Photos: ‘Vertical Neighborhood’ 601 Miami Topped Off At 51 Stories

Construction is continuing at 601 Miami (formerly Natiivo), about a month after the building topped off, new photos by Phillip Pessar show.

A top off ceremony for the tower took place on November 11.

It took less than 64 weeks from the foundation pour to top off, according to Russell Galbut, Chairman of the Board at developer GFO Investments.

In a press release, the developers said 601 Miami would become a “vertical neighborhood.”

The tower will have condo units, a luxury hotel, Class-A offices, four restaurants with four bars and a social club with views of Biscayne Bay. Upon completion, the building will have 448 residential condominium units and a 125,000 square foot office component.

The building will also house a 240-room hotel, Gale Port Miami.

The ground floor will house a collection of food and beverage outlets, including a 7,100 square foot Italian restaurant, a grab-and-go concept and a Bodega Taqueria, which will open its sixth restaurant location in South Florida within the building.

601 Miami will serve Miami locals, residents, and hotel guests with The Social Club, which will include a gym, spa, outdoor restaurant, indoor bar + restaurant, sushi bar, lounge, pool, office space, media room and more. The property will have over 20,000 square feet of event space.

601 Miami has a top off height of 51 stories, or 588 feet.

Opening is set for late 2023.

 

(photos: Phillip Pessar)

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Anonymous
3 months ago

it’s very important how a building looks at street level , that’s where the action is and this building looks good at street level . the bars , restaurants will make 6th st very lively

Pleezzee
3 months ago

Nah… now I agree this time with that guy whose always on this site complaining about “cereal box” architecture… this is truly some boring “cereal box” architectural designing.

Anon
3 months ago

Another rectangular high rise. How very unusual. It’s almost as if most high rises are….oh nvm

Anonymous
3 months ago

Hehehe that would be me!!!

RenRich
3 months ago

Looks like a much better wave of skyscrapers after this. Hopefully this is the end of completely lack luster filler buildings. Lots of really good stuff otw.

Truth
3 months ago

No more filler (including in your lips, young Miami!) Like those lips, filler actually makes the city older than it is 🙂

Melo, the true giga Chad
3 months ago

I agree 100%. I’m always preaching about human scale design. Parking podiums should be lined with with apartments and shops always!

Anonymous
3 months ago

This is a good compromise with some dividing podium, which I like. I’m glad to see the first few floors are not balconies with laundry and plastic trinkets hanging down, and add some type of design element.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Pretty sure the units have washers and dryers. Parking garage wraparounds are a big aspect to new urbanism which Miami21 appears to have neglected in favor of loud excuses for murals and assorted pieces of sheet metal.

Anon
3 months ago

Thanks for the insight. Refreshing to see actual analysis in the comments here.

Anonymous
3 months ago

No full time resident wants to live in a shared hotel or AIRBNB building.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Unfortunately this area will fill with airbnb apartments and units as investment properties. Not a real community feeling which must have a world class city. It’s major problem for miami.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Brickell is shaping into a community neighborhood vibe. I think that’s what makes it’s so appealing, aside from the world class architecture and spaces.

Pi Space
3 months ago

Brickell is getting quite a few new Airbnb buildings within the next few years.

Anonymous
3 months ago

No building alone is a “neighborhood,” period. It’s just fantastical marketing. We need public space where people gather across buildings. Imagine how boring it would be if you stayed in your building all the time? I had to in NYC during the pandemic, and wouldn’t wish that on anyone.

BB1
3 months ago

That Harry Cain tower nearby is such a drag on the area

Anonymous
3 months ago

It would be cool if buildings had open public passage ways in between blocks so people could cross in the middle of the block without getting wet. Kind of like the BCC has, the city should provide incentives for this by maybe allowing less setbacks.

Anon
3 months ago

That doesn’t work. The ground floor needs parking, a lobby, retail, and then a ramp to the rest of the parking. There’s usually zero extra room for a pedestrian pass-through

Truth Meets Design
3 months ago

Good point! I thought about that…but I imagine retail and parking can be built around a center-block passageway. BCC did it! You just need to integrate the ramps into the design, so the passageway is underneath the ramps (imagine how a closet fits under the stairs). It doesn’t have to take away from retail, because it brings in more foot traffic AND you could even maximize space by including kiosks or retail entrances FROM the passageway, increasing store front square footage and profits. WIN WIN for design and owners 😀

Truth Meets Design
3 months ago

Also when its pouring outside, I love areas that have these centerblock passageways because you can run from one covered block to the next without getting soaked. I bet it helps build commerce overall on rainy days, and results in HUGE profits when added up over the course of the year, and if done enough, HUGE economic revenue for the city too.

Anonymous
3 months ago

We need something on the lot behind Freedom Tower and wrapping around to the adjacent parking lot, like a supertall Ritz Carlton designed by RAMSA to pay homage and screen this box out of view.

Anon
3 months ago

Fav comment ever. Also JDS I’m sure would put together a sick tower like they did in Brooklyn

Anono
3 months ago

The new JDS tower in Brickell at 1 Southside is sick. Greenery all over it. Looks like an urban vertical tree house jungle, something from Singapore our science fiction.

Melo, the true giga Chad
3 months ago

I wish that was red brick, but looks like painted stucco. Regardless, beautiful podium!

Anonymous
3 months ago

Ewww red brick is the ugliest material ever, never liked seeing it in NYC. It’s not used in Florida because it doesn’t work well here and would get hot fast. Some type of light stone, like limestone or the type used in urban mansions in Aleppo would be more elegant and blend in with the natural South Florida aesthetic.

Anonymous
3 months ago

Still better than gunmetal grey metal veneer or poopy brown earthtones.

Anon
3 months ago

It’s not used in South Florida because they can’t afford it…

Truth
3 months ago

Brick is cheap and looks it.

Anonymous
3 months ago

I can see some type of terracotta color working too if you think a touch of red is needed, but I’m personally not a fan of red.

RenRich
3 months ago

I usually hate podiums, this is one of the few that don’t ruin the building as a whole.

Anono
3 months ago

Central downtowns thrive on tourism. Isn’t that the draw a central downtown city?

RenRich
3 months ago

Well said.

Anonymous
3 months ago

More of the same. 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

Anon
3 months ago

The brick is actually completely different than anything else in the area but sure

Anonymous
3 months ago

The building is still a box. Paramount and Legacy should have been the start, not the apex for architectural design in MWC.

RenRich
3 months ago

Looks like better architecture is on the horizon.

Anon
3 months ago

There’s like 7+ towers that haven’t even been reveal yet bro

Archinerd
3 months ago

Building is a box is one of the most, 1st. semester of architecture, design-casual comment ever. Please do not use it anymore, you sound 19 yr old

Magazine
3 months ago

INCREDIBLE! This is one of the downtown projects I am most excited about. It’s a live, work, play all on one development site!

Anonymous
3 months ago

Love this building. Many of us owner/investors want more options, including buildings offering short-term rental options.

Here to Stay
3 months ago

You should just move here and Airbnb your other homes?! Don’t you want to live and work where every weekend feels like vacation? We have everything other cities have now. Miami has so many Airbnb and hotel investor options and honestly there needs to be more main residential places for the huge population that keeps moving here to make it their home.

Home Is an Investment
3 months ago

There’s also just as many of not more owner/residents with just as much capital to purchase a home here.