Integra Solutions won city approval to build more condos and add hotel rooms at its 14-story Sereno development in Fort Lauderdale’s North Beach area. It’s the third version of the mixed-use project since its initial approval four years ago.
The Fort Lauderdale City Commission unanimously approved Integra’s proposed amendment to a development permit raising the number of condos at Sereno from 76 to 88 and adding 113 hotel rooms.
Led by Paulo de Tavares Melo, Victor Ballestas, and Nelson Stabile, Miami-based Integra acquired the development site at 2901 East 9th Court through an affiliated company for $7.2 million in 2021, according to state and county records.
Their long-simmering development was called Ocean Park Residences in 2022 when it won city approval of the development as a 12-story, mixed-use property with 100 hotel rooms and 54 multifamily residential units, according to the site plan application.
In 2024, Integra got city permission to increase the number of multifamily units from 54 to 76, raise the building height to 14 stories, and eliminate the hotel rooms. Ballestas, one of Integra’s principals, told The Real Deal in 2024 that the development would be easier to finance without hotel rooms in the aftermath of the pandemic. The 2024 version of the development also replaced an underground parking garage with a five-story, above-ground parking structure topped by a swimming pool and an amenity deck with a pickleball court.
Sereno now has a two-building design that reintroduces hotel rooms and includes 1,800 square feet of commercial space. The condos and hotel rooms would be in the 14-story east building, designed with a rooftop pool deck. The west building would have four levels of parking and a fifth level dedicated to indoor and outdoor amenities that wouldn’t include the previously approved pickleball court.
The Fort Lauderdale Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval of the Sereno permit amendment in a unanimous vote in March.