Here’s When Cranes For 100-Story Waldorf Astoria Scheduled

A filing with the Federal Aviation Administration yesterday provided new details on the construction cranes planned to help build Miami’s 100-story Waldorf Astoria supertall tower.

Two tower cranes are planned to rise 1255 above ground level, or 1266 feet above sea level, the filing states.

The work schedule for the cranes is estimated to run from October 24, 2023 to August 23, 2027.

The FAA filing was made on May 31.

In 2021, the FAA approved a permanent height for the Waldorf Astoria of 1038 feet above ground, or 1049 feet above sea level.

Construction at the site is already underway. A groundbreaking ceremony took place in October 2022.

 

 

 

 

 

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Anonymous
4 months ago

Not my favorite building design, I prefer Aston Martin, Okan, One Thousand. But, without a doubt, it will have a very lasting impact on the city’s skyline.

Jared
4 months ago

Agree completely. Just looks like a glorified stack of Christmas presents. Unique, but nothing like Aston and One Thousand.

Sagittarius
4 months ago

Some of you are still salty about WA 😂..

Anonymous
4 months ago

I love the design!

Ricardo
4 months ago

People absolutely hated the Eifel Tower when it went up 150 years ago, now it’s the most beloved parisian building. Maybe this stack of boxes will be a monstrosity but at least it will be our monstrosity.

SkyRise please rise
4 months ago

That’s a good argument for the SkyRise! Fingers crossed that will be restarted soon!

Anonymous
4 months ago

Comparing this and Skyrise to the Eiffel Tower is like comparing chocolate to whale s**t.

HahahaHere we go again
4 months ago

Hahaha

Anonymous
4 months ago

The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be temporary for a World Fair, but proved utility as a radio tower. Bad comparison.

Anonimato
4 months ago

The Eiffel tower was unique when built and continues to be unique to this day.. The stack of boxes here has already been seen in other cities in different versions. There’s nothing unique about it other than it’s height.

Anonymous
4 months ago

It’s already being done better in Brickell.

Anonymous
4 months ago

BS…you pulled that out of your arse.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Eiffel Tower is timeless, but this new design to me looks unstable.

Azarius
4 months ago

we need something different added to the skyline

Anonymous
4 months ago

Yes not boxes that look like they are going to fall. Would be better to see spires or futuristic use of materials and shapes like Zaha Hadid

Bruno
3 months ago

“We need”

Go build that thing that “we need”…..hurry….fast! We need it is so much that all the kids will die if WE don’t have someone else provide whst WE NEED fast!

Downtown Lover
4 months ago

Bring back the Green Biscayne plan. Bring more bikes to downtown and fix those traffic lights. This building will be a game changer but let’s start changing the game sooner than 2027🤔

Greenery
4 months ago

I also want to mention, please bring more trees that actually provide shade. Palm trees might look nice but they are not as good as the many other shade trees even from an oxygen standpoint.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Actual native trees like live oaks, and not Singapore Supertree rip-offs.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Do olive trees grow in Florida? I love Banyons and big thick trunks.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Marry me!!

Anonymous
4 months ago

By 2027 this whole area will be unrecognizable with this building up, Worldcenter full of people and more building, all the other buildings currently being built and that will be built and the Signature Bridge (which I hope will get an actual cool name tho)!

Anonymous
4 months ago

Downtown is on 🔥🔥🔥

Anonymous
4 months ago

Call 911!

Azulejo
4 months ago

Now it’s time to make Biscayne more pedestrian friendly. What happened to the plan to build coffee shops in the middle of Biscayne in front of this building?

Anonymous
4 months ago

It died like Disco.

Downtowner
4 months ago

The plan is still there, just waiting for approvals

Anon
4 months ago

It’s awaiting for FINANCING, which is harder to come by.

Anonymous
4 months ago

It will come!

Anon
4 months ago

Not in the current lending environment

anan
4 months ago

Building a starbucks directly across the street to the south on the corner.

Robert S
4 months ago

They are making a Starbucks next door in Viscayne. There is your coffee shop.

Anonymous
4 months ago

In Vizcayne? Trashy building seems more Dunkin’ Donuts tier than Starbucks, which instead should open in Marinablue, 800 Biscayne, or even 100 Biscayne after finally 7-Eleven closed.

Anonymous
4 months ago

You mean the coffee shop in Apple Store meets backyard sheshed? That was conceptual… I hope.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Why can’t we get more of you creative thinkers in Brickell? I hear so many good ideas about downtown….

Bruno
3 months ago

Thinkers are much more numerous than doers.

Bruno
3 months ago

That is the temporary plan to make the Waldorf Salescenter more attractive.

To tell the T
4 months ago

The CBD is gearing up for something good. In 5 years with OKAN, WA, all the 11 towers, the Crosby, Legacy, our spider bridge, and hopefully One Bayfront, we’ll be celebrating.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Hahaha, the Crosby… up there with Okan and Legacy, as if Nickelback is up there with Metallica and Def Leppard.

Cover the Podiums
4 months ago

By 2027, Miami will be competing with Chicago. We just need to start redeveloping a lot of the single family areas close to downtown. We need medium density neighborhoods! (not like little havana though)

Anonymous
4 months ago

Competing with Chicago for what exactly…

Cover the Podiums
4 months ago

The third most populous city in America 😎

Front row heckler
4 months ago

Pal, people are leaving that $hithole of a city like you wouldn’t believe. Miami will have the second biggest skyline by 2030. You can book it.

Anon
4 months ago

Little Havana is great. You gringos need to stop being so afraid and venture west of 95 every now and then and see what you’re missing

Anon
4 months ago

yeah sure Pedro

Anonymous
4 months ago

Gross. I have ventured out there plenty and it’s full of garbage.

Anonymous
4 months ago

Little Havana is low to low-medium density. You can build plenty of medium density in place of all those rubbish post-war buildings in between historic pre-war single-family and apartment houses, and still have a better neighborhood than Edgewater.

Anonymous
4 months ago

We should bring innovation from Brickell to Little Havana, it’s so connected to downtown and the Miami river. How come all the innovators are concentrated on the world center? Maybe when that takes off they can come here or work on both at the same time 🙏

Bruno
3 months ago

We?

Why don’t you implement that genius idea instead of just writing a sentence about an idea.

Name*
4 months ago

Oh wow! Tower cranes approved wayy above the building height by almost 200 feet (60 meters). This means they should be able to approve an 1,100 ft building, with 1,266′ cranes.

Anonymous
4 months ago

You got a point there🤔🤔🤔

Anonymous
4 months ago

You really think the max building height didn’t take into consideration the use of a crane for construction which everyone knows has to be taller than the building… y’all need to put your thinking caps on

Anonymous
4 months ago

Go go go!!! Build build build!!!!!

Mad Dash
4 months ago

So excited for our WA supertall. This is definitely a beautiful project. Not to mention the height and visibility from so far away. Go Miami!!!!!

Anonymous
4 months ago

Let the games begin!

Name*
4 months ago

Amazing! I only wish they will resume the SkyRise because this does not have a public observation deck and we need one fast!

Downtown Lover
4 months ago

Me too. Sooner or later they will, it’s inevitable.

Downtowner
4 months ago

Hopefully with a different design and taller.

Name*
4 months ago

It could be 1,100 ft high that far east and center of downtown/brickell with the highest height limits.

Anonymous
4 months ago

That would be great but I wish it could be taller. Like double that height.

Barney Rubble
3 months ago

Amazing views!

Anonymous
4 months ago

Can’t believe someone paid good money for that stupid azzz design. Idle architects trying so hard to be unique. Try again.