MIAMI | American Dream Mall Hotel Tower | 500 FT | 50 FLOORS

[chris08876]

American Dream Approved By Planning Board, Including 50-Story Tower



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Miami is one step closer to getting the biggest mall in America, American Dream Miami.

Yesterday, Miami-Dade’s Planning Advisory Board voted 11-1 to recommend approval. The final step is approval of the County Commission, scheduled for a vote in May 17.

In April, developer Triple Five submitted an initial development plan that reveals just how massive the project is. It will include:

3.5 million square feet of retail (more than any other American mall)
1.5 million square feet of entertainment
1.2 million square feet back-of-house
2,000 hotel rooms

Three structures on the property will rise 500 feet, which is roughly the equivalent of 50 stories. The hotel tower, a Ferris wheel, and an indoor ski slope all will rise to that height.

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[N830MH]

Hi all,

Miami-Dade county commissioners has been approved for Largest American Dream Mall.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...211306649.html

In a 9 to 1 vote, county commissioners approved changing Miami-Dade's growth plan and zoning designations to allow Canadian developer Triple Five to create an even larger version of its current signature property, Minnesota's Mall of America, in Northwest Miami-Dade. With six million square feet of retail and entertainment space, American Dream Miami predicts 30 million visitors a year and about 70,000 vehicle trips in and out of the property, roughly equivalent to some of the busiest stretches of the Dolphin Expressway.

[canucklehead2]

Awesome sauce! Growing up in Edmonton, West Edmonton Mall was a cool treat to visit a couple times a year and despite how cheesy it is to be proud of having a Super-mall when it's -30c and the wind is howling it's nice to be indoors. Same when its +30c and humid as hell as well I suppose!

Hope Triple Five can also get American Dream aka Xanadu open soon as well! That will mean at least 3 big malls in the US plus WEM...

[chris08876]

Originally Posted by canucklehead2

Hope Triple Five can also get American Dream aka Xanadu open soon as well! That will mean at least 3 big malls in the US plus WEM...

There's a ton of activity at Xanadu. I drove by it the other day.

[chris08876]

Note that there is a tower component to this. Two thread present, one for the 50 floor tower or tower(s) if the plural is true, and the other for the general, massive mall.




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INFRASTRUCTURE WORK FOR AMERICA’S BIGGEST MALL ABOUT TO BEGIN IN MIAMI

An interchange needed for America’s biggest mall will begin construction shortly, with bids from contractors said to have been due earlier this week, according to Miami Today.

Construction will begin shortly after bids are received, a representative said.

Developer Triple Five plans to spend $220 million alone just on roadway and highway changes required for the project.

The mall cannot open until a Turnpike interchange is completed, expected in 2025, the developer’s attorney said. Site plan approval isn’t even on the agenda for the developer until 2020 since infrastructure work will take so long.

Utilities work is also now in design, with construction expected soon at a cost of $7 million. Completion is expected in two years, with the developer covering costs.

American Dream Miami is expected to eventually become the biggest mall in America upon completion, with retail, dining and entertainment. Total cost is estimated at $4.5 billion to $5 billion.

In total, the project will include 7.2 million square feet with towers as tall as 50 stories. It will also have restaurants, the world’s largest indoor ski slope, a walk-through aquarium, a skating rink, an ice-climbing wall, live theater venues for Russian ballet and Chinese acrobats and 2,000 hotel rooms.

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