Revealed: ‘Most Iconic’ 756-Foot Office Tower Planned On Brickell Avenue

A developer has unveiled plans for what it says will be Miami’s “most iconic class-A office tower.”

A smaller office building at 848 Brickell Avenue will be demolished to make way for the new tower.

According to a filing last week, the new office tower is planned to rise 50 stories, or 756 feet above sea level at the top parapet and include:

  • 750,901 square feet of Class A office space
  • 40,000 square-foot amenity level
  • 6,506 square feet of food/beverage establishment on level 1
  • 1,006 parking spaces in a 10 level garage

Key International, led by Inigo and Diego Ardid, is the developer.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the firm that designed Burj Khalifa in Dubai and One World Trade Center in New York, is the architect.

The building is planned as a beacon of architectural excellence, a press release said.

The development is being reviewed by Miami-Dade planners under the Rapid Transit Zoning plan, rather than going through City of Miami review. A zoning application for the project was filed on October 12.

 

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Gustas
1 month ago

It is wild to me that Miami bucks yet another national trend and there’s strong demand for office space in downtown.

It pays to have invested in developing a 24/7 downtown like our leaders have.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Brickell is trending up ⬆️

anon
1 month ago

Miami is trending up. Three office towers were revealed in one week for the Midtown/Wynwood/Design District triangle – this whole city is on fire!

Anonymous
1 month ago

Downtown is trending higher though

Anon
1 month ago

Yes, downtowns are typically the most dense part of cities…resulting in more buildings / growth

Anon
1 month ago

Brickell is the most in demand area in Miami for luxury condos and offices.

Anon
1 month ago

Yes, it is the financial district after all so I’m not surprised to see so much office proposed there!

Anon
1 month ago

Actually there are more units proposed for Park West than Brickell at the moment

Anonymous in the Area
1 month ago

Don’t tell me you actually counted the number of units? That’s to next level. Props.

Anonymouse
1 month ago

Did you include the new Pyramid/Concert Hall, 1Southside Park, Smart Brickell, Gallery, Lofty, River District, Sentral Brickell?

anon
1 month ago

Yes. There are many more proposed for Park West between the four towers of Miami World Towers, the 3 towers of the Witkoff project, OKAN, Natiivo, Downtown 6th, the Naftali building, the ABHI capital buildings, the three E11EVEN buildings, 600 MWC, the Crosby, etc etc

Bruno
1 month ago

The positive sentiments are most appreciated!

If by leaders, you mean real estate developers, I agree 100%.

What really happened was that the political “leaders” of the 1990’s got indicted and a Real Estate lawyer was elected Mayor, and a Real Estate developer was elected Commissioner of District 2.

The politicians didn’t so much ‘invest” as they did get the fiscal house in order for the City of Miami.
The former District 2 Commissioner was a 29 year incumbent.

With a good government that gets the hell out of the way, investors build buildings like the Four Seasons, One Miami, Brickell on the River, etc.
More buildings = more ppl = more $ in the tax base and so on.

Anonymous
1 month ago

We need many more of these all over downtown!

Anonymous
1 month ago

They will build even nicer office towers at Worldcenter

Anonymous
1 month ago

Not really, Brickell is the high end financial district office area.

Anonymous
1 month ago

So what about all those office towers proposed outside of Brickell but in the greater downtown area that look way nicer than this box (World Trade Center, Hines, etc.)?

Anonymous
1 month ago

There’s plenty of room to fit them all in Brickell where people can walk to meet one another.

Anon
1 month ago

People in Brickell drive. Hence all the traffic.

Anon
1 month ago

Barely any traffic compared to other areas in Miami.

anon
1 month ago

The delusion lol

Anon
1 month ago

People who live in Brickell rarely drive but yes being in the center of Miami it does get the most visitors

anon
1 month ago

True. They stay in their apartments making “content” all day.

Bruno
1 month ago

Better than living in Edgewater and doing nothing consuming that content all day!

Anon
1 month ago

People who work here will be walking to work and live nearby.

Anon
1 month ago

Not most of ’em. Bank on it.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Iconic game changer for Miami. Finally office space to attract top tier HQs

Anon
1 month ago

We have One Brickell City Centre and 830 brickell too. Brickell is being the HQ capital of the south

Melo is sigma and Chad
1 month ago

Now the older building where navy federal is at needs to be redeveloped.

Haters gonna hate
1 month ago

So many people complain about every building posted on here. Maybe you’d be happier going to a different site 🤔 This might not be mindblowing but it looks great and is much better than most of what’s in development.

Shawn Kouri
1 month ago

Another office tower. Just what Miami needs to accommodate all those companies that need office spaces. I’ve been seeing a lot more of these on the proposal recently.

Anonymous
1 month ago

It’s not like any office tower seen before in Miami, given its prime Brickell location and residential style wellness balconies and spaces. Plus it’s Class A which Miami doesn’t have yet.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Miami already has Class A

Anon
1 month ago

Not with these floor plates and amenities, can we call it class A +?

Anon
1 month ago

what a ridiculous comment that Miami doesn’t have class A yet, you don’t know anything about this stuff do you

Anon
1 month ago

What was One Brickell Centre marketing saying? Something about how we need new floor plates… that’s what I meant

Bruno
1 month ago

You would have to far, wide, and accross the street to 830 Brickell (Plaza) to see anything remotely similar.

anonymous
1 month ago

830 Brickell is almost completed as a Class A buildiung lol

Anon
1 month ago

Just as an example, 200 S Biscayne (i.e., SE Financial Center) is Class A and built in 1984 … there are lots more of course, but you have to understand what Class A is

calivalle
1 month ago

What a beauty,should of been way higher for this area..

anonnyuwu
1 month ago

hehehe uwu my next miami-kun >_< hehe this tower is so gworgeous ^_^

Anonymous
1 month ago

Nice but not iconic

Anonymous
1 month ago

It will be dwarfed by One Brickell close by. You gotta be bigger to be iconic (that’s what she said).

Anonymous
1 month ago

One Brickell City Center is in a much larger lot. I hope that the plans are changed to increase the floor space. This would truly make it Iconic.

Anon
1 month ago

Who’s gonna tell the developer’s that they’re becoming a meme with all this “iconic” nonsense…

Anonymous
1 month ago

The podium wall is too much.

The year is 2050 and all buildings in Miami have a 10 story podium covered in a cheaply done metal sheet. You look up to see walls of eye art and Mohawks and can’t find a single balcony until floor 11.

Anon
1 month ago

this will work out well when we use boats to get around, all the action will start on floor 11, it’s fantastically forward thinking

Anon
1 month ago

I was thinking that too! Miami is the most prepared city for global warming because our infrastructure is the only to be elevated – meaning we can keep filling up ⬆️

Cover the Podiums
1 month ago

Finally someone else that gets it. A couple of buildings is not a big deal, but when 90% of buildings have a cheap covering on their podium…. is going to be the ugliest city in a few years from street level perspective

Anonymous
1 month ago

The podium is probably the best part of this box, because it has curves edged and no tacky murals.

Anonymous
1 month ago

RTZ zoning is completely transforming and upgrading Brickell for the future!

Azarius
1 month ago

This would be right behind 888 the D&G tower

Anon
1 month ago

Speaking of iconic, does anyone know if they are ever going to finish 830 Brickell?

Bob
1 month ago

Clearly not in 2023

Komodo Bro
1 month ago

Iconic this is not! This just looks like the well designed tower, it is not an architectural marvel.

Anonymous
1 month ago

No excuses just build it

anonnyuwu
1 month ago

yes dwaddy >_<

anon
1 month ago

Really nice! A bit boxy but cool tower

Curious Cat
1 month ago

Following this website often, it seems like a new massive building is being announced weekly, sometimes a few a week. Do these developers expect all this to be occupied? What data do they use to assume all these monster buildings will get leased up/rented? A tidal wave of new supply seems to be coming in 4-5 years.

Anonymous
1 month ago

There’s limited supply in Brickell specifically even with all new projects.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Historical evidence

Bruno
1 month ago

They look accross the street at 830 Brickell being 100% leased prior to opening and charging upwards of $100 NNN.

anonymous
1 month ago

Depends on what the building is. Sometimes with office space developers do it on spec meaning no tenants signed in advance. Or, they often have at least a few marquee tenants already committed so that they can get bank financing. For Condos, its just based on demand. If condos are selling fast than they will build. Now, you see more apartments being built because rents are much higher and they use those rental income estimates to get financing from a bank

Anonymous
1 month ago

Not even close to top ten nicest looking buildings in Miami…

anon
1 month ago

This building would be barely worth mentioning in New York. Glass box. Next!

Anonymous
1 month ago

It’s better than all the MWC buildings

anon
1 month ago

I disagree. Really looking forward to Legacy’s spire and glassy take on Art Deco. Naftali’s JEM Residences also looks promising. I also think the diagrid tower for Miami World Towers is incredible and interesting.

Anon
1 month ago

lol not even – theres a reason Park West is the most photographed part of the skyline now.

shewearsnylons
1 month ago

Parking podiums as far as the eye can see

Jesus Rojas
1 month ago

Parking minimums ruin our city. Check strongtown.org for more info and make an impact in walkability and less car dependency.
1000 parking spaces is too much. There will be a point where u wont be able to drive in brickell. To put cherry on top there are not even proper bike lanes as an alternative and the walking infrastructure could improve.

Anonymous
1 month ago

O love it. It’s still time to buy into the huuuughe success Miami developments will bring to it’s people and investors.
Hurry up and enter the house don’t be afraid

Anonymous
1 month ago

Not iconic.

anonymous
1 month ago

looks like a typical building design you see everywhere lol

Anonymous
1 month ago

Nice tower, but on par with 830 Brickell.

Anonymous
1 month ago

The only things that make it better are not sharing a block with a 7-Eleven and SLS. That’s all.

Ray
1 month ago

Just curious, just north of the storage facility at MWC (across the street from Legacy), is an empty lot
with some demolition work being done. Does anyone know what is going in there?

Anon
1 month ago

That’s 11 Residences.

Chris
1 month ago

Very beautiful and elegant design.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Most iconic tower? You mean another assortment of boxes that rips off a tower in Moscow?

Anonymous
1 month ago

Honestly, pitching a tower as “iconic” because it’s by the same architect as is B.S. I mean, the same architect for designed the original WTC also designed Pruitt-Igoe.

Anonymous
1 month ago

who*