Plescia Construction & Development is a commercial general contractor and construction management firm building across South Florida — the tri-county metro of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach, and our home market, anchored by our Florida office in Fort Lauderdale. From high-rise office and mixed-use in Miami and Fort Lauderdale to hospitality on the beaches, the region’s vast industrial corridors, healthcare, and retail, we build to the standard — and the strict coastal code — that Florida’s east coast demands.
Commercial Construction Across South Florida
South Florida is one of the largest and most dynamic commercial markets in the country. Miami and Brickell drive high-rise office and mixed-use; Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach anchor fast-growing downtowns; Miami Beach and the coast carry a global hospitality market; the Doral, Medley, and Pompano corridors form some of the busiest industrial markets in the nation; and the region’s hospital systems and universities anchor a deep healthcare and institutional sector. Each of these markets asks something specific from a contractor, and we build to it.
Our South Florida work spans the full range of commercial space:
- High-rise office and mixed-use — Class A office and mixed-use in Miami, Brickell, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach.
- Hospitality and retail — hotels, restaurants, and flagship retail from Miami Beach to the Palm Beaches.
- Industrial and logistics — warehouse and distribution space in Doral, Medley, Pompano, and the region’s industrial corridors.
- Healthcare and life sciences — exam suites, imaging, lab, and ambulatory space serving the region’s major health systems.
- Marine, resilient, and waterfront — marine, waterfront, and elevated, code-resilient commercial construction along the coast.
Counties and Markets We Serve
We work across South Florida — Miami-Dade County, including Miami, Miami Beach, Doral, and Aventura; Broward County, including Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Pompano Beach; and Palm Beach County, including West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, and Delray Beach. Each county and its municipalities run their own building departments, and we plan for it.
Permitting and the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone
South Florida is where Florida’s building code is strictest. Miami-Dade and Broward counties sit in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ) — the toughest part of the Florida Building Code — and Palm Beach is a high-wind region just to the north. Across the tri-county, building means designing to wind and impact standards from day one, working through dozens of municipalities, and meeting the region’s flood and recertification requirements. As a South Florida-based contractor, that’s the environment we build in every day.
Several requirements shape commercial work here:
- High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ) — in Miami-Dade and Broward, wind-load and missile-impact design govern the envelope, with products carrying Miami-Dade Notices of Acceptance (NOAs); Palm Beach builds to high-wind FBC standards.
- County and municipal building departments — the tri-county is divided among dozens of municipalities plus the counties for unincorporated areas, each permitting and inspecting its own work.
- Building recertification — Miami-Dade and Broward recertification and Florida’s milestone inspection programs drive structural and facade repairs on existing buildings.
- Coastal flood and resiliency — FEMA flood zones, coastal construction control lines, and stormwater requirements shape site and ground-floor design.
Knowing the jurisdiction and the HVHZ and flood requirements is what keeps a South Florida project on schedule.
How We Manage Risk on South Florida Projects
From a Miami high-rise to a Pompano distribution building, the same discipline applies: build to the HVHZ and Florida Building Code, plan the logistics of a dense, fast-growing region, protect the businesses and tenants around the work, and keep life-safety systems live throughout. As a locally based firm, we coordinate deliveries, phasing, and inspections with owners, tenants, and the right municipal departments, and we carry the insurance limits and trade relationships that South Florida ownership expects.
Every job runs through a single point of accountability. Owners, tenants, building departments, and the design team work through one team that owns the schedule, the budget, and the safety plan — not a chain of subcontractors pointing at each other.
Representative Commercial Work
Plescia’s portfolio spans office, hospitality, industrial, healthcare, and retail work of the kind South Florida demands. While every market has its own specifics, the discipline is the same one we bring to projects across our Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Texas markets: realistic schedules, transparent budgets, and a finished space that performs. We’re glad to walk prospective South Florida clients through relevant past work during an initial conversation.
A Commercial General Contractor Based in South Florida
Plescia’s Florida office in Fort Lauderdale makes South Florida our home market — a local, accountable partner backed by a firm that builds across multiple markets. Whether you’re a developer building in Miami or West Palm Beach, an operator in the industrial corridors, or an owner managing a recertification, we’d welcome the conversation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which areas does Plescia serve in South Florida?
We build across the tri-county metro — Miami-Dade (Miami, Miami Beach, Doral, Aventura), Broward (Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pompano Beach), and Palm Beach (West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach) — covering office, hospitality, industrial, healthcare, and retail.
Does Plescia build to the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone code in South Florida?
Yes. Miami-Dade and Broward are in the HVHZ, the strictest part of the Florida Building Code, and we build to its wind and impact requirements with Miami-Dade Notices of Acceptance; Palm Beach builds to high-wind FBC standards just to the north.
Is Plescia based in South Florida?
Yes. Plescia’s Florida office is in Fort Lauderdale, which makes South Florida our home market — a locally based commercial general contractor backed by a firm that builds across multiple markets.
Does Plescia do high-rise and industrial work across South Florida?
Yes. We build high-rise office and mixed-use in Miami, Brickell, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, and warehouse and distribution space in the Doral, Medley, and Pompano industrial corridors.
Does Plescia handle building recertification in South Florida?
Yes. Miami-Dade and Broward recertification programs and Florida’s milestone inspection requirements drive structural and facade repairs on older buildings, and we perform that work coordinating with the engineers of record.