New Details On Mixed-Use Project Planned At Worldcenter

Miami planners are currently reviewing a proposal for a mixed-use project with two towers at Miami Worldcenter, plans filed with the city show.

The property is known as Miami Worldcenter Block A, and is owned by Abbhi Capital.

According to the most recent version of the plans filed this month, two towers will rise in phases, at 59 (north) and 33 stories (south).

The north tower will have residential, and will top off at 643 feet above ground, or 655 feet above sea level.

The south tower is planned to include office. It is planned to top off at 453 feet above ground, or 465 feet above sea level.

A parking podium is planned to rise 11 stories, lined with residential on the north side.

Here’s a description of the design from Arquitectonica, the architect for the project:

The project consists of two towers intentionally proposed at different heights to allow for a more dynamic skyline composition. Each tower façade is defined by concave curved frames that vary in proportion vertically. The south tower has frame proportions increasing in scale towards the ground, while the south tower with larger scale frames as it approaches the sky.

The north tower features a concave glass volume on the uppermost floors that defines the transition from the tower to the sky. This feature is treated with reflective glass which further emphasizes the skyline feature through its materiality that differs from the lower floors.

The combined towers are proposed to include:

  • 558 residential units
  • 368,362 square feet of office
  • 7,109 square foot ground floor restaurant
  • 1,319 vehicle parking spaces (of which 310 are EV), plus 682 bike spaces

The design and use is subject to change, since the project is still in the approval process. The project plans were first submitted to the city in 2022, and previous iterations included hotel rooms.

 

The most recent rendering filed with the city this month:

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Anon
1 month ago

I absolutely love it. And over 300,000’ sqft of office!? Hell yes.

Anonymous
1 month ago

I really like this tower. However, the glass totop looks like a microwave.

Rodriguez
1 month ago

And 682 bike spaces! Finally a project that takes other forms of transportation seriously.

Anonymous
1 month ago

A stunning facade by a busy highway, larger and with more traffic than I-95 in Brickell. If I developed in western Brickell, I’d use the sunset and ocean views to add similar glassy buildings reflecting the picturesque sunsets on the skyline.

Kitty w
1 month ago

Except for paramount, world center has been architecturally lukewarm. More twin towers. At least the renders show how nice it would be if we had more trees.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Trees will come once all the concrete gets poured, including the highway project that’ll be completed in 2050

Melo is sigma and Chad
1 month ago

after the projects come close to completion trees will come and it take at least ten years for them to grow larger.

Anon
1 month ago

I strongly disagree primarily based on the amount of videos I see on Instagram of this part of the city (primarily from drone photographers). This part of the skyline is super dynamic already (Paramount, 1000 Museum) and will only become more epic as Waldorf, OKAN, Legacy, and more are added to the mix.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Five towers out of twenty boxes…

Bob
1 month ago

Agree, world center had so much potential, but instead they have just put up box condo towers.

Name*
1 month ago

This is actually a beautiful design however.

Alpina
1 month ago

Very nice for Arquitectonica I must say. It kind of remind me of Hudson Yards

Anonymous
1 month ago

sometimes I wonder about you guys. How can anything in MWC remind you of Hudson Yards? MWC has so far been nothing but a disappointment.

Anon
1 month ago

Let’s see – Paramount, Legacy, an Apple Store, exciting new restaurants like Maple & Ash, 14 new towers and hundreds of thousands of square feet of retail and office, as well as a public square.

If this is disappointing to you then that sucks. From where I’m sitting it looks pretty damn good.

Bruno
1 month ago

Disappointment? For who?

If you’ve lived in downtown for more than 10 years, you’d remember the Camilius House homeless shelter dominating this neighborhood.

Anonymous
1 month ago

The new transplants have no idea how nasty it was here…

Anonymous
1 month ago

If this reminds you of Hudson Yards, what does the Waldorf Astoria remind you of, the Taj Mahal?

Anonymous
1 month ago

Conclave glass volume looks interesting – definitely sets apart from other towers and will complement World Center nicely overall.

Anonymous
1 month ago

A box complements other boxes… Ohh, but CONCAVE glass!

Anonymous
1 month ago

Max sq ft is what the developers are after as well as the end user. Keyboard developers, planners, and architects can keep pontificating all they like…

To tell the T
1 month ago

Beautiful
Please start building tomorrow.

Melo is sigma and Chad
1 month ago

Much needed office space for this area

Finesse Johnson
1 month ago

Not a huge fan of this design. Or height. World Center needs taller buildings in my opinion.

Yas
1 month ago

It does but it’s on the path of airplanes apparently

Anon
1 month ago

643’ is a huge building.

Se me paro'
1 month ago

Unfortunately because it’s a great looking project, it will end up looking completely different by the time it’s built.

Name*
1 month ago

More than likely.

Name*
1 month ago

You might be on to something. They may scrap the black exterior and go with an all white look just like they do on all the garbage built in this city. I love this building design. It’s unique and enhances the area.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Much needed parking facilities will help the economy of the neighborhood. This section of Miami is really getting interesting.

anon
1 month ago

Agree. the thousands of spaces already built in world center are simply not enough.

Anonimato
1 month ago

What’s that big container on top? AC equipment room?

Anon
1 month ago

Lol….so the article states that the south tower is office and the north is residential. Just glancing at the rendering with this information, I’m going to assume those are fully glazed penthouses.

anon
1 month ago

Rare arquitectonica L, looks too NYC cold

Name*
1 month ago

I love NYC. Bring it on down PDQ.

Name*
1 month ago

Nice building. But get rid of the hat on top of it.

anonymous
1 month ago

tiny amount of retail for being surrounded by 3 roads

Name*
1 month ago

Looks northern, but what happened to the Innovation District and LED tower? The Miami one near here, not the magic city innovation development in little haiti..

Name*
1 month ago

Good, bring some northern down here. We love it.

Yas
1 month ago

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

anonymous
1 month ago

i hope they have the ability to douse ev flames

Anonymous
1 month ago

Another beaut by Arquitectonica!

Conrad
1 month ago

Park West is the most beautiful place to live 😁✊🏼

Anon
1 month ago

The North tower is residential, but seems there’ll be limited southward views unless you are higher than the office tower, and it looks like there is space for another building immediately to the north before 395 … buyer beware. Seems two thinner but taller (same sq. ft) buildings on the NE and SW corners would enable better views from both buildings.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Does seem tight, kind of an SLS Lux next to 830 Brickell scenario, I guess that’s what a lot of views will be like as things get more and more built up, more urban, less expansive unless you are right on the water.

Anonymous
1 month ago

“B-BUT… not EVERY building can be unique!”

Another box from Arquitectonica later.

“…”

Anonymous
1 month ago

11 story parking podium I love it

Conrad
1 month ago

The prestige of Park West..Ooh❗️