After receiving interest from several hotel companies, Swire Properties announced that the mixed-use Brickell CityCentre complex will get a brand developed by its Swire Hotels affiliate.
The 236-room East, Miami will be the first East hotel in the United States. Two other locations are in Hong Kong and Beijing. The hotel will also include 89 serviced apartments, two restaurants, meeting space and a rooftop bar.
Brian Williams, managing director of Swire Hotels, described East as an “upper midscale lifestyle brand.” Rates, he said, would be set below Mandarin Oriental, Miami, which Swire Properties developed and still has majority interest in.
For the hotel, developers had a choice of 10 upscale brands, said Swire Properties President Stephen Owens. He said the East brand was a good fit.
“It has a sort of dynamic energy that we thought would really complement what we’re doing at Brickell CityCentre,” Owens said.
Vertical construction on the $1.05 billion development west of Brickell Avenue and south of the Miami River is set to begin in September. The hotel is set to be finished by the third quarter of 2015.
Question, what type of soil does Miami generally sit on?
Porous Limestone right below the surface which makes underground construction like this pretty complicated. I'm not sure what method Swire eventually went with but they were testing freezing the ground to keep the water out while they excavated the garage.
According to this article the "Miami Oolite Formation" upon which South Florida is built on (elevated above the Everglades to the west) is composed of limestone, sandstone and quartz sand. Basically South Florida is an exposed ancient sea bed.
Compared to the large fenced off grass fields that were there before... Of course it'll help. Adding more office space and retail to downtown (destinations)... of course it'll help.
Will it be NYC or Boston? No.
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Swire In Talks To Add Macy’s To Brickell CityCentre
Swire Properties has held talks with Macy’s as a potential anchor department store at Brickell CityCentre, Swire President Stephen Owens told Miami Today.
Macy’s has expressed dissatisfaction with it’s current downtown location.
Owens told the paper that no deal had been reached, and that Macy’s is also likely in talks with developers of other planned retail centers in Dade County.
Nice angle by QuantumX @ssc showing 2 of the Brickell CityCentre towers going vertical in the fore ground with 1100 Millicento (left) and Nine at MBV (right) rising in the background:
Here is the view from the S. Miami Avenue bridge with the Brickell House on the far upper left | 1100 Millicento in the middle | ENV at Mary Brickell Village on the far right with the Brickell CitiCentre cranes in the left foreground:
Four of the Six towers are currently U/C :
503' foot Condo
520' foot Condo
516' hotel (furthest along)
262' office tower info by dave 8721
pics by Quantum X
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