Demolition filed for Normandy Plaza as developers seek a taller North Beach condo
Applications would take down the condemned 1936 hotel at 6979 Collins Ave. for a planned 17-story condo, and new filings ask the city to allow more height and floor area.
The owners of two oceanfront hotels at 71st Street and Collins Avenue have applied to demolish the condemned Normandy Plaza Hotel, and they have asked the city to consider letting them build bigger than now allowed, city records show.
An application filed Sept. 24 seeks a permit for the total demolition of the four-story hotel at 6979 Collins Ave., including its slabs and foundations. Two more filed Oct. 26 and Oct. 29 cover the hotel next door at 6985 Collins Ave.: taking down some walls, filling in its pool and building a ramp so equipment can reach the Normandy Plaza. All three were listed as applied for, not issued, on Wednesday.
A condo already approved
The Normandy Plaza, built in 1936 with 63 rooms according to the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser, has been closed since it was deemed unsafe in 2018, Florida YIMBY reported. The Property Appraiser lists both hotels under KT Collins Ave LLC. Commercial Observer reported in January that the Kolter Group and BH Group bought the Normandy Plaza for $26 million, after paying $24 million for the neighboring Crystal Beach Suites in 2023, and plan a 17-story, 37-unit condo designed by Kobi Karp.
The city’s Historic Preservation Board approved a new multifamily building on the site in a case filed in March 2025, the city’s records show.
Asking for more
In October, the applicant went back to the city. Filings from Oct. 8 through Oct. 20 ask for Planning Board meetings to discuss a “proposed FAR and height increase,” and for amendments to the city’s comprehensive plan and its land development regulations, along with a traffic study. A companion request seeks changes to the Resiliency Code, the city’s zoning code. Floor area ratio, or FAR, caps how much building can go on a lot.
The filings don’t say how much taller or bigger the developers want to go. All were listed as under review, and none appeared on city board agendas for the next six weeks.
The Casablanca, about seven blocks south at 6345 Collins Ave., filed similar requests the same month (see story).
Sources
- City of Miami Beach Civic Access — BC2628711, total demolition application, 6979 Collins Ave. (applied Sept. 24, 2026)
- City of Miami Beach Civic Access — BC2628904, partial demolition and access ramp, 6985 Collins Ave. (applied Oct. 29, 2026)
- City of Miami Beach Civic Access — RWP1026-15303, right-of-way permit for demolition access, 6985 Collins Ave. (applied Oct. 26, 2026)
- City of Miami Beach Civic Access — PB26-0882, Planning Board land development regulations amendment, 6985 Collins Ave. (Oct. 19, 2026)
- City of Miami Beach Civic Access — PB26-0883, Planning Board comprehensive plan amendment, 6985 Collins Ave. (Oct. 20, 2026)
- City of Miami Beach Civic Access — TRN26-0079, traffic study, 6985 Collins Ave. (Oct. 19, 2026)
- City of Miami Beach Civic Access — HPB25-0652, Historic Preservation Board approval, 6985 Collins Ave.
- Miami-Dade Property Appraiser — folios 0232110020710 (6979 Collins Ave.) and 0232110020700 (6985 Collins Ave.)
- Commercial Observer — Kolter Expands Development Site for Luxe Miami Beach Condo (Jan. 22, 2026)
- Florida YIMBY — Developers Seek Approval for 17-Story Condo at 6985 Collins Ave. (Aug. 31, 2025)
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