Griffin: Citadel Will Break Ground On Brickell Supertall Tower In 2025

Billionaire Ken Griffin has confirmed that Citadel is planning to begin construction on its headquarters tower in the third quarter 2025, according to the SFBJ.

The new building will be iconic not just for Miami, but for the entire world, Griffin added.

Griffin also said that growing pains in Miami such as traffic and rising housing prices are preferable to the stagnation experienced in other cities, according to Axios.

He called on Miami leaders to move forward with expanding transit, and to make construction permitting easier in order to increase housing supply and keep prices lower.

 



 

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Anon
1 month ago

Even Griffin is begging this city to fix its sub-par transit systems. He acknowledges that it’s a major, major drawback for this city especially for people moving from Chicago and the Northeast where expansive transit systems are common place.

Walker
1 month ago

Why expand rail if there’s nowhere to walk once you get there?

We should focus on building up the areas around Metromover and rail stops. Encourage denser development to fill the empty lots and underused spaces nearby. To help fund this, add a tax on building outside of our existing rail lines—it discourages sprawl and helps pay for expanding the system.

Let’s make our stops actual destinations, not just places to get dropped off. Walkable neighborhoods. Better transit. A city that works for people, not just driverless cars.

Anon
1 month ago

Miami has a ton of walkable neighborhoods – they just need to be connected. Coral Gables is walkable, Miami Beach is walkable, downtown Miami/Brickell is walkable, Wynwood is walkable, the Design District is walkable….etc etc

They just need to be connected.

Anon
1 month ago

Exactly, South Beach, Midtown, Wynwood…etc need to be connected to mass transit (and I don’t mean commuter rail).

Walker
1 month ago

I could see including Midtown/Wynwood/Design District too

Anonymous
1 month ago

Better commuter rail than Metromover, which is NOT mass transit.

Gilbert
1 month ago

All of these neighborhoods are currently successful without the $3B expenditure for more wasteful and inefficient government trains.

Anonymous
1 month ago

The operative word for Miami of the past “currently”, in Miami of tomorrow we would like that success to be “permanently.”

Walker
1 month ago

I completely agree with this and his vision—it’s truly remarkable. I support expanding transit to established walkable areas in greater Miami.

I also think that a positive impact would come from improving connections in established public squares like Coral Gables, CityPlace in Doral, LoanDepot Park and Calle Ocho in Little Havana, Miami Beach, and Miami Shores, as well as all the stops on the Metromover system—rather than only fast tracking plans for new areas without established neighborhood squares.

Connecting and strengthening existing neighborhoods, like constellations in the sky 🌌 in my opinion, will move Miami toward a brighter tomorrow.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Who the hell is going to take Metromoober to Doral, let alone anywhere outside downtown? Even in moderate traffic, cars move faster than a 30 mph shortbus with the capcity to take less than ten cars off the road anyway.

cheap freeloader
1 month ago

but it’s free!

Anonymous
1 month ago

It’s better than bumper to bumper cars.

Gilbert
1 month ago

The answer is mids.
It will not be Ken Griffin, or anyone who makes big contributions to society. People who have important things to do move quickly, and do not waste time. There is time for that when you are old.

Anonymous
1 month ago

It’s quicker to take the metro mover and brightline at times. That’s why important people do it.

Walker
1 month ago

Am I understanding Miami transit right?

– MetroMover serves downtown Miami (Brickell, CBD, Park West, A&E District).

– MetroRail connects the downtown core to surrounding neighborhoods and cities like Kendall, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, and Dadeland, with potential future connections to places like Wynwood, Midtown, Little Havana, Doral, Miami Beach, and even Miracle Mile.

If that’s correct, isn’t the difference more about where they operate (downtown core vs. beyond) than the type of train? And couldn’t we improve technology regardless of what we call the systems?

Anonymous
1 month ago

Do you not realize how many classy people want to come to Miami but simply can’t get over the traffic and funky road systems?

Jordan
1 month ago

Judging by the success of Art Basel and every other major event, that number is ZERO.

Spar
25 days ago

“Funky road system”. Come to Boston.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Metrorail can easily be expanded from Miami Airport to Douglas Road station, with stops in between as a true transit corridor.

Gilbert
1 month ago

The Orange Line already goes from the Miami Airport to the Douglas Road Station.
Are you from around here?

Woolfolk
23 days ago

Shade is needed .

30KmillionFLA
1 month ago

when you build the rail, TOD follows. See “Dadeland” and several other projects under construction or proposed at Metrorail/Merromover stations

Gilbert
1 month ago

Absolutely correct! When the Metromover opened in 1986, great projects like Brickell on the River were right behind it, opening adjacent to the Riverfront stop in 2004.

Simply invest billions in Capital Expenditures to build it, then 10’s of millions every year for about 18 years, and then a couple buildings will be built. Then, replace all the old cars and systems, pay 10’s of millions ever year for another 18 years or so, and a few more buildings will be built.

It’s a no brainer!

Anonymous
1 month ago

This was the year St. Jude Church was founded in Brickell, among many other positive beginnings that happened here in the 1980s.

Texas Ranger
1 month ago

“add a tax”…..spoken like a true lib

Amiright
1 month ago

It’s not liberal or conservative, that’s why we have taxes – power of the purse, not a power chosen lightly nor is it used to harm anyone, but sometimes you got to heard the sheep. Righ? It’s just like tarifs. I could be wrong, but we can ask?

Anonymous
1 month ago

Metromoober already is surrounded by development, a little place called Greater Downtown Miami. We need more TOD around Metrorail, Tri-Rail, and expansions of both.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Yes with empty lots finally being filled, if we allow them to be.

Wasp
1 month ago

But will kEn GrIfFiN ride the metromoober derrr derrr derrrp or his billionaire executives duhhh derrr “open mouth breathing”

Anon
1 month ago

This nutjob hates freedom and wants the government to continue to tell us how to travel.

Don jr's nasal passages
1 month ago

Yes!!! Patriots dont ride mass transit

anon
1 month ago

^^this nutjob wants the government to provide a free beercan shortbus everywhere

Anon
1 month ago

Bro doesn’t understand that taxes also pay for roads and highways

Anonymous
1 month ago

Bro cost effectiveness of expanding a free beercan shortbus that will do nothing to solve traffic.

dude where's my car
1 month ago

Bro (are you 15?) doesn’t understand everyone benefits from roads and 12 cheapskates benefit from Metromover

Amiright
1 month ago

And innovations that turns lights on?💡

Anonymous
1 month ago

Well it’s true they don’t, as most residents because Metromover is an atrocious excuse for public transportation. Even the MIA Mover is the Tokyo Metro compared to the beercan shortbus.

Gilbert
1 month ago

Begging is the wrong word.

He was asked to name a problem, he identified transportation and suggested that politicians streamline construction permitting to increase the housing stock. Further, he said, it could be a lot worse.

He never said, “major drawback”, nor major major drawback.

Jordan
1 month ago

Billionaires don’t beg.
Mids don’t stop begg8ng for more gov’t trains and gov’t handouts.

Anonymous
1 month ago

I hope they redesign this tower. As it is, it’s not iconic. That toilet plunger top has to go.

Anon
1 month ago

It’s a great design

Anonymous
1 month ago

Oh so another glass box? GTFOH…

Anonymous
1 month ago

I won’t be surprised if there is some tweaking of the design before it’s built. Meanwhile, terrific news! Looking forward to seeing it completed.

Anonymous
1 month ago

I wish I could get excited about this design but …..not feeling it yet

*Name
1 month ago

If you have to say it’s going to be ‘iconic’, it likely won’t be. Based on these renderings, it certainly seems like an average looking building.

Miapolis
1 month ago

Maybe if it were 1500 ft tall like the International commerce center in Hong Kong, which is somewhat simplistic but a great looking glass building with only a slight curve.
The slight taper is also like the John Hancock building in Chicago

Gilbert
1 month ago

Yeah…your average run of the mill 1,000+ footer.
I’m sure you could build one on your summer break.

anonymous
1 month ago

Most big metro areas have bad traffic and all have experienced soaring housing costs (yes, even Detroit). Miami is hardly unique in those areas. Very few have 80 degree winters and no state income tax.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Yuck to 80 degree winters and humidity. Yes to 60 to 50 degrees. It’s fun to watch snowbacks in Hallandale Beach and Boca Raton complain when it gets cold, while they’re not here when it’s unbearably hot.

oy vey
1 month ago

^^so you live here WHY? Nearly everywhere else in the US is colder then here. Move there.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Sounds like Miss Misery, who enjoys living in minds of those who allow her in. Let her shovel that snow, at least it keeps her feeling useful.

Solar Anon
1 month ago

Oy vey is right ^ other sounds like someone without central A/C and modern electricity systems, which may have its charm but expensive to upgrade. In Miami, we don’t just handle the heat in Miami, it powers us! 🌞

Gilbert
1 month ago

You are correct sir. But when you go to these things, the journalists always have an agenda. Politicians want to spend money, and they want Ken to tell them what they want to hear.

Imagine, if Ken were 100% and he said the challenges with Miami is that people are not polite enough?
True, but no politician is going to get a kickback to solve that.

Bob Art Guy
1 month ago

White and light colors. Two thumbs up

Marilou
1 month ago

The top should be an observatory! Every major city has multiple observatories and in Miami we have none!

Miapolis
1 month ago

One in Brickell for the southern view and one in downtown for the northern and Miami beach view would be great.

MMM—Modern Mediterranean Miami
1 month ago

Both views are stunning! I love looking south, where Coconut Grove embraces the vast Atlantic, its pure waters flowing up swiftly with the jet steam, glistening in the morning glow. I’d also love to see a southwest view—Coral Gables’ majestic Mediterranean skyline, glowing in shades of amber and Tyrian purple, like the sweet wine of Bacchus blending into mango-orange sherbet, cleansing the palette as day turns to night.

Bob Art Guy
1 month ago

Some have commented that that design is not up to par, but I’m afraid I have to disagree.
The shape/silhouette is pleasing. The architects’ discreet use of white and light colors will bring this to the finish line. If they decide to use a smokey dark grey like the Bozo’s are using in the Waldolf, then it will fail.

Lil George
1 month ago

I actually really like the simplicity of the design. I think looks very grandiose!

G^2
1 month ago

Agree

Gilbert
1 month ago

“Griffin said the issues Miami is facing — such as congested roads and expensive housing — are welcome challenges compared to living in a stagnant city.”

Lil G^
1 month ago

Amen. We live in the best of times, in the best of places. God bless all those trying to solve our modern obstacles—they’re the same, yet they’re new, not to make us blue 🥶 needed to create something new 💎

Rob
1 month ago

I don’t dislike this tower, but I think it would be nicer if it was all a glass curtain wall, imo.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Kenny G is the new king

Anon
1 month ago

Mr 305 😎

Drummer Boy
1 month ago

🎶 🎷

Anonymous
1 month ago

WOW! wow! Look at the texture and piping on all the seam lines. This is quite special—a couture sky scraper and new take for Miami and the world.

Anonymous
1 month ago

It reminds me of a beacon or a lighthouse, or even the horns of a Walk Street bull, and I love a shining crown in the skyline. It’s the kind of design we could use along our waterfront, public focused and cohesive with the surrounding area; guiding our financial district forward to a new era, and I’m confident whatever they go with will be a success. I like that it blends with the skyline and will bring jobs to Miami.

Lonny
1 month ago

Who is the general contractor on this job?

G M
30 days ago

What an uninspiring mammoth tower! With countries like dubai showing the world, what can be done, this is what miami comes up with?

Sata
1 month ago

I wish it had a condo component . Those views !

Anonymous
1 month ago

People spend more time in their offices than at home (unless they work from home). It would be a waste of space to have only condos and hotels along the bay, right?

SoBeMom
30 days ago

For his employees, I think Tampa/ St. Pete would’ve been a better location. Cheaper housing, and more desirable SFH communities within 1 hour compared to Miami. Miami is more international, but on almost every thread on national discussion boards about where to live in Florida, Miami gets low marks, whereas the Tampa area gets high marks, especially for anyone not from NYC. Schools and good reasonably priced SFH neighborhoods are a big reason.

anon
30 days ago

Yes, which is why Miami metro’s population growth has stalled out, and according to a family friend who used to work at The Citadel about a decade ago, they don’t really pay all that well for the talent positions. He left for Wells Fargo and a big pay increase.

Anonny Non Non
1 month ago

Iconic for the whole world? Yea right!

And calling for transit expansion but hating on Dem cities lol hypocrite

Anonymous
1 month ago

Dems weren’t in power when those transit systems were built, many by private companies.

Gilbert
1 month ago

Of course they were. Jimmy Carter was President when the DOT funded the Metromover/ Metrorail.

Ronald Reagan famously said, ““For the same amount of money, they could have bought everyone a limousine and a year’s supply of gas.”

G^2
1 month ago

Honoring President Reagan for his leadership, but glad Miami didn’t follow his advice to “just buy limos” (or was that sarcasm?) instead of investing in mass transit. Phoenix and Houston took the short stick on that one—now they’re playing catch-up while Miami rides ahead 🚊

Anonymous
1 month ago

Gas is free if you eat enough beans 🫘 😂 and limos are common these days.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Really? Jimmy Carter deserves more credit, such a national treasure for all parties!

anon
1 month ago

^^lmao