Luxe Miami project aims to expand Lincoln Road to the ocean

With more than $4 billion in new investments, Lincoln Road is expanding to the ocean and adding inviting public spaces. Courtesy of Sobe Development

Lincoln Road was once Miami Beach’s most iconic street. But this “Fifth Avenue of the South” — built by Carl Fisher and redesigned in the 1950s by Miami’s most influential architect, Morris Lapidus — had seen better days. For decades, empty storefronts and tchotchke shops that served tourists, not locals, blighted the pedestrian mall. Now, a Lincoln Road redevelopment plan, drawing $4 billion in new investments, is underway, aiming to create an attractive, walkable neighborhood leading to some of the most expensive new condo towers in the city.

“Lincoln Road was really the epicenter of Miami Beach,” says Pietro Belmonte, part of the team at