The complex on the southwest corner of East Las Olas Boulevard at Tarpon Drive combines townhomes, retail/restaurant and office space to create a neighborhood environment that complements downtown's historic Colee Hammock section. According to Smoker, Himmarshee Landing is designed to realize the full 24-hour living environment that the Las Olas area has to offer. “Thanks to the City of Fort Lauderdale's vision for a first-class, 24-hour downtown, Himmarshee Landing is a project whose time has come," said Smoker, a Fort Lauderdale developer and community leader who has lived in the city since 1956 and also developed the Northern Trust Bank building and the Wyland Gallery retail strip across from the Himmarshee project. "The design input from Colee Hammock’s residents, businesses and church organizations has set the stage for a center that will be integral to the neighborhood, offering walk-to access to offices, shopping, restaurants and houses of worship."

Among the center's key components are: Three 3-story, 2,400- to 2,700-sq.-ft. townhomes sited along Tarpon Drive that will introduce an innovative tropical "South Florida brownstone" concept recalling the brownstones of New York and Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown area. The townhomes feature two-car garages and private courtyards. · Six 3-story, 2,400-sq.-ft. townhomes fronting the Himmarshee Canal will offer South Florida-style brownstones reminiscent of historic Charleston, South Carolina row homes. The homes will feature side piazzas, private courtyards, and balconies overlooking the water on three levels. (All nine townhomes will offer unobstructed ocean access boat dockage.) · 41,000 sq. ft. of office space in four stories with an airy, central two-story atrium, and a fifth-floor penthouse suite in one wing. · 7,750 sq. ft. of ground floor retail and restaurant space, with outdoor covered dining. · A ground-floor pedestrian plaza for strolling, shopping and dining. · Private parking invisible from the street masked by the townhomes and offices accessed through a formal arched entranceway. The center's design is a composition "indigenous to Fort Lauderdale that's in character with the surrounding architectural style and scale of the Colee Hammock neighborhood," said Smoker. The design for the multi-tiered center's stepped levels blends Mizner-styled barrel tile, cornices and ornamentation with soft contemporary shapes and staggered corners. Frances Abreau is among the sources of inspiration for the center's look. The late architect's work is visible in many of the Colee Hammock area's 1930s homes and buildings.

"The center achieves a formal, yet highly-livable human scale tailored to enhance quality of life for its surrounding residents, office workers and neighbors," said Smoker. "Our goal is to create an elegant, downtown sense of place -- a sense that Himmarshee Landing has always been part of the neighborhood." For more information you can see elevations and site plans at the web site www.ejsmoker.com or call 954-763-6055

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