Waldorf Astoria’s Miami Supertall Tower Now Several Floors Up

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Waldorf Astoria’s 1,049-Foot Miami supertall tower is rising vertically out of the ground, photos by Ryan RC Rea show.

Second-level columns appear to have been poured as of early September.

A foundation pour for the tower was completed in June, and the developers obtained a record-breaking $668M construction loan that same month.

Completion of the tower, which will be the first supertall in Miami, is planned for the second quarter of 2028.

The tower will include 387 condos and 205 guestrooms and suites. As of June, the residential component was 90 percent sold.

PMG, Greybrook, Mohari Hospitality, S2 Development, and Hilton are the developers.

 



 

 

 

 

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transplant
25 days ago

Okan too. Ciprani just got its first crane. Bacarrat already has two. Mercedez Benz as well. Miami’s tallest all rising at the same time. The cranes will all be scraping the sky in a couple years. Will be an impressive sight.

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Thomas Klein
25 days ago

Baccarat now is moving incredibly fast. The pedestal portion is up to floor 4. The 20 foot tall ceiling of the waterfront restaurant is quite noticeable. The tower footprint …basement , ground lobby level , 3 sets of elevators , lobby mezzanine…there to see. About 100 construction workers there daily. Adjoining Viceroy Miami residences is about to lay floor 41. That will top off mid October. Closings likely by end 2025. Baccarat should have closings by end 2027

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Anon
25 days ago

Baccarat is of shockingly poor quality though…the portion that is rising now (Viceroy) is just a typical stucco/glass tower. There is nothing unique/interesting about the architecture at all.

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Anonymous
25 days ago

Honestly, neither is this or the two boxes part of the Criprani development.

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Frank
25 days ago

I love this building, this is truly a game changer for downtown and Miami overall.

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Carolin
25 days ago

Downtown Miami is finally becoming a true Downtown, which is always the core of the city!

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Spike
25 days ago

Definitely better than downtown NY, or LA or any other cities which are full of homėless everywhere.

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Anonymous
25 days ago

Have you taken a walk lately in downtown Miami? There are homeless sleeping in the sidewalks everywhere. However, they are people too , and people should have some empathy for them.

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Anon
25 days ago

These people are delusional pay them no attention.

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Anonymous
25 days ago

They’ll start to be gone by October, with the ones who deserve sympathy hopefully getting the help they need, which is not free needles like Commie-la-fornia does.

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Anonymous
24 days ago

Rarely ever see any homeless people in Brickell and along the river downtown

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Pepe
24 days ago

Yes – in some areas, but no permanent street tents allowed as they do in Crappyfornia

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Anonymous Four
23 days ago

Funny how you all pick and choose randomly when to give credit and blame to city, county, state, and Fed levels. Basically to align with your politics of which party is elected at which level. Hilariously disingenuous.

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Jenna
24 days ago

There are SOME of them sleeping around. Have you ever walked the downtown of any other major city? It’s a plague. And yes, they are people but where’s the empathy for all the hard working people who spend most of their lives working to come home and walk through syringes, people defecating and sleeping all over? Let’s get real.

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Sabina Shoal
23 days ago

In the City of Miami, there are state of the art programs, healthcare (physical and mental) services, and lots of beds. Obviously, there are some homeless that refuse service, and those people are known as the Chronic Homeless.

Miami is a national model of how to treat those people in need who are willing to accept assistance.

Thanks to The Housing Trust, Camillus House, the Chapman Partnership to End Homelessness, the little extra sales tax added to restaurant receipts, and the leadership from community leaders who care, people who accept the help, get the help. For a major city, The City of Miami does phenomenal work.

In the last presentation from one of the leaders on this topic, I’m told that Miami has a homeless population of less than 1,000 people. For perspective, the Chapman Partnership in Downtown alone (at the northern end of the MetroMover Omni Loop) has 500 beds and provides meals. Their second Chapman Partnership location in Homestead has 300 beds.
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From a Chat GPT-4o Prompt, we get this ranking for major cities:

[Here is a ranking of major U.S. cities (not metropolitan statistical areas or counties) by their estimated homeless populations. These figures represent the city’s homeless population as distinct from their surrounding metropolitan areas:

1. New York City, NY
Homeless Population: ~70,000+

2. Los Angeles, CA
Homeless Population: ~42,000+

3. Seattle, WA
Homeless Population: ~11,000+

4. San Francisco, CA
Homeless Population: ~8,000+

5. San Jose, CA
Homeless Population: ~7,500+

6. San Diego, CA
Homeless Population: ~6,500+

7. Phoenix, AZ
Homeless Population: ~9,700+

8. Chicago, IL
Homeless Population: ~5,000+

9. Las Vegas, NV
Homeless Population: ~5,500+

10. Philadelphia, PA
Homeless Population: ~5,700+

11. Houston, TX
Homeless Population: ~3,200+

12. Austin, TX
Homeless Population: ~3,100+

13. Dallas, TX
Homeless Population: ~4,400+

14. San Antonio, TX
Homeless Population: ~2,900+
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15. Miami, FL
Homeless Population: ~1,000 to 1,200
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16. Jacksonville, FL
Homeless Population: ~1,800+

17. Indianapolis, IN
Homeless Population: ~1,600+

18. Columbus, OH
Homeless Population: ~1,800+

19. Charlotte, NC
Homeless Population: ~3,000+

20. Fort Worth, TX
Homeless Population: ~2,000+

[These figures focus solely on the cities and not their wider metropolitan areas, providing a clearer picture of the urban homelessness crisis in each city.]

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Anon
25 days ago

Sweet Jesus you people lol

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Anonymous
25 days ago

Tall buildings don’t make a true downtown. What makes a downtown is what happens on the street level

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Parks
24 days ago

We need more green space. Go to other big cities and there are small parks all over. Sadly we prioritize profits over people and it’s almost too late for us to have green space throughout the city.

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Jenna
24 days ago

Yes and what’s happening is that many businesses are opening and the area is being fully activated…like a true downtown!

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Anon
24 days ago

The core of the city is the Miami River on both sides.

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Native Floridian
24 days ago

Take off one or two boxes, please.

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Roman
25 days ago

What happened to the coffee shops that were going to be built in front of this, in the middle of Biscayne?

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Roman
25 days ago

And also the plans for Biscayne Green? I love that project!!💚

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Ying
25 days ago

Biscayne Green will be amazing with the new park that will be built under the bridge and the already present parks Downtown. This would be a true green and walkable Downtown (and city)!

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Anonymous
25 days ago

Not with the toothpick trees they’re proposing.

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Yang
24 days ago

Biscayne Green is as dead as your great grandma

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Anon
25 days ago

I’m going to guess thats probably one of the final phases….

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Anonymous
21 days ago

Was told that the city can’t take out those parking spaces unless they replace them somewhere else.

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Anon
25 days ago

What’s the current estimated top off date?

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Anonymous
25 days ago

estimated top off date ?. I heard a realtor say late 2026

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Go Yankees
25 days ago

People in the comments are comparing Miami to NYC, and while this building is wonderful, people need a harsh reality check that Miami will never become as great and important as NYC. Maybe the country’s premier beach and resort destination, however, not a place as special and impactful as NYC.

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Go Mets
25 days ago

Tru dat

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Pepe
24 days ago

Miami is modern and up and coming big time. The Miami World Center in downtown will be amazing. But Miami is small. Remember, it’s just a city municipality and the county which is stuck between the Everglades and the Atlantic Ocean. No more space. New York, is New York, will always be the big apple.

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Anon
24 days ago

Was recently in DT Miami..though not as big as Manhattan(yet), the buildings looked better and it was much cleaner.

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Jenna
24 days ago

I’m from NYC and I see Miami like a baby Manhattan but with much more potential. It will soon be at the level of NYC and actually better.

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Pepe
24 days ago

Amazing how they can build this massive structure in such a small space

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Bob
25 days ago

It sure stands out.

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Biscayne Citizen
23 days ago

Yes. And the area across from its entrance looks like a parking lot in a third world country. The city of Miami needs to follow up on its promise to eliminate the street parking on Biscayne Blvd and create a green park in the median. Obviously the parking authority must be making a mint on those few spaces or they would have figured something out a long time ago. Does anyone audit the parking authority? Does anyone look at the top salaries at this independent entity?

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