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[UrbanImpact]

Genting unveils plan for Miami bayfront resort
BY ELAINE WALKER
MIAMIHERALD.COM
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/14/v-fullstory/2407173/genting-unveils-plan-for-miami.html

Plans for Genting Group’s new bayside resort in Miami include 5,200 hotel rooms, 50 restaurants and bars, 60 luxury shops and massive convention and ballroom space. It is being called one of Florida’s largest projects ever.

Imagine swimming from Biscayne Boulevard to Biscayne Bay where The Miami Herald now sits.
A 3.6-acre outdoor lagoon — equivalent to 12 Olympic-size swimming pools and surrounded by natural sand beaches — is the centerpiece of the $3 billion master plan unveiled Wednesday by the Genting Group for Resorts World Miami.
The massive 10 million-square-foot mixed-use development that draws its inspiration from the region’s coral reefs is unlike anything South Florida has seen before in terms of sheer magnitude and design. With plans for four hotels, two condominium towers, more than 50 restaurants and bars and a luxury retail shopping mall, it’s being billed as one of the largest projects in Florida history. And that’s without the casino Genting hopes to be able to include in the project.
“This will put Miami on the map and make it a destination,” said Bernardo Fort-Brescia, co-founder of Arquitectonica, which is designing the project. “Miami has not seen resorts of this importance, Orlando has and maybe Las Vegas. This will make Miami more than competitive. It will have an advantage.”
Resorts World Miami’s four hotel towers with more than 5,200 rooms would increase Miami-Dade County’s hotel room inventory by just over 10 percent and give large groups a reason to come to Miami for events that could be held in the property’s convention and meeting space. The project’s largest hotel would have about 2,000 rooms, making it about 25 percent bigger than the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, currently the largest hotel in the market. The second and third largest hotels would be just slightly smaller than Fontainebleau.

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Official Website: http://www.rwmiami.com/media_gallery.html
Renderings from the site:

http://www.rwmiami.com/Images/gallery/rwmi/Night_View.jpg
http://www.rwmiami.com/Images/gallery/rwmi/Rooftop_Lagoon.jpg
http://www.rwmiami.com/Images/gallery/rwmi/MuseumPark_View.jpg
http://www.rwmiami.com/Images/gallery/rwmi/Causeway_View.jpg

[UrbanImpact]

Here is how Genting describes its planned resort:
Cost: $3 billion
Site: 13.9 acres
Square feet: 10 million
Floors: 65
Construction jobs: 15,000 direct and indirect
Permanent jobs: 30,000
Convention and meeting space: 700,000 square feet (including ballroom)
Ballroom: 200,000 square feet (billed as the largest in the United States)
Hotels: Four – super luxury, contemporary, convention and family
Hotel units: 5,200
Residential units: 1,000
Swimming lagoon: 3.6 acres and 1,000 feet-long
Retail: 250,000, square feet
Restaurants: More than 50

[RobertWalpole]

AMAZING!!! :cheers:

Can someone annotate an overhead/aerial shot of Miami to show where it will be located vis-a-vis the rest of downtown?

[Travis007]

Looks absolutely massive, and will definitely be iconic. Although I don't fancy the side profile of the shorter, fat towers much.

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

BUILD IT NOW!!!!! Finally America's getting something ground breaking!

[sobchbud1]

wfnLzgNi3VQ

[N830MH]

wfnLzgNi3VQ

Wow!!! Sounds great!!! It's absolutely so gorgeous!!!! I can't wait see it!! I bet alot of those tourist are very excited to opened it up a new Resorts World. I looking forward to see the action. Says Goodbye to old Miami Herald. They going to be demolition and old Omni Terminal, too. Says adios!!!

[patriotizzy]

The greatest proposal I have seen after the WTC! Amazing. Please let this go through!

[Illithid Dude]

Quite the proposal. This is like a pre-bust proposal. How tall will it be?

[UrbanImpact]

So far all we know is 65 Floors, and I'm not sure if that includes the 8 story podium.

[Prahaboheme]

Breathtaking, and refreshing. Miami has deserved something of this caliber for over a decade.

[RobertWalpole]

Miami is emerging into a word-class city. It's already probably the most international US city after NY, LA, SF and DC.

[UrbanImpact]

Location thanks to QuantumX on skyscrapercity.com

Look below Midtown, above the CBD and Arena

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6101025938_b35e4a5b15_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28404061@N02/6101025938/)
3036854888_5711a8e906_o (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28404061@N02/6101025938/) by Quantum2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/28404061@N02/), on Flickr

[yaletown_fella]

I'm not huge on twisty modern design but I think this is absofruitly incredible! I'm especially envious of the HUGE vertical mall podium. Congrats Miami!

[gramsjdg]

Based on a cursory floor count, It appears that we're looking at 65 floors plus the 8 floor podium. So I'm thinking this puppy could be around 900 ft. Maybe a little more as those podium floors look pretty tall.

Cool design :tup:

[UrbanImpact]

Based on a cursory floor count, It appears that we're looking at 65 floors plus the 8 floor podium. So I'm thinking this puppy could be around 900 ft. Maybe a little more as those podium floors look pretty tall.

Cool design :tup:

The area that it's in has a height limit of 649ft due to the airplane fight paths to MIA.

We can only hope for an amendment to the restriction.

[NYguy]

Genting unveils plan for Miami bayfront resort
BY ELAINE WALKER
MIAMIHERALD.COM
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/14/v-fullstory/2407173/genting-unveils-plan-for-miami.html

http://www.rwmiami.com/Images/gallery/rwmi/Night_View.jpg


I love it.

From the video...

http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/18602/1710612-T1200800.jpg

[Complex01]

Love that pool. It is an interesting design. Very Kewl...

:yes:

[streetscaper]

umm.... WOWWWWW

[Coldrsx]

Corrected

Here is how Genting describes its planned resort:
Cost: $3 billion
Site: 13.9 acres
Square feet: 10 million
Floors: 65
Construction jobs: 15,000 direct and indirect
Permanent jobs: 30,000
Convention and meeting space: 700,000 square feet (including ballroom)
Ballroom: 200,000 square feet (billed as the largest in the United States)
Hotels: Four – super luxury, contemporary, convention and family
Hotel units: 5,200
Residential units: 1,000
Swimming lagoon: 3.6 acres and 1,000 feet-long
Retail: 250,000, square feet
Restaurants: More than 50
funded by 25,000kg of yayo

[Dale]

Coolest project ever.

[N830MH]

Corrected

Here is how Genting describes its planned resort:
Cost: $3 billion
Site: 13.9 acres
Square feet: 10 million
Floors: 65
Construction jobs: 15,000 direct and indirect
Permanent jobs: 30,000
Convention and meeting space: 700,000 square feet (including ballroom)
Ballroom: 200,000 square feet (billed as the largest in the United States)
Hotels: Four – super luxury, contemporary, convention and family
Hotel units: 5,200
Residential units: 1,000
Swimming lagoon: 3.6 acres and 1,000 feet-long
Retail: 250,000, square feet
Restaurants: More than 50
funded by 25,000kg of yayo

Wow! That was best ever I've heard it before. Isn't that 65 floors instead of going up 80 or 90 floors? Why not have to additional more floors?

[scalziand]

Shouldn't that be llello?;)

[Coldrsx]

Shouldn't that be llello?;)

touches nose

[Aleks]

while i like the concept, imo it looks too messy for me. other than the curves, these towers aren't related whatsoever. absolutworld looks amazing because both towers are related. these... not so much. it's a bunch of blobs stuck on top of another blob.

the towers might work if they were a continuation of the waves in the podium. they'd be more vertical and less oval. and if they wanted a centerpiece they could leave the tallest at the end.

the podium doesn't bother me as much. it could use some setbacks here and there and it'd be amazing if they could have waterfalls and hanging gardens all around. i hate presentations where they say'inspired by nature' but there's not much nature going on.

[Dale]

Hehe, tough crowd. You'd give a coral reef the third degree.

[sobchbud1]

Corrected

Here is how Genting describes its planned resort:
Cost: $3 billion
Site: 13.9 acres
Square feet: 10 million
Floors: 65
Construction jobs: 15,000 direct and indirect
Permanent jobs: 30,000
Convention and meeting space: 700,000 square feet (including ballroom)
Ballroom: 200,000 square feet (billed as the largest in the United States)
Hotels: Four – super luxury, contemporary, convention and family
Hotel units: 5,200
Residential units: 1,000
Swimming lagoon: 3.6 acres and 1,000 feet-long
Retail: 250,000, square feet
Restaurants: More than 50
funded by 25,000kg of yayo

I appreciate the attempt at humor :), but in reality this 3 bil project will be funded by a 43 bil resorts/gaming company that recognizes the possibility that Miami's already formidable tourism cache has the potential to justify such an investment. It speaks to the fact that Miami is an international lure and is a leader in the tourism industry, which is as much an industry as any other no matter how much people on these forums try to dismiss or denigrate it. The "yayo" days are past by a couple decades.... water under the bridge.... old news. It's just not prevalent in our economy as these vestigial perceptions persist in promoting. In reality the drug trade has moved to greener, easier pastures. Miami is no longer the center financially or geographically. I concede that it isn't gone, we're the center of finance for Latin America after all, but this notion that drug traffic is the driving force for everything down here is patently false. <steps off the soapbox>

[Dale]

In other words, Genting could buy Edmonton. :cool:

[NYguy]

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2011-09-29/news/three-miami-mayors-block-genting-casino/

Three Miami mayors block Genting casino

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Joe Carollo warns that Genting's plans for the Miami Herald property will gobble up public land.

By Francisco Alvarado
Sep 29 2011

Joe Carollo's Chevy Impala idles at a red light on North Bayshore Drive at NE 14th Street. Dressed in a neat white polo shirt tucked into pressed khaki pants, the former Miami mayor is on a short tour of what could be the most ambitious redevelopment project in the city's history. "Here is where the Genting Group wants to put a fountain," he says with a scowl.

The light turns green. As Carollo cruises toward 1 Herald Plaza, he points to the perimeter of the Miami Herald's employee parking lots. "Those sidewalks belong to the city," Carollo asserts. "In their promotional video, Genting is building over them and this street I'm driving on."

He makes a left past the Omni Metromover station. "That land is owned by the taxpayers too," Carollo declares, gesturing toward the station. "In their presentation, Genting's big lagoon starts where that bus depot and the Metromover station are located." By his calculation, the Malaysian gaming giant's planned megacasino resort will gobble up six acres of publicly owned land and millions of dollars more in air rights.

"This company is like Hernán Cortés marching through Mexico, and the Herald is like the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders," Carollo says, his hands squeezing the wheel. "They are on the sidelines, yelling, 'Go! Go! Go!'"

[caltrane74]

Very amazing design....

I can already see it starring in Miami Vice 2!

[brickell]

Should read "3 Miami mayors mad that they're also not on the take"

[Dale]

Should read "3 Miami mayors mad that they're also not on the take"

They're probably waiting on a call from Genting (that they're not going to tell us about later).

[bobdreamz]

Joe Carollo is mad at Gentling? Maybe he can throw "terra cotta" bird house at them like he did to his wife when he was Mayor & was charged with domestic violence! Carollo was a joke of a Mayor & his opinion is worthless.

[NYguy]

Joe Carollo is mad at Gentling? Maybe he can throw "terra cotta" bird house at them like he did to his wife when he was Mayor & was charged with domestic violence! Carollo was a joke of a Mayor & his opinion is worthless.

He looks like the type waiting to be cut in on the deal...

http://vvoice.vo.llnwd.net/e14//7296886.28.jpg

[JDRCRASH]

I'm especially envious of the HUGE vertical mall podium. Congrats Miami!

Yeah me too; we need more of those in the US.

[sobchbud1]

The Miami Herald
Posted on Thu, Oct. 06, 2011


Court ruling allows legislators to expand casino gaming in South Florida

By Mary Ellen Klas
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE A Tallahassee court cleared the way Thursday for legislators to expand gambling in South Florida without a referendum vote, while two key sponsors of a casino bill finished drafting their proposal to allow three resort casinos to operate in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

The ruling by First District Court of Appeals Judge Marguerite H. Davis was a victory for Hialeah Racetrack and serves as a promising omen for the push by the world’s largest gaming companies to bring resort casinos to Florida.

Davis affirmed a lower court decision, saying the law passed by the Legislature allowing Hialeah Racetrack to offer slot machines was constitutional. She rejected the argument by Flagler Gaming Centers and Calder Race Course, which argued that when voters approved slot machines in Miami-Dade and Broward in 2005 and 2008, they intended to limit the number of permits to the seven pari-mutuels that were currently operating.

Davis said voters did not intend to give the entities “a constitutionally-protected monopoly over slot machine gaming in the state.”

The ruling was hailed by Rep. Erik Fresen, R-Miami, and Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, who want legislators to approve their proposal to build three resort casinos in Miami Dade and Broward Counties without first having to seek voter approval. They have filed identical proposals to invite companies to submit bids for three casino licenses to a newly-created Florida Gaming Commission. Each of the bidders would be required to show that they will invest a minimum of $2 billion in capital in each facility.

This gambling commission, which itself will be carefully vetted, will evaluate the bids and select the winners based on a scoring scale that gives preferences to proposals that create the most jobs and complete work the earliest, Bogdanoff said.

The bills also require that the multi-billion dollar resorts give gambling a low profile. Each resort is restricted to using no more than 10 percent of the total square footage for the Las Vegas-style games, such as slot machines, roulette wheels and craps tables. The gambling space also must be segregated from other attractions — so that a visitor can attend the resort without having to see the gambling machines, Fresen said.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/06/v-print/2441515/casino-legislation-would-create.html#ixzz1a3DtZlf7


It seems that it's full steam ahead at this point! I wouldn't underestimate and bet against the resolve and resources of the companies bidding to get it done above board or under the table. It appears they're lining their ducks rather nicely as the Indians might be included in the conversations. Imagine, there may well be 2 projects totaling 6 billion in investment racing to the finish line!:psycho:

[N830MH]

Joe Carollo is mad at Gentling? Maybe he can throw "terra cotta" bird house at them like he did to his wife when he was Mayor & was charged with domestic violence! Carollo was a joke of a Mayor & his opinion is worthless.

Yes, he did. He will spent 30-days in county jail. His behavior is not acceptable. He should keep hands off from her.

Very amazing design....

I can already see it starring in Miami Vice 2!

Hey! Sounds like that, huh? :tup:

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2011-09-29/news/three-miami-mayors-block-genting-casino/

Three Miami mayors block Genting casino

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Joe Carollo warns that Genting's plans for the Miami Herald property will gobble up public land.

By Francisco Alvarado
Sep 29 2011

Ah, yes. I remember where I visited at Miami Herald before. I haven't see it recently. I know where it is but, its near her old store is right on Biscayne Blvd. She works at Boulevard Liquors for 15 years before she retired. I do miss South Florida very much.

[MolsonExport]

fantastic.

[brickell]

Miami casino would be bigger than Vegas competitors
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/26/2473779/miami-casino-would-be-bigger-than.html

excerpt
Genting expects to spend almost twice that amount. The company, Southeast Asia’s largest casino operator, ignited the gambling frenzy in May by paying $236 million for The Miami Herald’s downtown headquarters. Genting agreed to let the Herald remain in the building rent-free for two years, and then began buying up surrounding real estate, including the Omni retail and hotel complex.

Nearby in Miami’s Park West neighborhood, local developers and the Las Vegas Sands casino company reportedly are planning a gambling resort to rival Genting, and other large land owners, including the Fontainebleau, also want their sites considered. But only Genting has drafted renderings for its proposed resort: six undulating towers rising as high as 58 stories with a mix of apartments and hotel rooms, with an outdoor lagoon, artificial beaches, and 50 restaurants throughout the campus.

With 5,200 rooms, the proposed Genting complex would be as large as any hotel in Vegas, according to data available on casinocity.com, a leading industry site. The country’s largest hotel, the MGM Grand, has 5,044 rooms, and Mandalay Bay boasts 4,756.

Two casinos in the Genting complex would dwarf anything offered on the strip. Plans call for a primary casino measuring about 550,000 square feet in a tower on the Herald site, plus an additional 250,000-square-foot casino in a building on the Omni location, said Sergio Bakas, the Arquitectonica architect supervising the design. He said he expected Resorts World Miami to be the largest casino resort in the world if current plans are approved.

The combined 800,000 footprint is large enough to hold the combined casino floors of three of the biggest in Vegas: the Bellagio, Mandalay Bay and the MGM Grand. Current design assumptions call for about 8,500 slot machines, Bakas said, far more than the 2,500 found at the MGM Grand, the largest casino in Vegas. The 50 restaurants Genting plans for the site roughly doubles what is available in the typical Vegas Strip hotel.

“It certainly seems aggressive,’’ said Brian MacGill, managing director for gaming and lodging for Janney Capital Markets in Philadelphia. “If a casino has 15 or 20 restaurants, that’s considered a lot.”

[Dale]

Anyone care to predict odds on gaming passing in the state legislature.

[brickell]

Odds are getting better every year, but no idea if this is the year that'll do it. The fact that the state passed the racino resolution is a good sign though.

[simms3_redux]

Ew Miami can have this project. Personally, I think it is TOO big. All the towers look virtually the same, the podium is like 6 city blocks with no breaks, and I don't even much like the design. I'm going to be brutally honest here. I tend to dislike big urban master-planned infill projects, but this one is the worst.

The WTC site is done beautifully. Many different famous architects collaborated and the site has meaning and connects what was to what will be.

Atlantic Station in Atlanta is one of my least favorite projects - ever - because I believe it took away focus from Midtown, my own neighborhood (I am biased here), but it was phased with varied architecture and street context. It also did a good job harking back to the massive steel mill that was there, Atlantic Steel (remnants of which are still all over at the shops and in public squares there).

Both of the above projects are very public friendly projects, granted one is horribly cookie cutter (AS) and the other one has limits to how much of the public can enjoy it at a time (WTC site).

This project, the Genting Project, is all about gambling, luxury, and tourism. It does not address the street. It does not directly benefit residents of Miami by catering to their needs. It is not a "public"project or community. It is horribly massed, poorly designed, and simply too large. I don't like one aspect of it. I do like Brickell Citi Centre, however, for all of the opposite reasons I don't like the Genting shit.

[Dale]

I know I need street interactivity or I'll die.

*sarcasm*

[N830MH]

How long they will approved it? When they will start construction new Resort hotel?

[brickell]

Micky Arison warns of traffic nightmare if casinos come to downtown Miami
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/31/2481286/micky-arison-warns-of-traffic.html#storylink=omni_popular

Miami Heat owner Micky Arison warned Monday that massive casino resorts in downtown Miami would likely cause traffic nightmares, turn off local basketball fans and generally disrupt Miami’s urban revival.

“We’re on a roll, and I’m not sure this is the right way to continue it,” said the CEO of Carnival Corp. and majority owner of the Heat. “I just don’t know how Miami can handle that kind of traffic.”

Arison’s comments represent the most critical yet from South Florida’s corporate elite as the region considers a plan that could bring the world’s largest casino to the Miami waterfront. It also reveals an interesting subplot to the ongoing gambling debate, since the leading casino operator pursuing a Miami site also controls one of Carnival’s top rivals, Norwegian Cruise Line.

[simms3_redux]

^^^Yes, the latter part of that is very juicy indeed! Go Micky and Carnival :)

[N830MH]

^^^Yes, the latter part of that is very juicy indeed! Go Micky and Carnival :)

Let's go get'em!!! They got trying to fought newest resort hotel.

[NYguy]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/01/2620056/master-plan-for-miami-arts-district.html

Miami arts district master plan is ‘aspirational’

http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2012/02/01/20/27/1nI3ff.Em.56.jpg

By ELAINE WALKER AND ANDRES VIGLUCCI
02.02.12



The idea for the master plan began long before The Genting Group purchased The Miami Herald property in May 2011 for $236 million and then unveiled its vision for a $3.8 billion Resorts World Miami, a mega mixed-use destination resort. But the need for a plan gained importance as Codina and Arsht Center leaders grew concerned about future development that would be dramatically out of scale with the surrounding neighborhood.

The plan focuses only on the west side of Biscayne Boulevard and doesn’t address the Genting proposal. The plan includes the area between Interstate 395 and Northeast 14th Street and between North Miami Avenue and Northeast 2nd Avenue.

While Codina met with Genting officials to discuss the vision, he said he didn’t get any commitments. The Malaysian company is waiting for news on whether the state is going to allow a casino resort.

“You tell me when it’s going to happen and the size,” he said. “I don’t know the uses. It’s very hard to deal with it in those terms. Genting to me is an important property owner, but there are a lot of important property owners in the area.”

To create the master plan, the Town Square group turned to Pelli, the original architect for the Arsht Center. Pelli’s hiring was made possible through a $300,000 grant Town Square received from ArtPlace, a federal initiative aimed at revitalizing urban cities by using the arts to spur economic development. The Knight Foundation is one of ArtPlace’s supporters.

“The prediction that this center was going to spur development has come to pass,” Pelli said. “This is an idea of what the area might look like 40 years from now. This could be a path of how it could be developed to achieve a very vibrant neighborhood.”

[Zapatan]

wait where did that rendering come from?

what happened to the plan from the first render? it was soooo cool!

[scalziand]

The buildings in the original render are still there on the right hand side. They just aren't highlighted the same way.

[NYguy]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-03/casino-measure-backed-by-genting-blocked-by-florida-legislative-committee.html

Casino Measure Backed by Genting Blocked by Florida Legislative Committee

By Michael C. Bender
Feb 3, 2012

A Florida (STOFL1) House of Representatives committee won’t consider this year a proposal to allow casino gambling, stalling plans by Genting Bhd. to build a 10 million- square-foot, 5,200-room resort on Miami’s Biscayne Bay.

The House Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee declined to vote on the bill today in Tallahassee, and Representative Doug Holder, a Sarasota Republican, said the panel wouldn’t take it up again. Walt Disney Co. (DIS), the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which operates five gambling sites, all opposed the measure.

Genting, which controls Asia’s second-biggest casino operator by market value, spent as much as $280,000 hiring 25 lobbyists, according to state records. It paid $236 million in cash to buy almost 14 acres of bayfront property that is home to McClatchy Co. (MNI)’s Miami Herald newspaper. Genting announced plans to build a $3 billion casino on the site.

[Zapatan]

I seriously want to hurt NIMBY's. They are the scum of the earth.

[Zapatan]

That being said there is still apparently a chance for this to go through next year or something like that. let's keep our dedos cruzados

[N830MH]

That being said there is still apparently a chance for this to go through next year or something like that. let's keep our dedos cruzados

How they didn't have approval from governor Scott? I wasn't sure why they didn't have a plan yet.

[N830MH]

Unfortunately, they were denied the gambling approval. So here the link:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/20/2705011_p2/genting-group-downsizes-plans.html

Even without casino gambling, Genting Group said Tuesday it is moving ahead with a dramatically scaled down mixed-use plan for Resorts World Miami.

The five acres where The Miami Herald currently sits would become the site for a five-star luxury hotel, luxury condominiums, waterfront restaurants, some limited retail and an 800-foot long promenade along Biscayne Bay.

We are very disappointing the news to hear. Hopefully they will move forward to start construction sometime in the future.

[aquablue]

Unfortunately, they were denied the gambling approval. So here the link:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/20/2705011_p2/genting-group-downsizes-plans.html



We are very disappointing the news to hear. Hopefully they will move forward to start construction sometime in the future.

The correct sentence is "we are very disappointed to hear the news", just FYI.

[skyscraperfan23]

Miami is truly gonna be the next las vegas.

[Zapatan]

Miami is truly gonna be the next las vegas.

ugh I hope not

Anyway, as for the news, I'm under the impression that they can get it re-approved next year.

[N830MH]

The correct sentence is "we are very disappointed to hear the news", just FYI.

Oh, thanks for your clarification. I appreciate your helps. I will try to best everything I can. I will try to improved to speak a English skill.

[bobdreamz]

From the article above posted by NYGuy:

Walt Disney Co. (DIS), the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which operates five gambling sites, all opposed the measure.

So basically the Mouse has roared and rules the state of Florida. It seems Disney is quite paranoid about having competition for tourists even though casinos appeal to a different type of tourist.
Genting has now said it may take up to 20 years to develop the the 14 acre property without the casinos. In addition Genting bought up adjacent properties nearby for a total of 31 acres in the area. As of right now everything about this project is up in the air.

[NYguy]

Unfortunately, they were denied the gambling approval. So here the link:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/20/2705011_p2/genting-group-downsizes-plans.html


Genting Group downsizes plans for Miami resort site
With gambling approval denied in Tallahassee, Genting Group scales back its design to initially use just a fraction of the bayside resort site.

3/20/12
By ELAINE WALKER

This time around Genting seems to be taking a go-slow approach. The company has been quietly discussing its new plans with select city leaders and distributing only a three-paragraph press release with limited specifics.

The new proposal would take up only a fraction of Genting’s 30 acres in the Omni neighborhood.

Genting’s development plans, as they exist now, call for demolishing the Herald building and removing what has for decades been a barrier to public access of the waterfront. The idea is to create a gathering place where people can stroll or dine overlooking Biscayne Bay. Plans call for a waterfront promenade 50 feet wide that spans 800 feet. The design will also maintain 100-foot corridors on either side of the development with landscaped green space to allow a view of Biscayne Bay.


Was looking forward to it, but we'll see what the new plan looks like.

[skyscraperfan23]

ugh I hope not

Anyway, as for the news, I'm under the impression that they can get it re-approved next year.

I Hope so, I Hope that also build a convention center in the resort world miami.

[jd3189]

I think he meant that he hopes this project doesn't end up as tacky as some of Las Vegas'.

[Zapatan]

^Yes

I am not opposed to the project at all, I fully support it, but I don't think anywhere should become the next Vegas, let's just let Vegas be the only one. :frog:

[N830MH]

http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21009285920910/miami-herald-building-s-future-at-stake/

They want to be demolished the old Miami Herald and they will plans moves to Doral in West Miami-Dade County. Because the entire building is just only 50-years old. This will plans to built a new resorts included casinos.

[skyscraperfan23]

http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21009285920910/miami-herald-building-s-future-at-stake/

They want to be demolished the old Miami Herald and they will plans moves to Doral in West Miami-Dade County. Because the entire building is just only 50-years old. This will plans to built a new resorts included casinos.

About time.

[chris08876]

Genting scales back Resorts World Miami plan

http://s11.therealdeal.com/trd/m/up/2012/02/genting1.jpg

With two months until the Florida Legislature convenes for its 2014 session, Genting Resorts World has dramatically scaled back the gambling component of its resort development planned for the former Miami Herald headquarters in downtown Miami.

Genting announced a new partnership that would allow the Malaysian company to use a permit owned by the Gulfstream racetrack in Hallandale Beach to open a slots-only casino at the waterfront property, the Miami Herald reported. If state lawmakers and gambling regulators approve the proposal, Genting’s Resorts World Miami could open 2,000 slot machines and simulcast betting on horse races as part of the larger development. Genting and Gulfstream would keep a portion of the revenue, with the rest allocated for thoroughbred purses at Gulfstream’s racetrack and a nonprofit company formed by other partners in the venture, which includes horse breeders, owners and trainers in the state.

To date, state regulators have refused to accept Gulfstream’s contention that its permit for the nonprofit subsidiary allows it to operate gaming facilities in both Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Genting could ask the legislature to clarify the law, push gambling regulators to change it or take legal action to try and secure the permit.
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http://therealdeal.com/miami/blog/2014/01/08/genting-scales-back-resorts-world-miami-plan/

[chris08876]

This project is back. Hopefully they can secure the permit. This is also the same developer that is building that massive resort in Las Vegas. This was also one of the eight projects that received FAA approval for the height.

[chris08876]

Very long article, but it discusses the issues and prospects for this project. For sake of neatness, I will post the link as there is too much information, but it also relates to other projects such as in Vegas and New York State when it comes to the casino industry and the developer Genting, which is creating this project:
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Article: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/06/13/4176698/genting-seeking-development-ally.html

[chris08876]

Current Status: (Demo of the Herald Building Site)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7304/16391335712_e15d6d6e7e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qYrT3q)
Miami Herald Building Demoition (https://flic.kr/p/qYrT3q) by Phillip Pessar (https://www.flickr.com/people/25955895@N03/), on Flickr

[chris08876]

TLHb00t-oPo

http://investinmiami.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Resorts-World-Miami-Building-3.jpg
Credit: http://investinmiami.com/miami-2020/#.VNvXbPnF9mA

[Plokoon11]

Very neat, reminds me of shells or clams.

[chris08876]

Probably one of the most radical looking projects next to Skyrise. Resorts World looks like a Dubai project in the U.S.. Looking at a lot of the architecture, Miami is becoming a city with different styles that are present in the 21st century.

[chris08876]

Genting started work on Resort World Korea. Vegas one should start up this spring, hopefully they can start this one just as soon. The success of Genting is crucial for this project to become a reality even if it was downscaled in early 2014.

Thats three major casino projects/resorts that they are working on. Two are good to go and will happen, now we just need Miami to get its own.

[N830MH]

Very neat, reminds me of shells or clams.

I'd agree with that. Can't wait to be built. I was hoping they will start construction.

[chris08876]

I think this will start up once the Vegas one does. With Vegas, there are trucks on the site every once in a while. Expect work as they said by late spring. What will help this project are others such as ABF station, World Center, and so on. With all of the extra capital pouring into the region, a growing economy, wealth influx, it sets good conditions for this project. Plus, growing tourism numbers.

[chris08876]

Politicians Are Negotiating Again On Revising Gaming Laws, Including Possibility Of Destination Resorts

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Could 2015 be the year that Florida legalizes destination casino resorts?

In an interview with the News Service of Florida, incoming House Speaker Steve Crisafulli signaled that he is open to the idea of destination resorts. In previous years, conservatives in the House have stymied gambling legislation, while the more moderate Senate has been more open to the idea.

A 2010 compact signed with the Seminole Tribe that allows table games expires later this year and is up for renegotiation. Last month, Governor Rick Scott held a secret meeting with executives from Miami-area casinos to discuss the pending negotiations with the Tribe.

Resorts World Miami owner Genting and Sheldon Adelson have spent significant sums on lobbyists and campaign contributions in recent years in an effort to legalize destination resorts.

Some Extra Renderings:

http://laplaya-properties.com/realestate/userfiles/precon/3596_File10.5795186_23381.jpg

http://laplaya-properties.com/realestate/userfiles/precon/288_3022-resort-world-miami-preconstruction.jpg

http://laplaya-properties.com/realestate/userfiles/precon/223_MK-BS079_CASINO_G_20120205163741.jpg
Credit: http://laplaya-properties.com/realestate/index.php?main=precon&id=76 (For all 3 renderings)
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http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.php/politicians-are-negotiating-again-on-revising-gaming-laws-including-possibility-of-destination-resorts/

[chris08876]

Miami Herald building, where this project will go, has been completely demolished. As of this month, March, 2015.

[Earagon]

I'm still not sold on the design; I think it's gross.

[chris08876]

http://i.imgur.com/Ac91iNL.png
http://i.imgur.com/Ac91iNL.png

[chris08876]

Some recent news: Four new lobbyists registered yesterday to represent Resorts World Miami

Seems like they are pushing for this on the political side.

http://s13.therealdeal.com/trd/m/up/2013/03/url3-e1425596107855.jpg
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http://therealdeal.com/miami/blog/2015/03/05/the-wrap-four-new-lobbyists-registered-yesterday-to-represent-resorts-world-miami-laquer-makes-big-profit-on-sale-of-south-beach-land-and-more/

[chris08876]

Current Site:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8569/16531691370_7a3d87ab89_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rbReTy)Miami Herald Demolition Dust Storm (https://flic.kr/p/rbReTy) by Phillip Pessar (https://www.flickr.com/people/25955895@N03/), on Flickr

[chris08876]

Bernardo Fort-Brescia will be the lead architect for this. Genting recently hired him.

[chris08876]

Genting: We’re Still Working On A Mixed-Use Project At Resorts World Miami

Genting continues to move forward with plans for a mixed-use project on the former Miami Herald site, the company told shareholders in a recent presentation.

In the presentation, which was released last month, Genting said that plans for the mixed-use project at Resorts World Miami and demolition of the Herald building ‘is underway.’ That is similar to what the company has been telling shareholders for at least a year.

Recently released reports revealed that Genting spent nearly $90,000 on Tallahasse lobbyists in the first quarter of 2015 in an attempt to legalize destination casino resorts, which didn’t pass in this year’s legislative session. Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands spent nearly $140,000 in the quarter, according to the reports.

Lobbyists for Genting, including land-use attorneys and Arquitectonica founder Bernardo Fort-Brescia have met with county officials in recent months, but the secretive Genting has kept plans tightly under wraps.
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http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.php/genting-were-still-working-on-plans-for-a-mixed-use-project-at-resorts-world-miami/

[chris08876]

Construction Crews At The Resorts World Site Might Be Building A Seawall

http://i.imgur.com/Ej9ufcX.jpg

Don’t get excited – those cranes on the former Miami Herald site aren’t working on a foundation for Resorts World Miami.

Instead, they are possibly rebuilding a seawall behind the property, or the site could be being used as a staging area for the Venetian Causeway construction project.

Genting, the tight-lipped owner of the property, hasn’t announced anything recently. Workers queried at the job site were unable to provide a coherent response to TNM.

Genting filed construction permits to rebuild the seawall earlier this month.

Also this month, Dade’s Property Appraiser filed a lawsuit against Genting again over the assessed value of the Resorts World property. It is the second time that the property appraiser has taken such action.
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http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.php/construction-crews-at-the-resorts-world-miami-site-might-be-building-a-seawall/

[chris08876]

Aerial of the Site:

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/531a50e7e4b02c4ce25dc099/t/55932afde4b0a81b267e3090/1435708160104/Getting+World+Resorts?format=1000w
Credit: GoldenDusk (http://www.goldenduskphotography.com/blog/2015/6/30/activity-at-resorts-world-site)

[N830MH]

Aerial of the Site:

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/531a50e7e4b02c4ce25dc099/t/55932afde4b0a81b267e3090/1435708160104/Getting+World+Resorts?format=1000w
Credit: GoldenDusk (http://www.goldenduskphotography.com/blog/2015/6/30/activity-at-resorts-world-site)

Wow! I remember old Miami Herald site and now, it's gone!

Is under construction yet? Is going to be build a new resorts hotel?

[chris08876]

Resorts World Trades Land With The Florida Department of Transportation

Resorts World Miami executed a land swap with the Florida Department of Transportation last month.

As part of the deal, Resorts World turned over 4,482 square feet of property to FDOT. Also included were all rights of ingress, egress, light, air and view between Resort World’s remaining property and any facility constructed on the newly exchanged property. FDOT is working on plans for signature bridge there.

At the same time, FDOT signed over about 607 square feet of land to Resorts World.

Paperwork for the deal was signed for by Edward Farrell, president of Resorts World Bimini and Miami. Farrell was appointed to the position a year ago. At the time of his appointment, Farrell said that he would ‘focus on developing Resorts World Bimini into the most convenient integrated resort island in the Caribbean for the South Florida market.’


Newly added to Resorts World:

http://i.imgur.com/9del7qH.jpg
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nxt (http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.php/resorts-world-trades-land-with-the-florida-department-of-transportation/)

[chris08876]

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs new gambling compact with Seminole Tribe

After months of negotiations, Gov. Rick Scott quietly signed a compact with the Seminole Tribe late Monday that will generate nearly $3 billion in added revenue to the state over seven years in exchange for the exclusive right to operate blackjack and add craps and roulette.

The 20-year deal also allows the Legislature to open the door for parimutuels to operate new slots casinos in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties and allows the existing South Florida racinos to seek voter approval to operate limited blackjack tables.

"With a $3 billion guarantee (over the first seven years) along with a cap on the tribe's gaming, it is my hope that this compact can be the foundation of a stable and predictable gaming environment for the state of Florida," Scott wrote in a letter to House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner on Monday. "My execution of this compact is the first step in the process outlined in law, and I look forward to continuing to work with you and your respective chambers this session in order to ratify this $3 billion historic agreement."

The agreement must now win approval from the House and Senate, which are required to ratify the deal. The lead negotiator for the Senate said Monday that he was optimistic.

[...]

But the measure also opens the door to expanded gaming, especially in South Florida, where the Malaysian company Genting has said it wants to build a full casino resort on Biscayne Bay on the former site of the Miami Herald building. Under the compact, the tribe would continue to make payments even in the face of increased competition from a new Miami or Broward slots casino. The Fontainebleau in Miami Beach is also likely to compete for the slots license.
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http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/gubernatorial/florida-gov-rick-scott-signs-new-gambling-compact-with-seminole-tribe/2256887

[dave8721]

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article73865292.html

Is Genting looking to flip former Miami Herald property?

Unable to build the luxury Miami casino and resort envisioned five years ago when they dropped $236 million for 14 acres on Biscayne Bay, gaming giant Genting Group may indeed be actively seeking to flip the property.

Rumored for years, the company’s interest in selling the former site of the Miami Herald’s headquarters was confirmed recently on condition of anonymity by a developer who said he was shown the property. The meeting came after another failed attempt to change Florida’s restrictive gambling laws during the state’s 2016 legislative session.

Even now, Genting continues to be active in Tallahassee, where its Resorts World Miami affiliate is represented on matters of “casino hotels” by Ballard Partners, and in the city of Miami, where former congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart registered to lobby for the company in January. Meanwhile, Genting was among the interested parties last year when the county sought to partner with a developer to build out the space over the Omni bus station and attached Metromover station, and the company is in the midst of renovating the historic Boulevard Shops across from the Performing Arts Center.

As for building plans, Genting hasn’t submitted any for the site since seeking comments on plans for an “as-of-right” project more than two years ago, according to the city’s planning department. Since then, Assistant Director Luciana Gonzalez said a search of the department’s files show no applications for building permits, marina or bay walk.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article73865292.html#storylink=cpy

[chris08876]

New 580-Foot Hotel Planned At Genting’s Resorts World Omni

Resorts World appears to be moving forward with new development at their massive Miami property.

Yesterday (February 28), an application was submitted to the FAA to build a hotel at Resorts World’s Omni property at 1501 Biscayne Boulevard.

The hotel will rise 580 feet above ground, according to the proposal.

At that height, the hotel would be about double the size of the 28-story Hilton Miami Downtown currently located at the same property. The Hilton was originally built in 1978 as an Omni hotel, and includes 527 rooms.

This is the second FAA application submitted by Resorts World in as many months. In January, the company submitted plans for three towers on the former Miami Herald site.
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NXT (http://www.thenextmiami.com/580-foot-hotel-planned-gentings-resorts-world-omni/)

[chris08876]

Senate To Vote On Bill That Could Permit Casino At Resorts World Miami

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Florida lawmakers are once again considering a bill that would allow a casino to be built in Miami-Dade or Broward.

The bill was already approved by a Senate committee last week. It is scheduled for a vote by the full Senate when it convenes on March 7.

In previous years, Florida lawmakers have failed to approved bills as time ran out for a deal before the legislative session ended. This year is different though, as lawmakers have the legislation ready to go even before the session begins.

If approved, two new casinos offering slot machines would be permitted, as part of a new deal with the Seminole Tribe. One of those new casinos could be Genting’s Resorts World Miami, ( they would have to compete with other bidders for the rights.)

The Florida House is not on board with the plan yet though, and has a competing bill that doesn’t allow for gambling expansion. Negotiation between the Senate and House would be required to resolve their differences.

Even if the legislation fails, Genting is still working to use the slots permit from Gulfstream to build a casino in downtown Miami. Genting has sued Miami-Dade County in an attempt to clarify their legal right to build the casino, and the next hearing in that case is scheduled for August 2017.
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NXT (http://www.thenextmiami.com/senate-vote-bill-permit-casino-resorts-world-miami/)

[chris08876]

New 580-Foot Hotel Planned At Genting’s Resorts World Omni



No casino yet, but Genting proposes a hotel over Omni bus terminal



http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/bg33xk/picture139301018/ALTERNATES/FREE_480/genting%20birds%20eye

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/1zp8t8/picture139301008/ALTERNATES/FREE_480/genteing%20street%20view

A proposal by casino giant Genting to build a possible 300-room hotel on the site of Miami-Dade’s Omni bus terminal has cleared a big hurdle, winning the unanimous approval of the county commission’s transportation committee for a 90-year-lease of the public property.

Genting’s Resorts World Miami, whose efforts to build a massive casino resort in the Omni district have been stalled for years, was the sole bidder on a county request for proposals to redevelop the open-air bus terminal and refurbish the adjacent Metromover station.

The redevelopment site, totaling just under one acre, includes Northeast 14th Terrace, a one-block-long street that would be permanently closed. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said in a memo that the deal with Genting would generate nearly $55 million in rent and revenue-sharing for the county over the life of the lease.

The Genting tower would rise over a rebuilt and expanded ground-level bus station with air-conditioned passenger waiting rooms, a significant improvement over the existing bare-bones terminal, where only slender canopies protect users from the elements. The tower would include retail shops on the ground floor. It lies within walking distance of the highrise Hilton Miami Hotel.
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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article139301033.html

[chris08876]

Larger Renderings:


http://i.imgur.com/yfEAigg.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/RJhWa8G.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/x0DZ16w.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Pl4RMSN.jpg
Credit: NXT (http://www.thenextmiami.com/resorts-world-plans-mixed-use-next-grand-public-plaza/)

[chris08876]

Resorts World Miami Approved By FAA For Three Towers At Herald Site :cheers:

The FAA granted approval today to Resorts World Miami for a three-tower project on the site where the Miami Herald building once stood.

According to the proposal, each of the three towers would rise to an identical height of 642 feet above ground, or 649 feet above sea level.

FAA review took about five months. The project has not been reviewed yet by city officials or the Urban Development Review Board.

Resorts World Miami still has a separate application pending with the FAA for a 580-foot tower above the county-owned Omni transit terminal.
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nxt (http://www.thenextmiami.com/resorts-world-miami-approved-faa-three-towers-herald-site/)

[chris08876]

Title change request to: MIAMI | Resorts World Miami | 3 X 642 FT | FLOORS

Per data in above post. Floors unknown as of the moment.

[bobdreamz]

Title change request to: MIAMI | Resorts World Miami | 2 X 642 FT | FLOORS

Per data in above post. Floors unknown as of the moment.

Shouldn't it be 3 Towers x 642 Ft. ?

[chris08876]

Shouldn't it be 3 Towers x 642 Ft. ?

Yes. Typo on my part. OP edited.

[chris08876]

:star: Legal Documents: https://www.scribd.com/document/367510290/resorts-world-omni#from_embed:dead:

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Resorts World Files Petition For Declaratory Statement To Allow Gambling At Omni

The former Omni mall could have gambling, if a petition filed by Resorts World is granted.

On December 5, Resorts World Omni filed a petition for a declaratory statement from Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

The company wants to move a quarter-horse permit from Gulfstream Park to the Omni, but wants a declaration that the permit can be used in Miami-Dade (Gulfstream straddles the county line.)

The property that has been leased for the gambling activities sits across from Edgewater’s Publix, at the corner of 17th Terrace and Biscayne Boulevard.
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NXT (https://www.thenextmiami.com/resorts-world-files-petition-declaratory-statement-allow-gambling-omni/)

[chris08876]

Genting Gambling Rights Lawsuit Against Miami-Dade Dismissed


Genting’s lawsuit against Miami-Dade County seeking to force a ruling on gambling rights has been dismissed.

In 2016, Genting filed a lawsuit that named State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle and Miami-Dade County, seeking a declaratory judgement on whether slot machines and card games would face local enforcement if a Gulfstream Park racing license was transferred to the Omni property on downtown Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard.

The company also filed a Petition for a Declaratory Statement with the Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation on whether the state would allow the permit itself to be moved from Gulfstream.

In April, the DBPR ruled that the permit could not be moved, rendering the lawsuit against Miami-Dade moot.

In a May 23 court filing, both sides agreed to the dismissal without prejudice (allowing the suit to be potentially filed again), and each side will pay for their own legal fees.
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NXT (https://www.thenextmiami.com/genting-lawsuit-against-miami-dade-over-gambling-rights-dismissed/)