Andy Ansin’s Sunbeam Properties Starts Miramar Megaproject

Construction of a nearly 3,000-unit mixed-use megadevelopment in Miramar started, as the Ansin family’s Sunbeam pushes deeper into real estate.

Miramar-based Sunbeam Properties and Fort Lauderdale-based Stiles, led by Kenneth Stiles, are partnering on the 125-acre Miramar Cove project that will consist of 2,874 residential units, 400,000 square feet of retail anchored by a 35,000-square-foot grocery store, 125,000 square feet of offices and a 185-key hotel, according to a Miramar Cove news release. The project’s centerpiece will be a 5.5-acre water basin. Miramar Cove will have 5 miles of walking paths traversing the community and over 30 acres of open park space.

Rendering of the Miramar Cove project (Cooper Carry)

The project is planned on the vacant land on the northeast corner of Miramar Parkway and Red Road, near Sunbeam’s Miramar Park of Commerce business and industrial complex.

Construction kicked off on Wednesday. Completion is expected in the fourth quarter of 2028, according to the release.

Sunbeam proposed the project in 2024 and subsequently scored approvals for a development agreement with the city and commission approvals.

Andy Ansin, who now leads Sunbeam and spoke at Wednesday’s groundbreaking, is continuing his family’s legacy, though he’s seemingly pushing harder into real estate. The family is known in South Florida as the owner of Miami’s WSVN-Channel 7, a Fox affiliate. The late Ed Ansin and his father, Sidney Ansin –– Andy Ansin’s father and grandfather –– started Sunbeam Television.

The legacy development for Sunbeam’s real estate arm has been the 5.5 million-square-foot Miramar Park of Commerce. A new WSVN studio and offices are under construction at that complex.

The 125-acre site where Miramar Cove will be built was purchased by Andy Ansin’s grandfather about 70 years ago for roughly $100 per acre, according to Miramar News.

Sunbeam is homing in on another area where it has a long history: North Bay Village, a municipality consisting of three man-made islands between Miami and Miami Beach. North Bay Village has been the longtime home to WSVN’s studios. The TV station is moving as Sunbeam plans a 7.3 million-square-foot mixed-use project on the site and surrounding properties. Plans call for residential units, a hotel and commercial space.

–– Lidia Dinkova