Demolition Begins At One Brickell City Centre Supertall

A ceremony was held last week at the One Brickell City Centre supertall site to mark the start of demolition, according to a press release.

Miami Mayor Francis X. Suarez,  Henry Bott, the President of Swire Properties and Stephen M. Ross, the Chairman and Founder of Related Companies. were in attendance at the May 4 event.

“As part of the program, one of the buildings currently on the site was partially demolished through a stunning display where multiple floors of glass and concrete were carved out of the structure,” according to developer Swire Properties.

One Brickell City Centre will be “an approximately 1,000-foot super tall tower,” the release said.

It will be the tallest and largest office building in Florida.

“This will be an iconic building that will reshape the Miami skyline, the third-largest skyline in America. It will attract the world’s best talent to Miami. Thank you to Related and Swire, who have doubled down with confidence in the future of our city,” said Miami Mayor Francis X. Suarez.

Records show that a demolition permit is still under review by Miami’s Building Department.

The President of Swire Properties told the SFBJ that groundbreaking is likely to take place in early 2024, as designs continue to be finalized.

 

 

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Not Anonymous
4 months ago

Wow. I didn’t know how much of a behemoth this building is going to be. Definitely needed for the hundreds of companies moving to the city. I honestly like this project more than the Waldorf. Stunning!

MiamiArchi
4 months ago

What a shame that the renderings suggest they have changed the fins to be a silver finish instead of the bronze finish.
Still a nice building but that pop of color was really nice. I miss it

Anonymous
4 months ago

“As part of the program, one of the buildings currently on the site was partially demolished through a stunning display where multiple floors of glass and concrete were carved out of the structure.” Wow, so apparently demolitions are ICONIC, too. /facepalm

MayorOfBrickell
4 months ago

Excited for this to take off however this means Brickell Avenue and that already terrible intersection is going to be an ugly nightmare the next few years.

s.k
4 months ago

Well, whoever got the “brilliant” idea of implementing Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing in Miami, let me tell you, since then, traffic has been a complete nightmare on Brickell Ave and 8th St just for a few people to “enjoy” a diagonal crossing. Not to mention Brickell Bridge opening every 30 mins for about 10-15 mins. Can’t wait for this “brilliant” idea to go to the trash (along with millions of tax-payer dollars that for sure where robbed via inflated invoices).

Anon
4 months ago

I think the crossing works much better as is. I lived on Brickell Key the last 6 years and it was worse before the change. And you also hyperventilate to try to make a point — the bridge doesn’t open for 10-15 minutes every 30 minutes, please .. by your calculation the bridge would be open 30%-50% of the time every hour, that’s BS. Granted there’s too much traffic but this change seems to be a positive

s.k
4 months ago

Coming from Brickell Key is a complete different story since now you have a right turn that lasts more vs. coming from the South on Brickell Av or West on 8th St, so your point is not taken. The chances I get the bridge open everytime I go to the office, Whole Foods, South Beach, Midtown and back, or I have a walk in Brickell Key and see the bridge open are big! If you minimize this issue, then why every neighbor in Brickell complains about it and even the city is looking at various options?

Melo is sigma and Chad
4 months ago

about time

Anon
4 months ago

Another gorgeous ARQ building

Anonymous
4 months ago

Gorgeous, but not a beaut!

Kitty w
4 months ago

She’s a biggin. Gird your loins.

PLEASE EXPLAIN
4 months ago

Serious question: I live in Brickell and question the quality of the skilled labor pool of construction workers needed to build all these buildings.

There’s absolutely no way SoFla has produced this many skilled workers in the last 10-15 years. And a building boom across the country isn’t making now-expensive Miami a destination for unemployed skilled labor.

And the result? Crappy quality at buildings like the Flatiron – Tiny rooms to squeeze one more apartment on each floor (bedrooms can’t fit a king size bed and nightstand), not enough elevators leading to >15-minute waits during busy hours, cheap materials like doors and walls, and overall shoddy workmanship.

The 50+ floor tower in which I reside? They actually put the elevator door frames on backwards on every floor. Pure incompetence.

N, N
4 months ago

Your building was designed poorly and your take is that local construction workers aren’t competent. Like they draw up the plans and built what they please. Complain to the brilliant businessmen who commissioned and drew it up. Also, just so you’re aware; unconventional, ‘ugly’, cramped, and wedge shaped buildings, and even straight up poorly designed ones exist throughout the (developed) world. It’s a lot of things but it isn’t just ‘people from Miami are stupid’

Knower
4 months ago

They are stupid tho.

Azarius
4 months ago

have you seen the videos of all the undocumented workers and worksites in Miami and Fl now that E-verify will be used to verify citizenship , how many of these jobs will go back into the actual communities

Anonymous
4 months ago

simple solution to your specific problem … buy in a high quality building like the santa maria or four seasons

Yet Another Anonymous
4 months ago

The building has new ish windows. For how much they cost they don’t save them?

anonymous
4 months ago

pretty sure Miami dade would require them to not be used again for code purposes

Karina Mina
4 months ago

Suarez baby!

MiamiArchi
4 months ago

Also.. did they get rid of the balconies?
Maybe its just the renderings. But thy do seem to suggest they removed the balconies.
Weird

Not Anonymous
4 months ago

I mean it is an office building, they usually don’t have balconies.

Madonna
4 months ago

Workers want outside space now

Anonymous
4 months ago

Workers like working by the pool or having a rooftop park to discuss global transactions.

Anonymous
4 months ago

It never had balconies. It’s an office building. They want people inside working, not hanging out on balconies.

Anon
4 months ago

It did….they are clearly featured in multiple renders

Anon
4 months ago

Original plans did have open air space (i.e., balconies) on each floor on the corner … but maybe they wised up that it’s too windy most of the time, and too hot 1/2 the year so what’s the point. Plus that would be square footage they couldn’t really lease, just an amenity.

Opsy
4 months ago

Super falls get me super horny

To tell the T
4 months ago

Sexy mayor

Jack Horner
4 months ago

I bet you think Steve Ross is a beefcake as well.

anonymous
4 months ago

Steve Ross is the most influential and public community driven developer in South Florida.

Rascally Lady
4 months ago

Could be influential but the hot one is Francis ….

Rascally Lady
4 months ago

Makes me horny !!

Anonymous
4 months ago

Not with all that work on his face. Gross. Men should look like men, not Ken dolls.

Azarius
4 months ago

They about to make this very nice building as bland and basic as it can get, only thing will be left is the floor sqft everything else will be downgraded to save funds plus they haven’t even spoken on leasing

Rascally lady
4 months ago

Francis so cute with the blue shoes … he has big feet

Anonymous
4 months ago

Men and women are thirsty for Francis.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Lol I came here to make the opposite comment. Wtf is with his sneakers? He spends so much time on portraying this “cool bro” image and not enough time doing things that are actually important for the city.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Another beaut not by Arquitectonica!

Anon
4 months ago

It is by ARQ…..

Anonymous
4 months ago

Another beaut by Swire!

Anon
4 months ago

Swire didn’t design this….they are the developers, not the architect

Anonymous
4 months ago

Without Swire, there would be no beaut built!

Anon
4 months ago

Well, no. Without Swire this extremely valuable piece of land would be developed anyways.

Anonymous
4 months ago

^then it would not be a beaut!

Anonymous
4 months ago

That’s right, another beaut by Arquitectonica!

Anonymous
4 months ago

Another beaut by Steve Ross!