The developers building the Wynwood Plaza campus announced that Amazon has agreed to Wynwood’s largest office lease ever.
The lease announcement comes a little over a year after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced he was moving to Miami.
Amazon’s new lease is for 50,333 square feet of office space.
“We are extremely excited to welcome Amazon to Wynwood Plaza and are already receiving indications that many more will follow,” said Andrew Trench, Managing Director at broker Cushman & Wakefield
The developers of Wynwood Plaza, L&L Holding Company and Oak Row Equities, also said they were confident it would continue to attract additional companies as Miami’s high growth mode continues.
Other tenants that have already agreed to lease office space at Wynwood Plaza include Claure Group (25,400 square feet) and law firm Weitz & Luxenberg (18,000 square feet).
The 12-story office tower will include 266,000 square feet of Class AAA space upon completion.
The campus also includes Wynwood Plaza Residences, with 509 high-end rental apartments and 45,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor offerings. That building is now nearing completion.
There will also be a 26,000-square-foot public plaza at street level, Created by the urban design team behind NYC’s High Line and Miami’s The Underline, Field Operations.
Surrounding the plaza will be 25,000 square feet of retail, featuring indoor and outdoor dining, boutiques, storefronts, convenience locations and fast casual spots.
Wynwood Plaza was represented by L&L’s Bryan Lapidus, as well as by Andrew Trench, Edward Quinon, and Brian Gale of Cushman & Wakefield. Tom Capocefalo and Mike Catalano of Savills represented Amazon.
Shorenstein Investment Advisers is a project partner with Claure Group a co-investor.
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