The Residences at 1428 Brickell

A 70-story luxury condo tower with 500 photovoltaic-integrated windows down its western façade, 1428 Brickell is Ytech International’s bet that solar glass at supertall scale is no longer just a concept. Foundation pour completed September 2025. Vertical construction is now underway, with delivery targeted for 2028.

Project Scope

At 861 feet, the building will be one of Miami’s tallest residential towers. Coastal Construction is general contractor. Arquitectonica is design architect. The unit count is small for the height — 195 residences — reflecting an ultra-luxury program with floor-through and half-floor units priced from roughly $3 million well into eight figures.

Key facts:

• 70 stories above ground (262 m / 861 ft)
• 195 residences
• Roughly 950,000 gross square feet
• 500 photovoltaic-integrated glass panels on the western façade
• Two-level pool deck, fitness, and amenity podium
• Estimated $565 million in construction financing closed in 2024

The PV-integrated glass is the project’s signature element. The building’s western exposure — which would normally drive cooling loads and need heavy shading — is being used instead as a generating surface. The system is expected to offset a meaningful share of the building’s common-area and amenity electrical load, though Ytech has not published a specific kWh target publicly.

Current Status

Vertical construction. The foundation pour ran 33 continuous hours and consumed roughly 9,500 cubic yards of concrete in September 2025. Core and column work for the lower floors is now underway. The project is targeted for substantial completion in 2028.

Why It Matters

Three reasons for the construction industry to pay attention:

1. Building-integrated photovoltaics at residential supertall scale: Most BIPV work has been confined to lower-rise commercial or institutional buildings. 1428 Brickell is one of the largest residential applications globally. The performance data — actual generation, maintenance load, façade thermal behavior — will reshape underwriting on similar Miami, Dubai, and Hong Kong projects.
2. Resilience and code: Miami’s wind code already drives substantial structural premium on supertalls. The PV-integrated curtain wall has been engineered to the same wind, impact, and water-infiltration standards as conventional façade systems. That validation is significant for next-generation BIPV system manufacturers.
3. Brickell’s continued residential pipeline: With multiple 800+ foot residential towers under construction simultaneously, Brickell’s skyline is reshaping fast. 1428 sits alongside The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Cipriani Residences, and Mercedes-Benz Places Miami in the active pipeline. The labor and material flow into Brickell is now arguably the most concentrated luxury residential construction cluster in the country.

Key Stakeholders

• Developer: Ytech International (Yamal Yidios)
• Architect: Arquitectonica
• Interior Designer: ACPV ARCHITECTS Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel
• General Contractor: Coastal Construction
• Construction Financing: $565 million senior construction loan led by Bank OZK with co-lenders
• PV-integrated façade system: integrated solar glass curtain wall (proprietary system)

Sales are running through Cervera Real Estate.