MIAMI | Development Thread

[N830MH]

Miami is on the move.

Indeed...Yes, it is. They are on the move. Let's hope new MIA Tri-Rail station will reopen again sometime in early or mid-2013. It's good see construction in progress.

[bobdreamz]

Miami Herald

Posted on Fri, Sep. 21, 2012
Miami Tower changes colors instantly with new LED lights
By ELAINE WALKER
ewalker@MiamiHerald.com

EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
A new LED lighting system on the Miami Tower at 100 SE 2nd St. in downtown Miami lets the building change colors quickly and display multiple, changing patterns on the building. Already Miami’s most distinctive skyscraper, the Miami Tower can now illuminate the night with a rainbow-colored lightshow.
All it takes is a few seconds on a smartphone to switch the 47-story tower from looking like a virtual American flag to a rippling whirlpool in varying shades of turquoise and green, or a dynamic sunrise of red, orange and yellow. The color changes can spread from the center of the building out like a starburst or float vertically across like a wave crashing on the shore.

The dramatic new statement on the downtown skyline is the result of a $1.5 million, state-of-the-art LED lighting system that has been installed on the tower’s exterior during the last nine months. It’s believed to be the biggest installation of LED lights on a building exterior anywhere in the U.S. The Empire State Building is finishing a similar upgrade, but only on a small portion of the building.
“We want to reinforce the tower’s position as the premier building in the Miami skyline,” said Tom Matese, general manager of the building. “It can be an evolving piece of art on the Miami skyline. The possibilities are really endless. It’s all about what your mind can create.”

The Miami Tower, designed by architect I.M. Pei and built in 1987 as the CenTrust Tower (named for the defunct savings and loan), has always had the capability of lighting the sky in a static presentation. That notoriety made it a signature shot in the old Miami Vice television show, as well as movies like the James Bond flick Casino Royale and almost every television shot of the Miami skyline. Usually the building was bathed in one of a handful of solid colors or basic combinations like red, white and blue for July 4th. Because the previous changing system was slow and labor intensive, colors rarely changed more than about once a month.

This takes the presentation to a new level — and is better for the environment. The new lights reduce energy usage by 92 percent, saving $260,000 a year and reducing CO2 emissions by more than 1.2 million . The installation replaced 382 1,000-watt lights with 216 lights that average 180 watts per fixture.
“The technology was old and very expensive to operate, but we didn’t want to eliminate the lighting because it’s such an iconic building on the Miami skyline,” said Ty Spearing, managing director at LaSalle Investment Management, the building’s Chicago-based owner. “We needed to bring the lighting into the current century.”
Gone are the days when someone had to manually change the colored gels on each of the 382 lights. That took 12 man hours of work and involved visiting the rooftops of neighboring skyscrapers. The cost savings in time, gels and leases on other buildings amounts to an additional $130,000 a year.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8461/8011944112_cc2f24b227.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8315/8011947760_f48ab1d39c.jpg

Read more here : http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/21/v-print/3014802/miami-tower-changes-colors-instantly.html#storylink=cpy

[skyscraperfan23]

Miami Herald

Posted on Fri, Sep. 21, 2012
Miami Tower changes colors instantly with new LED lights
By ELAINE WALKER
ewalker@MiamiHerald.com

EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
A new LED lighting system on the Miami Tower at 100 SE 2nd St. in downtown Miami lets the building change colors quickly and display multiple, changing patterns on the building. Already Miami’s most distinctive skyscraper, the Miami Tower can now illuminate the night with a rainbow-colored lightshow.
All it takes is a few seconds on a smartphone to switch the 47-story tower from looking like a virtual American flag to a rippling whirlpool in varying shades of turquoise and green, or a dynamic sunrise of red, orange and yellow. The color changes can spread from the center of the building out like a starburst or float vertically across like a wave crashing on the shore.

The dramatic new statement on the downtown skyline is the result of a $1.5 million, state-of-the-art LED lighting system that has been installed on the tower’s exterior during the last nine months. It’s believed to be the biggest installation of LED lights on a building exterior anywhere in the U.S. The Empire State Building is finishing a similar upgrade, but only on a small portion of the building.
“We want to reinforce the tower’s position as the premier building in the Miami skyline,” said Tom Matese, general manager of the building. “It can be an evolving piece of art on the Miami skyline. The possibilities are really endless. It’s all about what your mind can create.”

The Miami Tower, designed by architect I.M. Pei and built in 1987 as the CenTrust Tower (named for the defunct savings and loan), has always had the capability of lighting the sky in a static presentation. That notoriety made it a signature shot in the old Miami Vice television show, as well as movies like the James Bond flick Casino Royale and almost every television shot of the Miami skyline. Usually the building was bathed in one of a handful of solid colors or basic combinations like red, white and blue for July 4th. Because the previous changing system was slow and labor intensive, colors rarely changed more than about once a month.

This takes the presentation to a new level — and is better for the environment. The new lights reduce energy usage by 92 percent, saving $260,000 a year and reducing CO2 emissions by more than 1.2 million . The installation replaced 382 1,000-watt lights with 216 lights that average 180 watts per fixture.
“The technology was old and very expensive to operate, but we didn’t want to eliminate the lighting because it’s such an iconic building on the Miami skyline,” said Ty Spearing, managing director at LaSalle Investment Management, the building’s Chicago-based owner. “We needed to bring the lighting into the current century.”
Gone are the days when someone had to manually change the colored gels on each of the 382 lights. That took 12 man hours of work and involved visiting the rooftops of neighboring skyscrapers. The cost savings in time, gels and leases on other buildings amounts to an additional $130,000 a year.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8461/8011944112_cc2f24b227.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8315/8011947760_f48ab1d39c.jpg

Read more here : http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/21/v-print/3014802/miami-tower-changes-colors-instantly.html#storylink=cpy

This is gonna be nice again, Miami You are so nice.

[dave8721]

The 42-story 1100 Millecento breaks ground in Brickell.

http://www.globest.com/news/12_447/miami/multifamily/Related-Breaking-Ground-on-Third-Miami-Condo-Project-325565.html?ET=globest:e32549:488438a:&st=email

Related Breaking Ground on Third Miami Condo Project

By Jennifer LeClaire

MIAMI—The Related Group breaks ground on 1100 Millecento Residences on Wednesday, a new condo project from visionary Jorge Perez. Millecento marks The Related Group’s third groundbreaking in the current cycle.

The 42-story tower will feature 382 residences at 1100 South Miami Avenue, steps from Mary Brickell Village and the upcoming 4 million-square-foot Brickell CitiCentre. Italian design firm Pininfarina, the name behind Ferrari, Maserati and Rolls-Royce designs, is designing the interiors. Carlos Ott architected the luxury condo tower.

The Millecento announcement follows Related’s MyBrickell condominium sales success. Related reports more than 80% of MyBrickell’s 192 residences sold, resulting in an accelerated groundbreaking, making it the first for the downtown area in over five years.

[Dale]

Wow! Just waiting on 1101 now.

[QuantumX]

The 42-story 1100 Millecento breaks ground in Brickell.

http://www.globest.com/news/12_447/miami/multifamily/Related-Breaking-Ground-on-Third-Miami-Condo-Project-325565.html?ET=globest:e32549:488438a:&st=email

Wow! Just waiting on 1101 now.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8180/8041109846_4fd0f9259f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041109846/)
DSC_1613 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041109846/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/8041096062_a074dc25d3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041096062/)
DSC_1614 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041096062/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8455/8041135628_a059939fa9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041135628/)
DSC_1616 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041135628/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8462/8041146465_edc14e7b7c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041146465/)
DSC_1617 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041146465/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

[QuantumX]

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/DSC_1475_zps011f80d1.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8306/8014062054_a67d4cbf10_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8014062054/)
DSC_1498 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8014062054/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/DSC_1494_zpsa898494f.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/DSC_1473_zpsffec2f53.jpg

[N830MH]

Wow! What a gorgeous color!!! I like it lots! I miss Miami lots. Because it was too many change it. You know what? Because MIA is very dangerous and it was very bad neighborhood. Too many drug dealer and too many people being killed out there. It's not safe at all.

[skyscraperfan23]

Miami is killing it, this city is gonna be so hot.

[QuantumX]

Took these yesterday and a whole lot more.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8178/8041681309_c3de675a27_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041681309/)
DSC_1610 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041681309/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8169/8041277774_215bd52dba_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041277774/)
DSC_1591 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041277774/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

[QuantumX]

Gentlemen, I have tried to update the construction site from the Miami Tower as I have done before, but they have a new property manager who is ignoring my emails. So much for that.

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/CSC_1627.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/CSC_1628-1.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/CSC_1624.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/CSC_1622.jpg

[skyscraperfan23]

Miami is gonna be so big very soon.

[QuantumX]

Please don't repeat the exact same set of photos on the same page when you are quoting somebody. If you want to quote somebody, just delete the photos. We don't need to see them twice on the same page, especially when there are a lot.

It's gonna have a bigger skyline, yes!

[colemonkee]

Unnecessarily gratuitous photo quote fixed. Brickell Citicentre is a HUGE project. Didn't know they were going to build it all at once and assumed they would do it in stages. I'm pleasantly surprised to see the whole thing moving forward.

What tower is under construction (currently 8-10 floors up already) in the first two shots of your last post?

[QuantumX]

Unnecessarily gratuitous photo quote fixed.

While you're at it, there is another one above with all the different nights shots of the Miami tower I took.

Brickell Citicentre is a HUGE project. Didn't know they were going to build it all at once and assumed they would do it in stages. I'm pleasantly surprised to see the whole thing moving forward.

Actually, this is only phase 1 which will be most of it. Phase 2 will involve the demolition of the bank building on the extreme right of this photo on the other side of the Metromover station and the construction of the 634 feet tall office tower, depending on what the market is doing at the time.

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/CSC_1627.jpg

What tower is under construction (currently 8-10 floors up already) in the first two shots of your last post?

That would be MyBrickell. (See below)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8042/8041037904_cdb3c9445d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041037904/)
DSC_1606 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8041037904/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8451/8040839505_d939956f91_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8040839505/)
DSC_1604 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8040839505/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj603/Quantum56/6247872178_c30a4e90f8_o.jpg

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

[skyscraperfan23]

This is so cool.

[QuantumX]

It was not necessary to repeat all these photos just to say this. If you are following the thread, you will see that there has already been some discussion about this.

Something like this would have sufficed: "This is so cool. :previous:"

[skyscraperfan23]

Brickell Citicentre is gonna be one huge project, I Hope someday Miami world center will come.

[dave8721]

http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/blog/2012/10/1100-millecento-groundbreaking-slideshow.html

Related Group breaks ground on 1100 Millecento Residences - slideshow

[QuantumX]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8171/8059464080_e4f4d69a96_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8059464080/)
CSC_1621 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8059464080/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8315/8059475857_f5aa2929f0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8059475857/)
CSC_1620 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8059475857/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8177/8059483182_9e4f6a1e6a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8059483182/)
CSC_1619 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8059483182/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8317/8059496066_e809a76a17_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8059496066/)
CSC_1618 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8059496066/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

[QuantumX]

Here, see the Millecento site beyond the Brickell Citicentre site and how it will fit into the skyline.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/8059563419_c0af327f05_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8059563419/)
DSC_1610 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8059563419/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

[brickell]

The cranes are taking roost in Miami again.

[QuantumX]

The cranes are taking roost in Miami again.

Speaking of cranes roosting in Miami again, these were taken of the Brickell House site just this Saturday.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/8068731722_fac2cb4bee_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8068731722/)
DSC_1676 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8068731722/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8029/8068714955_3eacc70508_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8068714955/)
DSC_1674 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8068714955/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

[bobdreamz]

Here, see the Millecento site beyond the Brickell Citicentre site and how it will fit into the skyline.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/8059563419_c0af327f05_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8059563419/)
DSC_1610 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8059563419/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

Great to see Millicento break ground! This tower will look fantastic on S. Miami Avenue. when completed.


http://media.dexigner.com/article/22281/1100_Millecento_Residences_03.jpg

[UrbanTraveler]

FEC new station and transit oriented developmet http://i1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii550/FECRailDevOp/FECnewStationschematic.jpg

[dave8721]

Looks like the Midtown developers are going ahead with 3 Midtown (31 floors) and 6 Midtown (33 floors)

http://www.condovultures.com/News/ViewArticle/tabid/77/ArticleId/88976/Midtown-Miami-2-New-Condo-Towers-Proposed-For-Mixed-Use-Retail-Center.aspx

[brickell]

I wasn't sure that would ever happen. Good news for Midtown.

[dave8721]

http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2012/12/06/two-condo-projects-take-regions.html

South Florida's inventory of proposed condominiums has grown to 13,315 with the addition of two new proposed projects.
A pair of developers in unrelated deals are proposing to build two new Miami Beach condo projects - the Deauville Hotel Beach Resort and the Residences At The Miami Beach Edition. Together, the projects would add more than 400 residences, according to Condo Vultures' Peter Zalewski.
With the two new proposed condo projects slated for the east side of Collins Avenue, at least 88 condo towers have been announced for the tri-county South Florida region, according to the Preconstruction Condo Projects list brokerage CVR Realty, a sister company to Condo Vultures, has compiled.

[bobdreamz]

^ I wonder how tall these proposed projects will be since Miami Beach has a height restriction now.

[skyscraperfan23]

Hopefully Miapolis will be built someday.

[BrandonJXN]

Hopefully not. Build Verticus instead. ;)

[Hurricanes]

Thanks to this site now I have an idea on all the construction going on downtown. I like the direction things are going. Now to cross my fingers for a supertall.
-Joel

[dave8721]

Brickell House construction updates:
(foundation has been poured and its ready to go vertical)
http://brickellhouse.com/constructionupdates-en_170

[dave8721]

Live webcam of MyBrickell construction:
http://mybrickell.us/html/liveview_flash.php

Brickell CitiCentre construction cam:
http://brickellcitycentreconnect.com/construction-cam/

[dave8721]

Another condo tower on the way for the Grove:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/13/3141202/martins-buy-coconut-grove-bank.html

Martins buy Coconut Grove Bank site

The bank will remain on the property but will move aside for a luxury condo tower along the Grove waterfront.

The bank’s board this week approved selling the five-acre property to Terra Group, a development firm already in the midst of transforming the nearby Grand Bay hotel into a luxury high-rise condo complex.

Terra plans a similar project at the bank site, which would include a new building for the bank on the property off Southwest 27th Avenue. The existing 1959 building for the bank would be demolished, and replaced with a new bank site closer to the street.

He said the current plan is for roughly 200 units in towers that won’t be higher than 20 stories. He said that’s well below the 700 units allowed on the site under Miami’s zoning code. Martin said there aren’t plans for ground-floor shops and restaurants attached to the towers.

Progress on their other Coconut Grove project:


The Martins have begun clearing the Grand Bay hotel site to make way for a two-tower condo complex with 100 units. Prices range between $2 million and $6 million. The bank project will also target high-end buyers with construction on the residential complex starting in 2014.

[bobdreamz]

Live webcam of MyBrickell construction:
http://mybrickell.us/html/liveview_flash.php

Brickell CitiCentre construction cam:
http://brickellcitycentreconnect.com/construction-cam/

Thanks for the cams. It's amazing at looking at the Brickell CitiCentre site how large this project is going to be and keep pushing development westward.

[dave8721]

Zaha Hadid to design a skyscraper for 1000 Biscayne Blvd (the tiny BP lot).

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/12/17/zaha-hadid-to-design-first-western-hemisphere-project/

From the South Florida site: World-renowned architect Zaha Hadid will be designing her first skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, at 1000 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, The Real Deal has learned.

[bobdreamz]

It appears that the BP gas station that never sold during the rise of the Biscayne wall during the boom has been sold to "1000 Biscayne Tower" development. The developers have chosen architect Zaha Hadid.

Starchitect Zaha Hadid to design first skyscraper in Western Hemisphere

http://cdn.freshome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Hadid-zaha-hadid1.jpg

World-renowned architect Zaha Hadid will be designing her first skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, The Real Deal has learned.

Developer 1000 Biscayne Tower, which is managed by Gregg Covin and Louis Birdman, confirmed her commissioning today.

Hadid, who was born in Iraq but lives in London, recently designed a new parking garage in Miami Beach’s Collins Park neighborhood.

The planned downtown Miami tower is on the site currently occupied by a BP Station at 1000 Biscayne Boulevard across from the American Airlines Arena.

Some of Hadid’s notable projects include the BMW Central Building in Leipzig and the London Aquatics Centre for the Olympic Games.

The site is between 900 Biscayne & 10 Museum Park :

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4708880886_f880714f64_b.jpg

pic by James Good

Zaha Hadid also submitted a design for the tower at 425 Park Avenue in New York City yet lost to Sir Norman Foster. Her design for 425 :

http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/r8/r847arb1kndk8p8r.jpg

Link : http://therealdeal.com/miami/blog/2012/12/17/zaha-hadid-to-design-first-miami-skyscraper-1000-biscayne-tower/

and more info from the "Curbed Miami" website":

Curbed Miami has learned via email from Gregg Covin, one of the developers of the project. The other developer is Louis Birdman. The building will fill a gap in the section of the "Biscayne Wall" of condo towers across from Museum Park. The site is currently occupied by a BP Station, which Curbed Miami had theorized months ago might soon be built upon. The tower's designs will be unveiled early next year and will be the "most iconic tower ever to be built in Miami."

http://miami.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/17/zaha-hadid-is-designing-a-skyscraper-in-downtown-miami.php


The zoning height for this section of downtown is 709 ft.|216 m :

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8218/8284171833_7baab90044_b.jpg

map courtesy of QuantumX


Yeah! another possible 700 footer for Miami! :cheers:

[QuantumX]

Thanks for the cams. It's amazing at looking at the Brickell CitiCentre site how large this project is going to be and keep pushing development westward.

You can see from the Mint cam angle how nicely it's going to fill in the skyline.

[Private Dick]

Another condo tower on the way for the Grove:

The existing 1959 building for the bank would be demolished, and replaced with a new bank site closer to the street.

He said the current plan is for roughly 200 units in towers that won’t be higher than 20 stories. He said that’s well below the 700 units allowed on the site under Miami’s zoning code. Martin said there aren’t plans for ground-floor shops and restaurants attached to the towers.


See, this is the type of "development" that I view as not worth the time.

A 1959 building is basically a historic structure for Miami, and I think there's value to preserving buildings like this in the Grove. In 1959, this was a high-quality building... much higher-quality in construction than much of what is going up in Miami now. I'd much rather see renovations and site resdesign... because it just doesn't seem to be worth it to knock this down for a 20 or lower story building without any ground-level plans. Why bother?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cdvv5rVtppE/Snn-tUJulpI/AAAAAAAAHIE/mYcrdvT5Imw/s1600/bank.jpg

[Illithid Dude]

Shame they are demolishing that, it's some incredible MCM.

[skyscraperfan23]

Miami is a glitzy and glamorous city for skyscrapers.

[Private Dick]

^ Thanks for the information!!!!

[dc_denizen]

The boom seems to be back! I was there 1.5 years ago, I think I caught Miami in one of those rare moments in history when few tower cranes were at work in the city...

[Kingofthehill]

Shame they are demolishing that, it's some incredible MCM.
Unfortunate, indeed. Miami should really go greater lengths to protect and safeguard its MCM heritage.

[QuantumX]

It appears that the BP gas station that never sold during the rise of the Biscayne wall during the boom has been sold to "1000 Biscayne Tower" development. The developers have chosen architect Zaha Hadid.

Yeah! another possible 700 footer for Miami! :cheers:

If they don't break 700 feet with this thing, it's going to look really weird compared to the other towers. If they are really talking iconic, it can't be anything less for that site. I think the Marquis looks iconic, so I think it has to be the same height at least.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8494/8289381610_84a61ff42f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8289381610/)
DSC_0631 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27357258@N03/8289381610/) by QuantumX (http://www.flickr.com/people/27357258@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3154/2474220923_2906787d4c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesgood/2474220923/)
Miami - Aerial Photography (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesgood/2474220923/) by James Good (http://www.flickr.com/people/jamesgood/), on Flickr

[QuantumX]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2008/2475035082_4416d3d992_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesgood/2475035082/)
Miami - Aerial Photography (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesgood/2475035082/) by James Good (http://www.flickr.com/people/jamesgood/), on Flickr

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2044/1966060737_794375f375_b.jpg

[dave8721]

Its "Brickell CityCentre" now rather than CitiCentre:

http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2012/12/18/whats-in-a-name-swire-believes-it-is.html

What's in a name? Swire believes 'CityCentre' is worth $1 billion

South Florida Business Journal by Oscar Pedro Musibay, Reporter
Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 2:49pm EST

Swire Properties, developer of $1 billion worth of offices, retail, residences and hotel rooms in Miami, is tweaking its high-profile project's name.
Going forward, the project's name will be Brickell CityCentre, which is consistent with the company's other projects including Citygate in Hong Kong. Up until the Tuesday announcement, the project had been called CitiCentre, with an "i" instead of a "y".
"This adjustment helps the company unify its overall company marketing efforts," according to the company's statement.
The $1.05 billion Brickell CityCentre project broke ground in June. It comprises 5.4 million gross square feet including a shopping center, two residential towers, a hotel, wellness center, serviced apartments, two office buildings, and 3,100 parking spaces. The site also incorporates a Miami Metromover station.
The project is being developed in two phases, with the first phase, including all elements except for one office tower, scheduled for completion in 2015. The final office tower is expected by 2018.

[MiamiSpartan]

Running late for work....If someone could post the article in this am's Miami Herald about all the new development, I'd appreciate it....!
Lots of cranes coming!!
:cheers:

[Dale]

On the other hand ...

FAA moves to further restrict downtown building heights, could decapitate several planned towers:

http://www.miamitodaynews.com

[brickell]

The return of the cranes: Miami-Dade construction projects on the horizon in 2013
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/03/3166853/the-return-of-the-cranes-miami.html

By far the centerpiece project to date is Brickell CityCentre, a $1.05 billion shopping and mixed-use project that broke ground in June 2012 and will span three blocks just west of Brickell Avenue to the south of the Miami River.

The 5-million-square-foot mega-project by developer Swire Properties will include a department store, luxury shops, restaurants, a hotel, office towers and condominiums. It is expected to be connected with bridges and covered walkways and to cement downtown Miami’s emerging image as a trendy place to work, live and play.

In Brickell alone, three new condominium projects already are under construction: Jorge Perez’s Related Group is building Millecento, a 42-story tower with 382 units, and MyBrickell, a smaller project with 28 stories and 192 units shoehorned onto a 0.4-acre site. Newgard Development Group is building BrickellHouse, a 46-story, 374-unit project.

More building, much more, is coming.


Residential projects under construction:

Project Address Units Floors
Bellini At Williams Island 4100 Island Blvd., Aventura 70 24
1100 Millecento Residences 1100 South Miami Ave., Miami 382 42
BrickellHouse 1300 Brickell Bay Drive, Miami 374 46
MyBrickell 30 SE Sixth St., Miami 192 28
Oceana Key Biscayne 350 Ocean Drive, 154 15
Residences at Miami Beach Edition 2901 Collins Ave. 26 11
Chateau Beach 17451 Collins Ave. 84 35
Mansions At Acqualina 17749 Collins Ave. 79 46
Regalia 19505 Collins Ave. 39 43

Residential projects gearing up:

Project Address Units Floors
Saxony 3399 Collins Ave. 67 19
Porsche Design Tower 18555 Collins Ave. 132 57
ICON Bay 450 NE 28th St. 300 40
Palau at Sunset Harbour 1201 20th St. 50 5
Grove at Grand Bay 2669 S. Bayshore Dr. 97 96 20
4701 North Meridian 4701 N. Meridian Ave., MB 145* 10
Unique 17141 Collins Ave. 62 44
Jade Signature 16901 Collins Ave. 192 55
One Ocean 2 Ocean Drive, MB 50 7
400 Sunny Isles 400 Sunny Isles Blvd. 230 20
321 Ocean Drive 321 Ocean Drive.; N/A 9
Village At Island Estates 5000 Island Estates Drive 148 8
Peloro Miami Beach 6610 Indian Creek Drive 115 7
Marina Palms Yacht Club and Residences 17301 Biscayne Blvd. NMB 468 24
Echo Aventura 3250 NE 188th St. Aventura 190 11
Harbor Park 9901 E. Bay Harbor Dr. 20 9
Edgewater Apartments Condo 9821 E. Bay Harbor Dr. 41 9
Club At Bay Harbor 1025 92nd St. 42 8
Ivory 9261 E. Bay Harbor Dr. 41 8
Merrick Manor 4133 LeJeune Road, Coral Gables 180 10

Commercial projects under way (unless noted):

Project Address
Brickell CityCentre 701 S. Miami Ave and surrounding area
1400 Biscayne** 1400 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami Design District From NE 38th Street to NE 42nd Street and west of NE 2nd Ave
Dadeland Mall 7535 N Kendall Dr.

* Approximately 130 condos and 15 single-family homes

** Scheduled to break ground in mid-2013

Source: Condo Vultures/Miami Herald

[BrandonJXN]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Miami is a city that needs an iconic piece of architecture. Something in the realm of a tropical Empire State Building. I've heard that Zaha Hadid might be designing a building in Miami and that idea is making me drool. Imagine something like this in Miami.

http://www.dubaichronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/zaha-hadid-for-omniyat-1.jpg
http://www.dubaichronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/zaha-hadid-for-omniyat-1.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2008/08/zha_farrer-road_01.jpg
http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2008/08/zha_farrer-road_01.jpg

http://www.evolo.us/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/sunrisetower-2.jpg
http://www.evolo.us/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/sunrisetower-2.jpg

I think it's time for Miami to think outside the 'condo' box.

[Dale]

This could be the most exciting development cycle, in the history of Miami, both height-wise and design-wise ...

... unless the FAA has its way. If it does, some of these will be chopped. And no doubt others will outright cancel.

[skyscraperfan23]

Abolish the FAA and leave those buildings alone.

[bobdreamz]

http://miami.curbed.com/uploads/sRzgi.jpg


According to exMiami, the owners of the planned Miami Worldcenter megaproject have picked up two more pieces of land.
Already having caused a big brouhaha when they snagged Grand Central Park, they are now said to be the purchasers of the recently sold Grand Central Nightclub across the street and the former Camillus House site at 726 NE 1st Avenue. And the Worldcenter real estate shopping spree shows no signs of stopping. We can only speculate at how big this project will eventually be.

Although still one of the most desolate areas of downtown Miami, the Worldcenter land and its immediate environs have a big, big future, including of course the Worldcenter itself, the new Zaha Hadid tower about a block away to the east, and the new All Aboard Florida train station about a block away to the south.

http://miami.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/18/expanding-miami-worldcenter.php

http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?zoom=15&size=140x140&maptype=roadmap&markers=color:red|25.7816,-80.1925&sensor=false

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6217/6268412931_9812c9acaf_b.jpg

image by QuantumX

[Private Dick]

Abolish the FAA and leave those buildings alone.

More profound wisdom

[skyscraperfan23]

More profound wisdom

The FAA don't care about anybody except the greedy dollar.

[Illithid Dude]

More profound wisdom

I'm actually crying.

[Private Dick]

The FAA don't care about anybody except the greedy dollar.

Yes, that darn FAA taking all our money and giving it to their cronies on Wall Street! Air travel safety be damned! Condo developers don't give a crap about money... they just care about making us happy!

And besides, Miami is is a glitzy and glamorous city for skyscrapers.

[Dale]

Yes, that darn FAA taking all our money and giving it to their cronies on Wall Street! Air travel safety be damned! Condo developers don't give a crap about money... they are the ones who care about us!

And besides, Miami is is a glitzy and glamorous city for skyscrapers.

What are you babbling about ? Giving proposed highrises a haircut isn't going to make air passengers safer.

[Private Dick]

^ Miami is is a glitzy and glamorous city for skyscrapers. Just accept it, Dale.

[Dale]

^ Miami is is a glitzy and glamorous city for skyscrapers. Just accept it, Dale.

... and it's okay to have more of them. Just go with the flow.

[skyscraperfan23]

Yes, that darn FAA taking all our money and giving it to their cronies on Wall Street! Air travel safety be damned! Condo developers don't give a crap about money... they just care about making us happy!

And besides, Miami is is a glitzy and glamorous city for skyscrapers.

That's right

where was the FAA when were attacked on 9/11.

[Private Dick]

... and it's okay to have more of them. Just go with the flow.

Dale, you just don't get it man. Miami is killing it, this city is gonna be so hot.

[aquablue]

Dale, you just don't get it man. Miami is killing it, this city is gonna be so hot.

Miami has huge potential to improve its city.

[Private Dick]

Miami has huge potential to improve its city.

You're darn right! This is the right time for casinos to come down to Miami, we need to be the next Las Vegas.

That is, if the damn FAA doesn't ban the casinos in Miami-Dade!

[Dale]

Dale, you just don't get it man. Miami is killing it, this city is gonna be so hot.

This is a skyscraper site where, oddly enough (beats the hell out of me too), lots of people like skyscrapers and wouldn't mind seeing more of them.

Weird, I know.

[dc_denizen]

:D @ last two pages of this thread

[skyscraperfan23]

You're darn right! This is the right time for casinos to come down to Miami, we need to be the next Las Vegas.

That is, if the damn FAA doesn't ban the casinos in Miami-Dade!

Now that's the truth here.

[dave8721]

Another 500+ footer starts to go vertical in Brickell:
Brickell House is above ground with its tower cranes up and running:

http://brickellhouse.com/constructionupdates-en_176

[dave8721]

Website for the new Herzog & de Meuron tower in Sunny Isles: Jade Signature - 55 floors, 649 feet

Underwhelming design for a "starchitect"
http://www.jadesignature.com/

another rendering from the exmiami.org guys
http://i.imgur.com/1DHMo.jpg

[BrandonJXN]

Reminds me of Union Bank Plaza here in LA. And that was built in the 1960's so that should tell you something.

http://la.chriscamargo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/CNC_2543.jpg
http://la.chriscamargo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/CNC_2543.jpg

[bobdreamz]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8051/8425327016_0655c5428b_b.jpg

pic by Viper1165

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55751315@N07/8425327016/

[aquablue]

Reminds me of Union Bank Plaza here in LA. And that was built in the 1960's so that should tell you something.

http://la.chriscamargo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/CNC_2543.jpg
http://la.chriscamargo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/CNC_2543.jpg

If you look closely at the details of the proposal, it is a far superior design. The curves on the balconies and near the roof are very mid-century-modernist and fit in well with the retro feel of Miami. This isn't some average 60's box. The small details really turn this building into something better. The curved concrete touches reminds me of Brazilian architecture from that time. In fact, there is an element of the classic glamour of the 60's or 70's. I can understand why it is a downer coming from a firm who often design very novel structures, but it is not as banal as that L.A box or the average box from that time!! This is the kind of architecture that uses nostalgia as an inspiration IMO.

[BrandonJXN]

If you look closely at the details of the proposal, it is a far superior design. The curves on the balconies and near the roof are very mid-century-modernist and fit in well with the retro feel of Miami. This isn't some average 60's box. The small details really turn this building into something better. The curved concrete touches reminds me of Brazilian architecture from that time. In fact, there is an element of the classic glamour of the 60's or 70's. I can understand why it is a downer coming from a firm who often design very novel structures, but it is not as banal as that L.A box or the average box from that time!! This is the kind of architecture that uses nostalgia as an inspiration IMO.

Fine. A box with swag. Nothing special at all about it but we'll see.

[bobdreamz]

Jade Signature will be the tallest building in Sunny Isles Beach at 649 feet. It will also be the sixth skyscraper over 500 feet in this tiny city which is more than Tampa or Jacksonville currently has!

[N830MH]

Jade Signature will be the tallest building in Sunny Isles Beach at 649 feet. It will also be the sixth skyscraper over 500 feet in this tiny city which is more than Tampa or Jacksonville currently has!

Wow! Very cool! This will be first tallest tower in Sunny Isles Beach near Aventura, FL. I knows where the Trump hotel is in Sunny Isles Beach, am I correct? Does anybody know about the entire building?

[dave8721]

Brickell CityCentre added a 7th tower (a new 46 story, 528 foot residential tower with a department store at the base) on its northern most parcel.

new rendering (from exmiami.org):
http://i.imgur.com/3Au54jq.jpg

[BrandonJXN]

Excuse my ignorance, but why are the towers on such huge podiums? Surely that all can't be for parking.

[dave8721]

Excuse my ignorance, but why are the towers on such huge podiums? Surely that all can't be for parking.

Mostly a shopping mall. ~700,000 square feet of retail with mostly underground parking.

[bobdreamz]

Brickell CityCentre added a 7th tower (a new 46 story, 528 foot residential tower with a department store at the base) on its northern most parcel.

new rendering (from exmiami.org):
http://i.imgur.com/3Au54jq.jpg

Fantastic! So five towers over 500 feet from this project! The city of Miami's planning board stamp on the right side shows they approved on Jan. 25th., 2013. This is going to a massive project that will alter the Brickell skyline when completed!

[skyscraperfan23]

Fantastic! So five towers over 500 feet from this project! The city of Miami's planning board stamp on the right side shows they approved on Jan. 25th., 2013. This is going to a massive project that will alter the Brickell skyline when completed!


This is gonna be so nice.

[Prahaboheme]

Will CityCentre have streetside retail space or will it all be on the interior?

[dave8721]

Will CityCentre have streetside retail space or will it all be on the interior?

streetside
(new rendering posted on ssc by "UMdev"
http://i.imgur.com/l4fbthS.jpg

[N830MH]

You're darn right! This is the right time for casinos to come down to Miami, we need to be the next Las Vegas.

That is, if the damn FAA doesn't ban the casinos in Miami-Dade!

Actually, governor Scott had it right to banned casinos. They won't allowed it.

[skyscraperfan23]

Actually, governor Scott had it right to banned casinos. They won't allowed it.


He'll change his mind next year.

[Private Dick]

Actually, governor Scott had it right to banned casinos. They won't allowed it.

I wished they didn't it. I knows I wanna flip chips and rolled the dice in this glitzy and glamorous city for skyscrapers.

[dave8721]

I wished they didn't it. I knows I wanna flip chips and rolled the dice in this glitzy and glamorous city for skyscrapers.

You forgot that they are going to included it in Miapolis (about 120 floors up already and rising fast)

[Private Dick]

You forgot that they are going to included it in Miapolis (about 120 floors up already and rising fast)

Damm, I didn't know that they are going to included it! I gotta get down back to the MIA to seen the 120 up

[skyscraperfan23]

You forgot that they are going to included it in Miapolis (about 120 floors up already and rising fast)

I Know that's right.

[N830MH]

He'll change his mind next year.

I agree with you. He won't get another 2nd term anymore. He had too many problem. Don't vote Governor Rick Scott. Got it?

[skyscraperfan23]

I agree with you. He won't get another 2nd term anymore. He had too many problem. Don't vote Governor Rick Scott. Got it?

At Least I Give rick scott credit for supporting the 2nd amendment, something flip flopping charlie crist has forgot to do.

[Private Dick]

Old Infinity II Site Is Getting An SLS Hotel By Philippe Starck

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, by Sean McCaughan

http://miami.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/19/infinity-ii.php?fb_action_ids=10200651568270852&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210200651568270852%22%3A537819849585328%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210200651568270852%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

http://miami.curbed.com/uploads/Screen%20Shot%202013-02-19%20at%203.35.11%20PM.jpg

The Related Group is doing something entirely new for the former Infinity II site in Brickell, despite having fully approved plans for, umm, the tower that would have been called Infinity II. And that 'something new' is a condo tower compliant with the new Miami 21 zoning code as well as a 132 room hotel according to news sources. But wait, there's more! We hear word over at exMiami that it's going to be an SLS Hotel, and it will be designed by that king of postmodernism, Philippe Starck. We're also going to make the very safe assumption that it won't be called Infinity II anymore.

[dave8721]

Whatever it is, there is only 1 requirement: it must cover that hideous Infinity I podium! Infinity I's podium was designed as a blank wall because it was assumed that Infinity II would would be built along side it with an adjoining podium.

Gotta love that podium (lets just make it look like there are windows):
http://images.trulia.com/blogimg/1/1/2/f/2937536_1339340949454_b.jpg

[brickell]

good call Dave. Now if they could only figure out a way to cover up the front of the podium too. There's a lot of bad podiums down here, but Infinity kind of sticks out as the worst of the worst to me.

[IMBY]

I've often wondered, if Southern California had allowed developers from the gitgo, the freedom they have in the Miami area, to build up their miles of coastline with Miami-style high rises if this would have curtailed growth in Miami/Florida!:shrug:

So exciting to see Miami move forward and upward into the 21st century!

[Prahaboheme]

Why a second SLS Hotel in Miami?

[dave8721]

Rendering of the new SLS Brickell on the old Infinity II site. It doesn't do a very good job of covering Infinity's podium.

Looks like a fairly generic 40-something story tower with a "chink" in the balconies.

Posted at exMiami by "langbro"
http://i.imgur.com/jk0WNHT.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3vfBGsC.jpg

[BrandonJXN]

Miami could and should do better. Not to say that's an ugly tower because it isn't. But Miami needs to go bold in design.

[brickell]

Maybe 1000 Musuem will bring the boldness everyone is looking for. Announcement on exactly what is coming is expected soon.

http://1000museum.com/#1