A developer with a plan to reactivate the rehabilitation of Miami’s historically designated Salvation Army Citadel building and the redevelopment of the adjacent property is moving ahead.
Owner-developer 49 NW 5TH STREET LLC is proposing the major rehabilitation of the historic site at 49 NW Fifth St. and 50 NW Sixth St.
The company plans a complete restoration of the remaining historic portion of the Salvation Army Citadel building, demolition of a later addition, and construction of a new mixed-use residential development; a five-story podium with active retail and habitable uses along all frontages, and 135 parking spaces.
Above the podium, the project includes a tower with 526 residences and related amenities.
The city’s Historic Environmental Preservation Board (HEPB) recently voted to approve a special certificate of appropriateness to permit partial demolition, alterations, an addition, and site improvements to an individually designated historic resource, the Salvation Army Citadel.
The vote was unanimous.
The board did, however, recommend the more traditional arches, rather than the more modern squared arch design in later renderings.
In January the city’s Urban Development Review Board voted unanimously to recommend approval of the project, with one condition: the developer must include a natural green wall, located behind the historic Citadel building.
The resolution included conditions:
■Develop following plans prepared by O’Donnell Dannwolf and Partners Architects Inc.
■Submit for approval manufacturers’ brochures or color photographs of proposed design elements and materials, including windows, doors and roofing.
■Use glass within the historic structure that’s clear and/or Low-E – no tinted or opaque glass.
■Vertically score the screen behind the historic structure into the same number of bays as the second and third stories to align it with the façade. HEPB staff is to approve the final design.
■Restore original materials in the historic building, including replacement of windows with historically appropriate casement windows.
■Replace the reclaimed brick pavement with plain concrete scored into a pointed arch pattern or continue the undulation pavement to mirror the historic building and to not visually contrast in material and color with the building.
■Restudy the proposed green wall and provide an alternative more in keeping with both the urban context and design of the historic structure to transition between the proportions of the historic structure and the addition. Staff is to approve the final design.
■Put all tenant signage under separate permit. Submit a master sign plan for staff review and approval.
The property is within walking distance of Brightline, Metrorail, and Metromover stations.
An historic preservation division staff analysis says the city’s HEPB on July 26, 1983, designated the property at 49 NW Fifth St. known as Salvation Army Citadel as a locally designated resource.
“The property … contains a 1925-6 Gothic Revival commercial building,” reads the analysis. “It is three-story, symmetrically massed with three bays across the south façade, and of reinforced concrete construction sheathed in rusticated stucco on the first story and rough textured stucco on the second and third stories.
“The building is covered by a flat roof with the southern two bays having a low-pitched hipped roof supported by brackets. The first southerly bay of the building is supported by octagonal columns and pointed arches that form an arcade over the sidewalk. Two similar arches mark the main central entrance.
“The windows on the second and third stories are grouped in bays outlined by quoins. Each window is topped with an ogee arch decorated with cinquefoil and trefoil tracery,” reads the analysis.
The new rehabilitation and redevelopment was designed by ODP Architecture and Design.
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