Project Team
Owner: One Las Olas Ltd. - Omni Equities Corp.
Location: Fort Lauderdale
Cost: $135 million
Contractor: Suffolk Construction Co., West Palm Beach
Architect: The Sieger Suarez Architectural Partnership, Miami

The Las Olas River House is one of Fort Lauderdale's most prestigious additions to the local luxury condominium market. The uniquely designed condominium - billed as the tallest residential building between Fort Lauderdale and Atlanta - features two 42-story towers plus a 34-story building for a total of 1.2 million sq. ft.

Upon completion, it became the tallest building in Broward County. Altogether, Las Olas River House accommodates roughly 280 residential units ranging in size from 2,400 to 9,860 sq. ft.

The building foundation consists of 850 auger-cast piles and concrete pile caps. According to Suffolk Construction, all of the major pile caps, as well as some of the smaller ones, penetrated up to 8 ft. into the water table.

With the jobsite only about 50 ft. from the New River, dewatering was a major issue. At one point the contractors were pumping nearly 2 million gallons of water per day from the site, without polluting the river.

Suffolk and its team of subcontractors erected the main towers at a rate of one floor per week. This was achieved through a three-pour-per-week schedule to build the approximately 26,000-sq.-ft. floors.

The building's exterior wall system consists of blue-tinted, floor-to-ceiling glass. The blue glass minimizes the heat load to the apartments.

Amenities include a five-level fitness club and spa, semiprivate elevators, media rooms, convenience store, library and a sixth-floor recreation deck with putting greens and swimming pool.