Ocean Drive Magazine
September 2013
Sunset Harbour’s Anchor
The neighborhood’s new retailparking venture has aided its transformation into a culinary mecca.
By Juan David Romero
You don’t normally associate parking garages with deliciousness, but in the instance of Sunset Harbour’s new four-story city-owned garage, open since September 2012, that’s exactly the case. Boston’s Emack & Bolio’s ice cream, Wynwood’s Panther Coffee, and Icebox Cafe (formerly of Lincoln Road) have all found a home in the structure’s first-floor retail space, and new nearby eateries such as Brooklyn’s famed Lucali pizza and four Pubbelly restaurants are part of the flavor spike as well. The project, which includes 460 parking spaces and 26,000 square feet of retail, unfolded as a public/private venture between real estate developer partners Scott Robins and Philip Levine and the City of Miami Beach. “We wanted to bring in the best of Miami Beach and people that had been displaced from Lincoln Road and Ocean Drive,” Robins says. Architecture firm Arquitectonica designed the building with an intricate geometrical façade and pedestrian walk-through, providing the bayfront enclave with bites and drinks—and making it one of the most desirable neighborhoods in town.