The southern tower of the Aria Reserve Miami, one of the tallest residential developments in Miami Beach, Florida, welcomed its first residents in March 2025; the northern tower is set to open later in 2025. The project’s ready-mix concrete supplier specified PENETRON ADMIX SB, a crystalline waterproofing admixture, to protect key below-grade concrete structures from Miami’s high groundwater and the seaside environment of Biscayne Bay.
A popular bayfront Miami neighborhood located north of Downtown and the Arts & Entertainment District, just over the bridge from Miami Beach, Edgewater has grown tremendously over the past few decades. The early 20th century homes and older high- and mid-rise residential towers have been successively replaced by newer homes or even taller condo towers.
Visible from far, the distinctive wave pattern accenting the apartment balconies of both towers sets a new architectural highlight in the Miami skyline. Designed by Arquitectonica, each of the two Aria Reserve Miami towers are 62-floors tall (649 feet / 197 m) and house a total of 800 luxury residences. The upper balconies provide panoramic views of the city, Biscayne Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean.
The apartments are available as spacious 1-4-bedroom units. Amenities for residents include a fitness gym, yoga studio, wellness spa, two swimming pools, children’s indoor play areas, and playing courts for tennis, basketball, and pickleball. The Aria Reserve Miami complex also features a restaurant, coffee shop, cinema, mini-golf, and dog park.
“Because of the high hydrostatic pressure encountered at the Edgewater construction site and its proximity to Biscayne Bay, Supermix, the ready-mix concrete supplier, specified PENETRON ADMIX SB to ensure the resilience of the below-grade concrete structures to the marine environment,” explains Dale Williams, General Sales Manager for Penetron USA.
PENETRON ADMIX SB was used to treat 1,000 yds3 (765 m3) of concrete to waterproof all below-grade concrete structures, including the elevator pits.
The proprietary chemicals in PENETRON ADMIX SB-treated concrete react to moisture in a catalytic reaction to generate a non-soluble crystalline formation that permanently seals the microcracks, pores and capillary tracts of the concrete against the penetration of water, sulfates, and chlorides from any direction. This increases the service life of the concrete structure and virtually eliminates the need for future maintenance of the treated concrete structures.
“Thanks to the success of PENETRON ADMIX SB in dozens of preceding projects in Miami and up the Florida coast, L&R Structural Corp., the project’s structural shell contractor, was confident the new concrete structures exposed to the Florida climate would be waterproof and durable,” concludes Dale Williams.
Wavy up top, durable down below: The below-grade concrete structures of the two 62-floor Aria Reserve Miami towers were permanently waterproofed with PENETRON ADMIX SB.
