Andare Residences

521 East Las Olas places the building on the boulevard itself, in the walkable retail and restaurant stretch between downtown and the Intracoastal. This is the densest concentration of everyday walkable amenity in Fort Lauderdale: dinner, coffee, a gallery and a pharmacy are all on foot rather than in the car.

It is not a waterfront address. Higher floors have long views toward the ocean and the New River, but the parcel itself is inland. Buyers who conflate the two are usually choosing between this and a riverfront or beachfront building, and the daily experience of the three is genuinely different.

At 46 stories Andare is among the tallest residential structures in Broward County. Height in a coastal market buys view permanence more than it buys anything else: at that elevation the sightline is unlikely to be built out, whereas a mid-rise view across a low-scale parcel can disappear when the parcel redevelops.

Height also changes the building's mechanical and elevator design, wind loading and glazing specification, and therefore its long-term maintenance profile. Those are reserve-study questions once the building is operating.

The tower broke ground in May 2025 and is under construction, with construction financing reported at the time. That means purchases are still developer contracts governed by a prospectus rather than resales, with staged deposits and no operating history to examine.

The diligence is the same as for any pre-delivery purchase: read the prospectus and its projected budget, understand the developer's rights to modify the plan, verify precisely what is included in the residence as delivered, and have counsel review the contract before the first deposit.

Amenities below are drawn from the building’s own published material. Availability, hours and any usage fees are set by the association and should be confirmed for the current year.

• Approximately 35,000 square feet of amenities across three levels

• This is a developer contract under a prospectus, not a resale — deposits are staged and largely non-refundable once contingencies expire.
• Projected association budgets in a prospectus are estimates and commonly rise by first occupancy.
• The site is inland; ocean and river views are a function of floor and orientation, not of waterfront frontage.
• Confirm exactly what is included as delivered, including finishes, appliances and parking assignment.
• Verify the developer's modification rights over unit layouts, amenity programming and delivery timing.

The items below are the diligence steps that apply to this building because of its structure, location and stage of delivery. They are questions to ask, not statements of fact about the association: pet rules, leasing restrictions, reserves, assessments, insurance and any building-specific ownership requirements must be confirmed from the current recorded documents before contracting.

Andare Residences sits in Las Olas, and the area shapes the daily experience of living there as much as the building does. Our Las Olas neighborhood guide covers character, water access, walkability and who the area suits.