Tavistock Files Demolition Permit for Pier Sixty-Six, Fort Lauderdale
The filing is the clearest signal yet that Tavistock is moving from a completed marina and hotel phase into the resort's residential and commercial build-out.
Tavistock Development Group has filed a demolition permit for the second phase of Pier Sixty-Six at 2301 SE 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale, according to The Real Deal’s weekly South Florida permits roundup. The filing clears the way for four 25-story towers carrying 339 residences, along with retail, office space and a grocery store, on roughly eight acres of the waterfront resort site.
Why it matters
A demolition permit is the first hard evidence that a developer is actually moving, not just planning. Tavistock already delivered Pier Sixty-Six’s marina and hotel phase, and pulling a demo permit for the next eight acres signals the project is transitioning from stabilized operating asset into active construction. For other Broward developers, it is a read on absorption confidence: Tavistock is committing to add 339 more residences and over 185,000 square feet of commercial space into the Fort Lauderdale market at a moment when several waterfront competitors are still in entitlement. The scale also matters for the surrounding Southeast 17th Street corridor, where four new 25-story towers change the density calculus for every adjacent parcel.
The numbers
Phase two calls for four towers at 25 stories each, 339 residential units, and more than 185,000 square feet of new commercial space across roughly eight acres, plus a waterfront promenade and expanded public access areas. The overall Pier Sixty-Six property last traded for $163.3 million in 2016, before Tavistock’s redevelopment began.
What’s next
A demolition permit typically precedes vertical construction by months, not years, so the next marker to watch is Tavistock pulling foundation or building permits for the first of the four towers. The filing also sets up a test of Fort Lauderdale’s appetite for high-rise waterfront product at this scale, coming as the Miami region’s broader South Florida marina and resort pipeline keeps adding capacity. AmDev will track the site plan and building permits as they post.