mixed-use project to Miramar.
“That was a decade ago,” Messam said. “The timing was not right. But as the years went by, that changed. And here we are today. This develops the last large parcel in our city — the last 125 acres.”
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