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Rumor Mill: Latest Miami Beach Ritz Carlton Will Be Designed By Piero Lissoni In Vacant Hospital

Old Heart Hospital:

They had previously announced, of course, that the design wiz Piero Lissoni has been hired by Lionheart Capital to turn the former Miami Heart Institute Building on Lake Surprise into luxury condos by complicated process of slicing and dicing the preexisting building instead of knocking it down and starting new, because zoning would only allow a new building of much smaller size, but the fact that it'll be a Ritz Carlton is very new news. And although the project still, still has no name, one can only assume the name will be something like Ritz Carlton Residences Miami Beach. Because 'Ritz Carlton Residences Lake Surprise' just doesn't sound nearly as classy.

Curbed

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Echo Brickell May Sell Out Before Work Starts!

Only 30 units left!

Big ass Echo Brickell is selling out insanely quickly. The latest behemoth planned for the Brickell skyline, almost as high as the Four Seasons right next door, has reservations for all but 30 of its 190 units, according to a tweet by one of its realtors Aniley Perez. And these kinds of crazy-fast selling numbers seem to be appearing over and over again around Miami. Either this city's a goldmine, or we've learned nothing and are bound to get ourselves in a lot o' trouble all over again. Considering that everyone's still paying in cash, and not mortgages (it's like we're on another planet, where the normal laws of money don't apply) Curbed Miami thinks that so far this city is a-ok. No word yet on whether the penthouse, which architect Carlos Ott will custom design for whomever buys it, has sold or not.

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Old Brickell Apartments Making Way For New

When this super cute block of art deco apartments with its sleek lines, portholes, dramatic vertical element, and courtyard was built, it would have had a gorgeous view into Simpson Park, a rare patch of old growth Florida hammock wedged in between Brickell's north and south halves. Then the Metrorail came and that park view became a Metrorail view, taking away one of the building's biggest assets. Yes, Metrorail's underbelly was landscaped, so the setting remained kinda nice, but was probably not the winner it once was. Still, if we remember correctly, the building was cool enough to be featured in a scene from There's Something About Mary.

Now, sales for a new tower on the same site but tall enough to recapture those grand park views have been announced. The tower is, aptly and with a flourish, called Le Parc. And sure, renderings show Le Parc to be a good looking building by architect Luis Revuelta, but without quite the architectural je ne sais quoi of its predecessor.

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Bjarke Ingels Job Wins Key Approval In Ft. Lauderdale


archdaily

Marina Lofts received a 9-0 approval from the Fort Lauderdale Planning & Zoning board just before 1 a.m. on Wednesday.

The Fort Lauderdale City Commission chamber was overflowing with supporters wearing green t-shirts and opponents wearing blue shirts. There were so many in attendance that the fire marshal ordered that some attendees in the back of the chambers leave.

Developer Asi Cymbal and his team gave a detailed one-hour presentation about the project. Before the vote, city staff basically said the nearly 1,000-unit rental project fit with desired development in the area.

A controversial plan to move a giant rain tree wasn't within the purview of the P&Z board's review, so opponents' last-ditch efforts to stop the project will depend on the Fort Lauderdale City commission. So far, the commission appears to support the project

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Broward County's New Courthouse
Beginning Its Ascent:

Construction action continues at the new Broward County Courthouse on the south side of the New River, just behind the county's 'riverview' jail. A construction shot taken by Smith Aerial Photos and posted on exMiami shows construction has hit the third floor of what will be a twenty story building, complete with court rooms galore, secure pedestrian bridges for prisoners, judges, and the public, and even an extra 34,000 square foot 'shell' floor, for future expansion.

[erbse]

They're tearing down Art Deco buildings for exchangeable, bland modernist stuff? What's going on, Miami? I remember you as quite a charming place. Charme's fading away as we speak...

[bozenBDJ]

Miami and South Florida is growing fast, so something has to go

[erbse]

"Growth" at any price isn't always the best option you can go for.

Way too many CBD's in North America approve...

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Revealed, Rem & Bjarke Present Final Convention Center Plans

Tuesday was D-Day of the Convention Center wars, with Rem Koolhaas and the South Beach-ACE gang, and Bjarke Ingels & Portman-CMC each making their final presentations for the Convention Center redevelopment job. In the end, there were surprising similarities between both plans, and some key differences. Rem continued to articulate his plan, while Bjarke's evolved. So, what's new? Well, here goes:

First to the plate is South Beach-ACE, with architect Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, developers Tishman and Robert Wennett, and landscape designers Raymond Jungles and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. Highlights of South Beach-ACE's plan include:

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On the flip side, here's what's cooking with Portman-CMC, including architect Bjarke Ingels and Bjarke Ingels Group, architect John Portman, developers Portman Holdings and CMC Group, and landscape designers West 8:

1) The central square is the focus of the plan, around which radiate the now preserved Jackie Gleason Theater, a Latin American Cultural Museum, Miami Beach City Hall, the freestanding ballroom building, and the hotel.

2) The Jackie Gleason Theater will somehow open up to west, perhaps by creating a large new practice room with a window wall. Cirque du Soleil will share stage time with live music acts.

3) The hotel is now attached to the convention center's southern end, rising above the massive structure but kept at a low height to blend in with the surrounding community. The perimeter of the building's roof will, however, have a continuous green loop, and the hotel will look out onto an 'art roof' over the building's central expanse. The 'green roof' idea will be used for other, smaller buildings, and as an aesthetic device, however, especially where dramatic lawns can be created.

4) There will be a rooftop viewing terrace for the 'art roof'.

5) To the west of the ballroom, low-rise residential buildings harmonize with low-rise residential across Meridian Avenue. And to the north, the ballroom will open out to the botanical gardens.

6) A completely new 17th Street garage will replace the old one and have fun stuff on top.

7) The exhibit halls seem to have some kind of permeable wall thing going on with the exterior, like the South Beach-ACE plan does, but that might not be the case.

8) Back of house spaces will be located (probably) on the convention center's eastern side, with parking on top, all hidden behind a layer of residential and retail. And, god save them, they are actually proposing that the parking garage extend to the roof, creating roof top parking.
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Mansions At Acqualina Starting To Look Mansiony





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Originally Posted by erbse

They're tearing down Art Deco buildings for exchangeable, bland modernist stuff? What's going on, Miami? I remember you as quite a charming place. Charme's fading away as we speak...

Anywhere else that building might survive but along Brickell, not a chance. Everything in that area will make way for towers. Not to worry though, Miami Beach is still loaded with the good stuff.

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Marriott At Miami WorldCenter Is Actually A Thing, And Huge



http://blog.buzzbuzzhome.com/

Holy Crap, while Curbed Miami was sleeping in to a respectable hour, other news outlets were getting their grubby little paws all over the news that the rumored 'Marriott At Miami Worldcenter' is actually a thing. Yep people, this planned massive tower's got 500,000 square feet of convention space and an 1,800 room Marriott Hotel on top. About to be purchased from the Miami Worldcenter peeps by some other peeps, the land - now currently the site of Grand Central Park - is now under the control of MDM Group, which will privately finance the project, although it will still be connected to the Miami Worldcenter megadevelopment when (and if) that on again, off again fantasyland of a city gets built.

The design, by architects Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates (they of the 'accidental' leak earlier this year) appears to be a rather sleek looking towering rectangle, with swoopy arms reaching out across the site. Oh, and it will be connected via skybridge to the new All Aboard Florida train station downtown, which it is adjacent to.

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It's not the tallest but it's really huge!

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Originally Posted by desertpunk

Revealed, Rem & Bjarke Present Final Convention Center Plans





1) The central square is the focus of the plan, around which radiate the now preserved Jackie Gleason Theater, a Latin American Cultural Museum, Miami Beach City Hall, the freestanding ballroom building, and the hotel.

2) The Jackie Gleason Theater will somehow open up to west, perhaps by creating a large new practice room with a window wall. Cirque du Soleil will share stage time with live music acts.

3) The hotel is now attached to the convention center's southern end, rising above the massive structure but kept at a low height to blend in with the surrounding community. The perimeter of the building's roof will, however, have a continuous green loop, and the hotel will look out onto an 'art roof' over the building's central expanse. The 'green roof' idea will be used for other, smaller buildings, and as an aesthetic device, however, especially where dramatic lawns can be created.

4) There will be a rooftop viewing terrace for the 'art roof'.

5) To the west of the ballroom, low-rise residential buildings harmonize with low-rise residential across Meridian Avenue. And to the north, the ballroom will open out to the botanical gardens.

6) A completely new 17th Street garage will replace the old one and have fun stuff on top.

7) The exhibit halls seem to have some kind of permeable wall thing going on with the exterior, like the South Beach-ACE plan does, but that might not be the case.

8) Back of house spaces will be located (probably) on the convention center's eastern side, with parking on top, all hidden behind a layer of residential and retail. And, god save them, they are actually proposing that the parking garage extend to the roof, creating roof top parking.

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So Beautiful.

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Slightly More Photoshopped Zaha Tower Renderings Revealed















http://miami.curbed.com/archives/201...renderings.php

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Here's The Inside Of Downtown's Future Convention Center

If all goes well, this will be the splashy new interior of Downtown's future convention center and 1800 room Marriott at Miami Worldcenter - making it South Florida's biggest hotel. (Take that Fontainebleau!) This image, and the one after the jump, flashed across our screens in the YouTube video the developers, MDM Group, used to announce the project. But apparently they put it together in a report as well, and gave that report to someone who somehow snuck it off to the exMiami people, where it was leaked, wham: the snazzy interior of a convention center that is totally way more beautiful than the current Miami Beach Convention Center, although at just half the size. So, it won't be holding any of the really, really big Art Basel/Boat Show type shows anytime soon.