Soil Testing Underway At Citadel’s Iconic Supertall Brickell HQ Site

Soil testing appears to be be underway at the waterfront Brickell site where Citadel is planning an “iconic” $1B office tower.

There does not yet appear to be any construction permits pending for the site.

A global architecture competition was conducted last year for the right to design the tower, according to Andy Gloor, the CEO of developer Sterling Bay, which is managing the project for Citadel.

Citadel’s billionaire founder Ken Griffin has previously said the tower height could exceed 1,000 feet, making it a supertall.

In addition to becoming the headquarters of Citadel, Griffin said he plans to personally pitch some of the most valuable US companies, including Apple, to fill the new tower.

Griffin also said he wants to build retail and restaurants on the ground floor to bring foot traffic, similar to Brickell City Centre.

 

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Anonymous
2 months ago

Can’t wait to see the renderings! This is going to elevate Brickell and greater downtown Miami.

Anonymous
2 months ago

It’s a race with swire who can get the best leases and get vertical first

Anon
2 months ago

I think Swire/Related has a lot of tenants locked up already; they’ve been prepping this tower for years.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Nothing like a battle of billionaire egos surely trying to one up each other. Kenny Gs got the water and Ross has the metromover…

Anon
2 months ago

The mover, direct pedestrian access to BCC via an elevated pedestrian walkway, and Brickell Ave frontage. Not bad!

Anonymous
2 months ago

**Many of my friends make six figures and take the Metro (rail/mover). It’s faster, safer and overall better experience than driving. Also just because you make six figures doesn’t mean you want to throw your money away. The Metro (rail/mover) goes to so many great spots and will be even more improved with all the investment in the City. I enjoy it, reminds me of the NYC subway with less crime and better views as you wind above ground through the buildings all lit up!

Anonymous
2 months ago

No bad choices between the two…

Jordan
2 months ago

Source.

Anonymous and Educated
2 months ago

I’m a few years all the major Fortune 500s will be competing for an HQ or flagship in Brickell.

Jordan
2 months ago

Source.

Anonimato
2 months ago

Swire has done a great job in Miami, but have you seen a Swire building with a spire or a wow factor, where you stop to look at it and say… wow! ? Hopefully Citadel’s super tall will have that wow factor which will distinguish it from all the other boxy towers around it. I don’t think Kenny G needs to compete or is worried about Swire’s tallest box. Kenny G loves art and I believe his tower will be a masterpiece like no other in our city. Can’t wait to see his vision and good taste come to life. Miami will never be the same after that tower is built.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Please stop calling him Kenny G……it conjures images of a guy with poodle hair and a saxophone in his mouth

Anonymous
2 months ago

Kenny G doesn’t care

Tampa resident who is jealous of Miami
2 months ago

Can’t wait for the renderings

Melo, a former giga Chad
2 months ago

Stay jealous brother

Anon
2 months ago

Tampa is amazing! I love how they kept their streetcar (instead of tearing it out like Miami), brick streets, and historic architecture!

Anonymous
2 months ago

Yea, Tampa is amazing… Said no one ever.

Anonymous
2 months ago

The ego of people who think city competitions are worthwhile.

Tampa resident who is jealous of Miami
2 months ago

Tampa lost a lot of its original architecture downtown there were replaced by lots, although slowly it is being replaced by new Highrise’s but still has a lot of work to do. Streetcar is nice but only runs through the touristy areas of Ybor to DT. Tampa has improved with the riverwalk and waterstreet project and now gasworx under construction.

The Development of brickell city centre and miami world center and other projects are just making miami better and these projects are much needed here to make the city more livable and alive. I miss living in Miami but do enjoy visiting monthly.

Not Anonymous
2 months ago

This building will change the city for sure. I bet it’ll be like the Empire state for NY, on the postcards next to the Freedom tower and the Art Deco buildings in Miami Beach. Can’t wait to see it!

Anonymous
2 months ago

the miami skyline will see some significant improvement on the Brickell area with buildings like Citadel HQ , Brickell city centre , 1428 Brickell , Cipriani residences , Una residences and the 80 story building that will be built at the Miami first presbyterian church

Anon
2 months ago

The Miami skyline is exploding from Brickell to Northern Edgewater.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Edgewater. There’s no such thing as Northern Edgewater

Anonymous
2 months ago

Enough with the directional sublabels for already small neighborhood designations. Every block isn’t its own neighborhood. Be more creative with your marketing.

🍒 🍒🍒
2 months ago

With the Brickell River District towers and One Southside Park iconic design, the skyline is going to impress all around—360 degrees. I have a feeling Citadel supertall will be the cherry on top.

Jordan
2 months ago

Yes, Nostradamus….there will be significant improvement.

Anonimato
2 months ago

The penis tower proposed behind the church?! Hope they change the renderings soon!

Anonymous
2 months ago

Funny. The building is already being called iconic even before the project is presented.

Melo, a former giga Chad
2 months ago

The $373 million lot.

Anon13
2 months ago

When money is no obstacle

Anonymous
2 months ago

When you make 16b in one year you good…

Wowsa
2 months ago

One hell of a sale!

Bikes + Ferries FTW
2 months ago

They stated it will be a competition in the past so renderings will be awhile

Bikes + Ferries FTW
2 months ago

the most interesting bit will be the waterfront activation. Port Brickell? FERRY to MB?? we could have mass transit between the beach and the mainland in 3y just build the goddamned boats and docks

Brickell Bay resident
2 months ago

What will this do for the Mark and other buildings in Brickell Bay? Raise property values? Or just make them look super dated and more subject to being bought out?

Jordan
2 months ago

Property values will rise.
Go check out the Miami Dade Property assessors office and look at South Pointe Towers (300 S Pointe Dr…if I remember correctly) about a year BEFORE the Continuum “blocked their views”. 2002 or so….

What happened to the values at South Pointe Towers? Raise? Look super dated?

Anonymous
2 months ago

Bit of a different story there–South Ponte Towers was the original hi-end tower south of 5th (built late 1980s) and it benefitted from Continuum helping bring up an otherwise long-struggling neighborhood. Brickell Bay has been mostly upscale forever.

Anonimato
2 months ago

That’s one of the ugliest buildings in our skyline . Yikes!

Brickell Bay resident
2 months ago

Which one is one of the ugliest? The Mark? I think it looks pretty nice – not all glass but kept up well

Anon13
2 months ago

There are far worse looking buildings on Brickell Bay Dr than The Mark

Anonymous
2 months ago

The building is being targeted for a buyout.

Anonymous
2 months ago

this will be fantastic to be sure but im waiting for Gentings property to sell to see what tremendous plans could be instore there

Anonymous
2 months ago

Will the property tax rate go down with the tremendous increase in taxable property?

Screw the pooches
2 months ago

No, they’ll piss it away on more dogshit parks.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Any renderings?

Anon
2 months ago

Yeah they’re right there! What, you don’t see them?

Anonymous
2 months ago

The renders were done in Stevie WonderCAD

Anonymous
2 months ago

I dont even care about the renderings, they can be very deceiving, I want building up and running

Name*
2 months ago

Will it be better than the towers by Norman foster renders?

anan
2 months ago

IMO it will be hard to top that foster design.

MiamiInvest
2 months ago

Can’t wait to see the renderings! This is going to elevate Brickell and greater downtown Miam

Anonymous
2 months ago

Hopefully they won’t find any animal teeth or 10,000 year old Tequestan tampons there.

Anonymous
2 months ago

that would be a Game Changer to these Iconic plans

Anon13
2 months ago

But it will make a beautiful dog park!

Anon13
2 months ago

You might call it iconic !

Jordan
2 months ago

Literally

Miami Boy
2 months ago

That’s pretty funny, actually. Sarcasm is funny sometimes, guys.

Anonymous
2 months ago

The StickUpAss preppy Brickell little foofoo dog owners have zero humor.

Anonimato
2 months ago

Lol. New York, Paris, Rome and London were built on lots of teeth and ancient artifacts. They just don’t panic when they find them. They just take them and exhibit them in museums.

Anon
2 months ago

I think that this will be mostly residential with a smaller office component. There’s just not much demand for office space in Miami. NY seems to be the only place with ravenous demand for office space.

Anons
2 months ago

Lol it’s the opposite of the truth. Nobody wants to work in New York. They want to work in Miami. You can add swanky dining halls and ping pong tables in NY towers, but if it’s not Miami people won’t care.

Knows a thing or two
2 months ago

Brickell Class A vacancy is sub 6% one of the lowest in the country, in fact there are no large blocks of space for companies to consider so they are evaluating downtown and Wynwood. The demand for Miami quality space on a percentage basis far outweighs NY as companies flee.

Anonymous
2 months ago

Maybe they are misguided if they are looking to downtown and wynwood over Brickell. Wynwood doesn’t have a metro station and density requires car ownership. There is plenty of space in riverside and near One Southside Park that are being developed now next to or within walking distance to the Brickell Station.

Anonymous
2 months ago

I understand you’re talking about large undeveloped blocks. I think downtown may have some near the Metromover. I think there are some lots in brickell that could be combined. There’s a new condo on SW 3rd announced today that appears to combine three lots.

Jordan
2 months ago

Source.

Knows a thing or two
2 months ago

Google JLL Cushman CBRE Miami Quarterly report. Should be able to download them for free

NYC/Miami
2 months ago

Manhattan office space is in trouble… vacancies are much lower in Miami.