Well, forgive me if I made this thread, but I'm not sure whats going on in the MET 2 site but they've erected a large column. Anyone know what it is and what they're doing?

http://xs211.xs.to/xs211/07043/1169352436677417.jpg

:banana:

YOU NEED TO READ OTHER THREADS BEFORE STARTING A NEW ONE

MET 2 IS THE OFFICE COMPONENTS AND PART OF THE METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI

FOR MORE INFO GO TO WWW.METROPOLITANMIAMI.COM

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9492/15574421gg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I think he knows that its the office component, he's just asking whats the column for on the site//

I dont think that the column u see is on the met2 site, because a column or any type of tubing wouldn't be needed at the moment...
met2
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/enyers/Picture041.jpg

^^
Yea thats what I thought at first, but from the Four Seasons angle the column was clearly coming from the Met 2 site.
As for Rx, yes I know captain obvious. :lol:, Maybe you should READ before posting a reply.

They are pile driving. Its common practice in Florida skyscrapers where deep foundations are not required due to the fact that the earth never freezes here... Rather than dig downwards (FYI: Which is completely feasible in Miami) they hammer these piles down into the bedrock. The Pile is settled when you hit it X amount of times and it only settles in a given further amount...

MEEPY YOU ARE RIGHT "YOU SHOULD READ BEFORE POSTING" TAKE YOUR OWN ADVICE

THERE IS A MET THREAD ALLREADY ON THIS SITE YOU COULD HAVE POSTED YOUR QUESTION THERE MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU WONT BE TO LAZY TO SCROLL

AND IF YOUR QUESTION WAS ABOUT A COLUMN COMING OUT OF THE GROUND MOST LIKELY ITS PART OF THE CONTRUCTION PROCESS BUILDINGS DO HAVE COLUMNS YOU KNOW...

NEXT TIME I WONT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WHICH I SHOULDNT HAVE DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE CONSIDERING I GAVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THINKING YOU HAD MISSED THE QUESTION NOW I KNOW THAT IT WAS PLAIN LAZINESS AND NOT IGNORANCE OR LACK OF FINDING THE ORIGINAL THREAD WHICH LEAD YOU TO POST THIS THREAD...

FORGIVEN FOR POSTING THIS YOU ARE NOT...

NEXT TIME I WONT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WHICH I SHOULDNT HAVE DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE CONSIDERING I GAVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THINKING YOU HAD MISSED THE QUESTION NOW I KNOW THAT IT WAS PLAIN LAZINESS AND NOT IGNORANCE OR LACK OF FINDING THE ORIGINAL THREAD WHICH LEAD YOU TO POST THIS THREAD...

FORGIVEN FOR POSTING THIS YOU ARE NOT...

ummm...:dunno:

IM GLAD TO SEE YOU GOT YOUR TWO CENTS IN SPELLBOUND

bro, RX... quit acting like a little bitch. FOR REAL. LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE TALK TO YOU IN ALL CAPS?!... HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE DON'T FREQUENT THIS SITE 24/7 LIKE YOU AND CAN'T REMEMBER EVER FREAKING POST THAT COMES INTO EXISTENCE ON THIS BOARD!. your attitude towards this board and your attitude in general is exhausting. when i first started out here, i remembered you as being a calm, quiet well informed individual who not only gave us teases of things to come but was well informed in general about the history of this city.

Lately, you've become a major pain in the ass with your smart alecky remarks and put down behavior. If i recall correctly, you said you were going to take a leave of absence of some kind. GO!. get some rest and relaxation. come back when that thorn in your ass is gone. don't worry, we've got Bryan to give us all the info we need.

To the moderators, apologies for this disturbance, but enough was enough. All i want is respect for one another on this board and talk civilly about skyscrapers and the future of Miami.

GO ASK BRYAN FOR THE RENDERINGS OF THE NEXT 4 1000 FOOTERS

PEOPLE SHOULDNT START MULTIPLE THREADS CASE BEING THIS ONE WAS STARTED WHEN OTHER THREADS EXIST AND ALL BECAUSE OF ONE FREAKING COLUMN STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND...

MAYBE YOU SHOULD SCROLL UP AND READ SOME BEFORE YOU MAKE AN ASS OF YOURSELF... (AND THIS GUY WHO STARTED THIS SAYS I SHOULD READ? PERHAPS HE SHOULD READ AND NOT START MULTIPLE THREADS OVER ONE IDIOTIC QUESTION)

I GUESS IF YOU SUPPORT LAZINESS AND STUPIDITY AND STAND BY THE CREATION OF THIS DUPLICATE THREAD THEN GO AHEAD AND MAKE ME THE BAD GUY...

^^
hey man, dont drag me into this. :nuts: :banana:

Sorry, I was not aware thats the way construction happened here in Miami. So I thought those were the first columns on the foundation for the building and it was going to go verticle, thanks for the info Toucan. As for the Rx guy, he needs to get banned.

So stop me if you've heard this one before...YOUR A RETARD

YEAH BAN ME FOR ALL ITS WORTH THIS FORUM WILL GO TO SHIT AND STAGNATE WITH NO NEW RENDERINGS OR NEWS ON TOWERS....

IM NOT JUST READER IM A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR...AND WHEN I ADVISED YOU MEEPY TO NOT POST NEW THREADS WHEN OTHERS EXIST YOU SHOULD TAKE THE ADVICE LIKE A HUMBLE MAN... AND INSTEAD OF TELLING OTHERS THEY SHOULD READ PERHAPS YOU SHOULD STOP BEING LAZY AND LEARN TO READ I CAN POINT YOU IN THE DIRECTION OF 4 OTHER THREADS WHERE YOU COULD HAVE POSTED YOUR QUESTION...

SO FORGIVEN YOU ARE NOT....

ok....sorry to act as if i was a mod, but everyone back to there corner-the bell has rung.RX you and I have had many little scruffles back since the days when i was uptown-midtown but you are valued around here because you do contribute many things, but sometimes its better to admit you were wrong, and so was meepy, but thats besides the point...Met2 is rising..

FUCK THE LITTLE PUNK I WAS NICE TO HIM GAVE HIM INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT ITS RIGHT THERE ON THE SECOND POST AND TOLD HIM YEAH HE SHOULD HAVE POSTED IT SOMEWHERE ELSE INSTEAD OF CREATING A NEW THREAD..

INSTEAD HE WANTS TO TELL ME TO GO READ... HE SHOULD LEARN TO READ...


SO FORGIVEN FOR POSTING THAT HE IS NOT, ESPECIALLY AFTER SHOWING WHAT A LITTLE PUNK HE REALLY IS...

AND LETS NOT BRING BACK THE PAST BUT SPEAKING BAD ABOUT CUBANS IN A MIAMI FORUM WASNT THE SMARTEST THING ANYONE COULD EVER DO
ESPECIALLY NOT BEING CUBAN YOURSELF AND BEING DOMINICAN... IT WAS RACIST AND UNCALLED FOR...BUT LETS NOT BRING UP THE PAST...

Yawn. . . when is enough, enough?

in before the lock...^^

the forum's been crazy for a while, must be also due to chuck's absence...

where are you chuck, we need your peace-keeping banannas :banana:

take it easy around here guys, remember were all still on the same side, fighting for skyscrapers and "1000 footers":cheers:

:doh: nah theyve all gone " :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: S "

aint it shocking :eek2: and they say im off my meds...:dunno:

MODERNE MIAMI

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06072007/realestate/moderne_miami_realestate_katherine_dykstra.htm

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06072007/photos/re068c.jpg

"Metropolitan Miami - which will consist of three towers encompassing 1,143 residential units, the Miami Met Marquis Hotel and a Whole Foods (how very Time Warner Center) - has partnered with Daniel Boulud. The man behind the Upper East Side's Daniel and Café Boulud as well as Midtown's DB Bistro Moderne has agreed to extend the Bistro Moderne brand to the Met Miami's Met 2 tower, where it will reside in the Miami Met Marquis Hotel. The restaurant will open in 2009."

Daniel Boulud opening a restaurant in MET 2 is going to be a big plus. He has really good connections in the food world. Hopefully Gordon Ramsey will be the next one to open a place in Downtown Miami. :banana:

Does this have implications for Met 3 since Whole Foods was to comprise the base of Met 3 ?

Great news, Met 2, is a great building, hopefully now we can see an all-office Met3 :)!

Does this have implications for Met 3 since Whole Foods was to comprise the base of Met 3 ?

I'll be more reassured of its viability when they mention a credible office tenant to occupy all those floors above the base. As a ground floor tenant, Whole Foods cannot hold the weight for a new tallest to break ground in Miami.

Good news on Met 2--I like the redesign.

whole foods has never been mentioned with met2...except in this article which doesn't specifically mention it will be in met2 but in the project as a whole..aka the whole met project,1 , 2, 3 or square.

whole foods has never been mentioned with met2...except in this article which doesn't specifically mention it will be in met2 but in the project as a whole..aka the whole met project,1 , 2, 3 or square. I know for sure that Whole Foods selected The Met for their store. I was working a deal to get them in the Riverfront project. They were deciding between Midtown and downtown, and didn't see the Midtown project as viable enough when they were selecting 3 years ago.

^ Smart guys then skipping midtown :lol:

I think if Met 3 doesn't rise in the near future Whole foods can easily make themselves at home at met square no? In fact, I think it will be an even better location for them with One miami across the street, and met 1 at their doorstep. One miami is buzzing with residents. Met square is going to be a hit for sure.

I love that MEt 2 is shaped like TWO towers. We could've gotten one measly tower, or worse, the original met 2 :lol: but now we get two spikes in the skyline :D :D

http://www.southeastrebusiness.com/articles/AUG07/images/Met02_Photomontage_High-Res.jpg

^^ :omg:

Do you have a larger pic?

Daniel Boulud opening a restaurant in MET 2 is going to be a big plus. He has really good connections in the food world. Hopefully Gordon Ramsey will be the next one to open a place in Downtown Miami. :banana:

I am impressed with your knowledge on this topic AddictedtoSpace. Your comment here inspired me to do a google on Daniel Boulud and Gordon Ramsey and I learned something new today! :banana:

^^ :omg:

Do you have a larger pic?

the only pic I found..I searched everywhere for a larger pic..It's a very teasing pic I might add...

I am impressed with your knowledge on this topic AddictedtoSpace. Your comment here inspired me to do a google on Daniel Boulud and Gordon Ramsey and I learned something new today! :banana:

:bowtie: Your welcome. If you want to see more about Boulud and you have Comcast; there is a channel called MOJO and they have a show called After Hours with Daniel. He sits down at a restaurant with celebrities and has dinner with them. The interesting thing is seeing them be themselves, not acting. Oh, and they eat weird shit. :lol:

Space, isn't mojo on hd only?

Space, isn't mojo on hd only?

Yes, that is correct.

A recent update? What floor are they on now?

A recent update? What floor are they on now?

My guess would be 3rd-5th floor.

For large buildings like this the first 5 or so floors always take forever.

takes 6-8 months first 8-10 floors until foundation cures

then its takes off a floor a week

takes 6-8 months first 8-10 floors until foundation cures

then its takes off a floor a week
reminds me of Marquis.. took sooo long then it just took off!

omg don't remind me... painfully long for Marquis to get going.

http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2007_2nd/MiamiMetJWMarriottRendering.JPG

http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2007_2nd/Jun07_MiamiJW.html

by special request...

file:///Users/Ed/Desktop/Met%202.jpg

More renderings of Met 2 are available at the Nichols Brosh Wurst Wolf and Associates architectural firm website:

http://www.nbww.com

P.S. I'm new to the forum (born & raised in Miami - currently living in Asia - will return in a few weeks on vacation) & look forward to discussing all the wonderful projects currently taking place in Miami. Downtown Miami is experiencing the renaissance South Beach had in the 90s :)

oops, can't figure out how to post images :bash: ...anyway check out the website for beautiful renderings of Met 2

here you go dude, you have to use imageshack.us to host images

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2258/met201wb5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Here we go...

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/BornInTheGrove/MET2_01.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/BornInTheGrove/MET2_02.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/BornInTheGrove/MET2_03.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/BornInTheGrove/MET2_04.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/BornInTheGrove/MET2_05.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/BornInTheGrove/MET2_06.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/BornInTheGrove/MET2_07.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/BornInTheGrove/MET2_08.jpg


BONUS... MET Square

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/BornInTheGrove/METsquare_01.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/BornInTheGrove/METsquare_02.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/BornInTheGrove/METsquare_03.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/BornInTheGrove/METsquare_04.jpg

Does anyone else think Met Square is too small?

But I thought Met Square was goingt to be like Times Squares.

no that's city square

Met 1
Met 2 (Two Towers).(office and Residencial)
Met 3


Now what's the difference between the Met Square and city square?

Is city square part of the Metropolitan Miami Condo?

Met 1
Met 2 (Two Towers).(office and Residencial)
Met 3


Now what's the difference between the Met Square and city square?

Is city square part of the Metropolitan Miami Condo?

Met 2 has no residential. The tall tower at 647ft is the office tower and the other tower is the JW Marriot Hotel.

When is Met Square going to get built?! They need to get going on that!

Does anyone else think Met Square is too small?

Seems a ridiculous use of a prime space.

wish they would swap lots with epic towers and build the movie theater on the waterway instead

Seems a ridiculous use of a prime space.

Agreed

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2297/squaregi7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

They would have had a hard time selling anything at that site anyway. It was supposed to have the second Dupont/Epic tower walling it off from any kind of views. Plus its hard to complain about someone building a retail/theater complex in the CBD.

Met Square is good and bad, but mostly good. It's a big entertainment complex in the heart of downtown with a bunch of retail and attractions that is greatly needed for Downtown. Of course, it'd be nice to have a big tower there, but I'm okay with this project because there's plenty of land elsewhere to build and Met Square has a lot of good things to bring.

That last photo begs the question of whatever happened to the Dupont Towers slated for that site on the river. If I missed any updates my bad but I can't recall seeing anything lately. Anything on it? U/C?

That last photo begs the question of whatever happened to the Dupont Towers slated for that site on the river. If I missed any updates my bad but I can't recall seeing anything lately. Anything on it? U/C?

Spellbound, my understanding is that they are only building the one tower, which is about to top out, while the other tower is dead or "Never Built" according to a certain often-inaccurate website. I wish they had included a rendering of the Epic tower that is under construction along with Icon Brickell instead of those empty lots in that MET rendering above. That would have made for an awesome picture.

Thanks! I sometimes skip through the development threads and along with early Alzheimer's it's a deadly combination for keeping track of such things.

Met Square is good and bad, but mostly good. It's a big entertainment complex in the heart of downtown with a bunch of retail and attractions that is greatly needed for Downtown. Of course, it'd be nice to have a big tower there, but I'm okay with this project because there's plenty of land elsewhere to build and Met Square has a lot of good things to bring.
You know, with all the changes done to Metropolitan Miami, be it MET2 and soon MET3 (it's gonna happen), would it be too much to ask for MET Square to under-go some revisions as well.

Keep it as an entertainment complex, but make it taller... like a couple dozen stories... is that asking too much?

You know, with all the changes done to Metropolitan Miami, be it MET2 and soon MET3 (it's gonna happen), would it be too much to ask for MET Square to under-go some revisions as well.

Keep it as an entertainment complex, but make it taller... like a couple dozen stories... is that asking too much?

True, true!

True, true!

This being a fairly recent rendering of the MET project, does it mean a scaled down MET3 is only a rumor?

^^^^I sure hope so. However, the sales lady told me they were scaling it down. I hope she was lying to me. Everyone else that I've talked to is not aware of the scale down theory so maybe it is all just smoke and it'll clear, as Chuck would say "In his dreams of 2012."

GREAT job born in the grove - much appreciated... Those renderings are beautiful...

Here's an update:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i102/stratoshpere/DSC08279.jpg

IMHO Met Square has to be small... No one is going to go up so many elevators for just a few stores per floor. I think it's a good solid size for a retail complex. The Movie theaters are what most thrill me!!

In any case what are they waiting for to start on metsquare! I certainly hope that they aren't waiting for Met 2 to be complete...

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i102/stratoshpere/DSC08264.jpg

Why is Met 2 going so slow?! And they definitely need to start on Met Square, it's time it gets built, right now would be perfect.

I think Met 2 is going to take just as long as Met 1 did... Remember how long Met 1 took... They haven't even started closing!

IMHO Met Square has to be small... No one is going to go up so many elevators for just a few stores per floor. I think it's a good solid size for a retail complex. The Movie theaters are what most thrill me!!
What i really really REALLY want is something like this. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_San_Francisco_Centre)

Westfield San Francisco Centre

here are some photos from flickr

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1199/1054172317_0b06612676.jpg?v=0 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/433075657_2e26ae5498.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2399094230_7797cc5e2f.jpg?v=0 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/119/309150542_44e3a061d6.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2358/2398255355_5e739f4416.jpg?v=0 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/2398240085_25c5040176.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/88/259985065_95e00b5bb7.jpg?v=0 http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1420/743380616_aa4377d907.jpg?v=0

and.. i can't link to this one, but it's a really great pic.. (imma geek for Corinthian columns

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gainous/2331945906/

that bench on the last pic is SPECTACULAR!

That would be very nice!

What i really really REALLY want is something like this. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_San_Francisco_Centre)

Haha that would be something!!

Took these wednesday, looking good at street level!

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i102/stratoshpere/DSC08430.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i102/stratoshpere/DSC08434.jpg

I said it, Met 1 is not as bad as the renderings. I don't love it, but its not something to hate!

Is Miami replacing those dated overhead streetlights with updates to streetscapes?

Wow, they're finally opening up retail at Met 1! It looks very nice at street level.

..

The renderings on the website include Dupont Tower 2... Hopefully we see it.

The renderings on the website include Dupont Tower 2... Hopefully we see it.

A very interesting observation. Perhaps the project is not "dead" after all in spite of the "Never Built" status Emporis gave it. Could Emporis be wrong? Nah, can't be! Just as they have now decided to say the Carbonell Condominiums are 602 feet tall. I'm sure I can find a 602 feet tall building somewhere on Brickell Key if I look hard enough. :lol:

The renderings on the website include Dupont Tower 2... Hopefully we see it.

Where? It doesn't appear there.

Where? It doesn't appear there.

After you click on the link, click on Menu, then click Photo Gallery, then click Renderings. You can see it casting a shadow on Met1. :)

i sure met 2 is giong to rise fast because it has 4 cranes!!!!

^^^^Yeah but it has 2 towers. It rise as it should.

I think I found a pic of our famous "special sales lady".....

http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-16193144.jpg?size=572&uid=%7B53EE2A21-5561-4DE9-A487-44E3C16B7F2D%7D

^^^^^^^^BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha. That's HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

Hahaahahahahaaaaaaahahahhahahahahahahahaha :rofl: :rofl:

^^^^^^^^BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha. That's HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

Are you sure?

When will met 2 be finished?

When will met 2 be finished?

My guess: top out in late 2009, open in 2010. Whenever Met 2 finishes, BFC I will have topped out as well as 1450 Brickell, they all started simultaneously and will finish around the same exact time. (They're all office towers)

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I read somewhere that Met 2 was going to be close to 700 ft which would make it taller than the BOA tower? If so that is great because the design is awesome and it would be nice to have it as a prominent part of the skyline (but unfortunately with Wachovia in front of it, Met 2 won't be visible from the bay)

I read somewhere that Met 2 was going to be close to 700 ft which would make it taller than the BOA tower? If so that is great because the design is awesome and it would be nice to have it as a prominent part of the skyline (but unfortunately with Wachovia in front of it, Met 2 won't be visible from the bay)

According to Emporis, it's getting built at 647 feet with 46 floors. The Bank of America Tower is 625 feet with 47 floors, so that would make Met 2 taller than the BoA Tower.

Well that's still good but i thought I remember seeing it at around 680 ft. somewhere. Do you think they might build it a little taller now that Met 3's height has been reduced? Sometimes Emporis takes a while to get updates on buildings.

Also, those must be huge floors. Usually a building with around 650 ft. would have at least 50-55 floors if it's an office bldg. and 60-65 if residential. 46 seems like a low floor count for that height. Four Seasons is just under 800 ft. and has 70 floors (in comparison).

I thought I'd read 617.

Yeah....I was told it got changed to 617 but then they changed it again back to 647

wachovia has 55 floors at 768 ft = :ohno: = met 2 has 46 floors at 647 ft


^^^^sounds about right dont you think?^^^^

I was looking at the plans they filed with the city and they have a diagram of the fool heights and they add up to 587 feet tall (page 28 of the pdf) to the highest floor with the two "fins" extending up beyond that point so its just a question of how big the fins are. The documents list the height as 617 feet "to the top of the roof" and the same document lists Met3 as 803 feet tall "to the top of the roof". The diagram that shows a height listed to the top of the fins is not legible (page 26). There is also a basement floor so who knows if some heights have that included.

http://egov.ci.miami.fl.us/Legistarweb/Attachments/21057.pdf

I was looking at the plans they filed with the city and they have a diagram of the fool heights and they add up to 587 feet tall (page 28 of the pdf) to the highest floor with the two "fins" extending up beyond that point so its just a question of how big the fins are. The documents list the height as 617 feet "to the top of the roof" and the same document lists Met3 as 803 feet tall "to the top of the roof". The diagram that shows a height listed to the top of the fins is not legible (page 26). There is also a basement floor so who knows if some heights have that included.

http://egov.ci.miami.fl.us/Legistarweb/Attachments/21057.pdf

Interesting. I really hope they go for 647ft, but if this document says 617ft, then it'll probably be 617ft. It's so hard to tell because developers don't always make public the specs.

617 to the top of the roof

30 ft for the fins = 647 ft total

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/1084/rooftopqh9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Yeah the fins probably bring it up to 647 feet....and Vitruvius, i did the math on the feet per floor with Wachovia vs. Met 2 and yeah, it's 14 feet per floor in Met 2 and 13 ft. per floor in Wachovia so it really isn't that big of a difference. Four Seasons only has 11 feet per floor though which is lower than both....probably because the residential floors take up less height than office floors. (it does LOOK like an office building though from the naked eye which is why it's one of my favorite buildings in miami....all glass exterior....just like MET 2)

Yeah the fins probably bring it up to 647 feet....and Vitruvius, i did the math on the feet per floor with Wachovia vs. Met 2 and yeah, it's 14 feet per floor in Met 2 and 13 ft. per floor in Wachovia so it really isn't that big of a difference. Four Seasons only has 11 feet per floor though which is lower than both....probably because the residential floors take up less height than office floors. (it does LOOK like an office building though from the naked eye which is why it's one of my favorite buildings in miami....all glass exterior....just like MET 2)

The addition of 1450 Brickell, BFC I, and Met 2 are all going to bring the office towers back. We need more office towers, and I think these three are some really nice buildings in their own ways, and it's nice that they're in three opposite place, in three different areas that have become very dense.

Yes, and this is only the start. I think Miami's next high-rise boom will be office towers. With all the new residents moving in to downtown from now until 2012 they will need a place to work, and with rising gas prices, I think more people who live downtown will want to work downtown so they can take metrorail or metromover to work (even if Miami's population overall doesn't increase). Therefore it will create a need for office towers. Right now especially south of the river there is a disproportionate amount of residential space to office space. So a rise in office space is on the table. I'm hoping that will hold true.

For now I'm really excited about all those projects, hopefully BFC II gets built after BFC I....that would be really nice at over 900 ft and 68 floors. That complex is really nice because of the environmentally-friendly aspects incorporated into the buildings.

Yes, and this is only the start. I think Miami's next high-rise boom will be office towers. .

Of course:cheers::cheers::cheers:. It makes perfect sense now.

Maybe our second boom will bring us the office buildings we thought (not me really) were cancelled or dead.

Just analyse the "building cemetary" thread. 90 percent of the buildings listed there are office buildings.


Kaboommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

We now have the answer.:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

maybe the office boom will bring the brickell citicentre, I heart citicentre,lynx,and bfc complexes!

moved comment to Met 3 thread.

^^^^Thank you so much for the Update. That is great news for MET 3.