CitizenM Buys Property At Worldcenter, Will Break Ground On 348-Room Hotel This Year
CitizenM has closed on the purchase of property at Miami Worldcenter and is preparing to begin construction on a new hotel.
The company paid $10.75 million for a 14,971 square foot parcel at the at the southwest corner of Northeast 8th Street and Northeast 2nd Avenue. The transaction was reported by the SFBJ.
Plans for a 12-story hotel designed by architect Gensler were submitted to the city last year for review, including 348 rooms and a rooftop bar. Miami approved those plans shortly before the sale, including a waiver allowing ultra-small room sizes of below 200 square feet.
In a statement, the company said they would finalize those plans over the coming months and break ground in 2019.
Extremely ugly and undeserving of the location!!!
I actually think it will fit in beautifully when it is done.
Yeah, this would be a nice upgrade in Little Havana. This area was supposedly intended to showcase Miami to the world. Miami always shoots itself in the foot.
It’s fine considering the condo towers across the street ruined any chance of street life by turning 2nd ave into a service alley.
After years of lawsuits and struggles to compile these lots, they’re approving this 1960s building that is god awful in every aspect. Might as well had left the old night clubs alone because this no better. Again,the City demonstrates its lack of vision and desire to demand exceptional architecture.
Not every building needs or should be exceptional architecture. Having a blend of buildings create a much more interesting city. I moved from a city with renowned architecture and many skyscrapers. Miami is doing just fine. What it needs is a welll thought out transportation plan to keep up with the demand for a denser populated city.
Again, why would you build a midget building in an area that the zoning allows skyscrapers?? This developer is a complete idiot. And you are right it is extremely ugly.
Risk appetite.
So you end up with varying heights of buildings and not. 750 wall on each side of the street.
Are those jumbled red exterior letters supposed to spell “Art” throughout the facade? They sure look awful as currently rendered…
really? Theyre putting an entire parking garage with that alaphabet soup garbage in miami beach!
Without the letters, the building would look nice, especially somewhere like Coconut Grove or the historic core (Flagler Street, etc.).
nice complement within the overall complex and should encourage pedestrian traffic although 12 stories seems really small considering the location should’ve considered adding additional mix use office/larger hotel rooms/condos to maximize the space but hey not my money…
I wish they would redesign this… I understand it’s a lower budget hotel but come on!!! Then it’s g9ing to take them 48 months to open
Where is the letter F on the facade? Is it in the back of the building? I need some F letters up front…how else am I going to spell FART otherwise?🤷🏻♂️
Isn’t that office tower in the world center project suppose to break ground as well this year ?
All these tiny hotel rooms will come back to bite Miami in the end.
Do the letters on the outside spell out A-R-T? I think you all need a new creative director.
Boutique hotel.. micro European concept.
Should keep it a European concept…..in Europe.
Small component of a major project 27-acre project.