Stanley Axlrod UTD Towers

Stanley Axlrod UTD Towers stands as a 17-story apartment building right on Brickell Avenue, facing Biscayne Bay, with 272 units that have served as affordable housing for seniors aged 62 and older for many years, and while you won't find flashy features lining every hallway, residents have shared spaces like a community room, fitness center, library, computer lab, and even a rooftop garden where folks gather and sometimes end up feeling like they've built a family together; folks here have roots-a history of tenant meetings, committees, staff meetings, and group events-through years marked by both regular daily life and also times of protest, since there's a plan in place for the current building to be demolished and replaced by the St. Regis Residences Miami, a project with two high-rise luxury condo towers reaching over 500 feet high and set for ground-breaking sometime in 2022, planned to have things like light oak cabinetry, quartz countertops, bronze fixtures, an indoor lap pool, a St. Regis Tea Room, and over 55,000 square feet of amenities, including panoramic bay views, sky villas, and butler service, according to the developers, and while this next chapter will bring change-since affordable senior housing here will end and residents will have to move to new options like the one offered in Allapattah-the story of Stanley Axlrod UTD Towers today remains one of community, everyday routines, and a place people have called home for decades right in the heart of Miami.