North Miami Beach is doubling down on condos instead of hotel keys at The William, a planned tower on Northeast 163rd Street that just cleared a key hurdle at City Hall.
On Monday, commissioners signed off on a revised site plan that lets the developer scrap 30 previously approved hotel rooms and replace them with additional condominiums, bringing the total residential count to 374. The 25-story building at 2040 Northeast 163rd Street keeps its two amenity levels, including a ninth-floor pool and clubhouse and a rooftop Coral Lounge with a pickleball court, plus roughly 4,500 square feet of ground-floor retail. The development team says about 23 percent of the units are already presold, and the project is now being pushed toward permitting and construction.
According to The Real Deal, the City Commission approved the change that converts the 30-room hotel allocation into condos and lifts the unit count to 374. City of North Miami Beach records detail the amendment package, which expands total floor area to about 650,384 square feet, trims the commercial space to roughly 4,500 square feet and keeps parking in the mid-400s. The latest move follows earlier administrative tweaks that added a parking level and a rooftop amenity deck to the plans.
Design, sales and amenities
Developer materials and listing sites show the tower is being designed by Carlos Ott in collaboration with Behar Font & Partners, with interiors by Miami studio Urban Robot. The package includes more than 40,000 square feet of amenities divided between the ninth floor and the rooftop. Sales launched in September 2025, with entry pricing in the high $300,000s and an on-site sales gallery at 16251 West Dixie Highway, according to Fortune International Group.
Where this fits
The William’s refreshed plan lands in the middle of a broader building boom along the 163rd Street corridor, where North Miami Beach is shifting away from older low-rise strip centers and toward denser, mixed-use projects. The Real Deal cites nearby proposals like Uptown Harbour and other high-rises as examples of how quickly the area’s development profile is changing.
Timeline and what to watch
Developer and brokerage listings peg completion in the 2029 window, and earlier materials describe a roughly three-year construction program. Some project pages list a mid-2026 groundbreaking in marketing materials. For neighbors and would-be buyers, the real tells will be at City Hall and on the construction fence: permit filings, finalized construction financing and any notices of site work starting. Those are the clearest signs the project is moving from paper to active building, according to listings on Groundrise.
