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Development in downtown Miami at fast clip

Written by on January 19, 2016
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Development in downtown Miami at fast clip

Despite rumors that the real estate boom may be slowing down, development in downtown Miami continued at a fast clip last year.

Several residential buildings were to be delivered in 2015. Millecento, with 382 condo units at 1100 S Miami Ave.; SoMa Brickell, with 418 rental units at 145 SW 13th St.; and Nine@ Mary Brickell Village, with 369 condo units at 999 SW First Ave., are all built out and occupied. Montage at Met 3, which is to offer 440 rental units at 200 SE Second St., was topped off last year and representatives are pre-leasing apartments there. A Whole Foods market on the ground floor does a brisk business.

The Bond, which will add 328 condo units at 1080 Brickell Ave., is still under construction.

Three hotels are to open later this year. The Atton Hotel, which will feature 275 boutique rooms at 1500 SW First Ave., and Homewood Suites, with 103 rooms at 1750 SW First Ave., are expected to welcome their first guests this spring. Hampton Inn Hotel & Suites, with 151 hotel rooms and 4,400 square feet of retail at 3405 Biscayne Blvd., is also due this year.

It’s Atton’s first hotel in the US, said Francisco Levine, CEO of the firm, which has a strong presence in South America. “We decided to come to Miami to put our property here because of the city’s unique position. Not only is it the capital of Latin America, but it also very attractive to North Americans. All of this energy is coming to Miami.”

The firm chose Brickell for its full-service, luxury hotel because the area “has been able to capture a moment; it’s become more residential at a time when people want everything close by,” Mr. Levine said.

Though the hotel will offer a full-size restaurant, rooftop pool and well-equipped gym, amenity-rich Brickell will complement its offerings, he said. “We’re very excited to be here during this boom, with all these projects coming to life.”

No new office space opened last year. Two class A buildings in Brickell City Centre, each about 130,000 square feet, are to come online this year. The Akerman law firm has leased 106,000 square feet, or about 80%, in one, and is to move there from SunTrust International Place next month. The other City Centre building, which is to open this quarter – as well as the remaining space in the first building – is being marketed at $50 per square foot, full service, said a representative of developer Swire Properties last summer.

These are the only two office buildings in the area to open since 1450 Brickell opened in 2012, said Tere Blanca, president and CEO of Blanca Commercial Real Estate Inc. The firm represented Akerman in the City Centre deal and is leasing the office component of the All Aboard Florida project, as well as several other landmark buildings in Brickell and downtown.

“The trend is rent appreciation, and occupancy remains high,” she said. “Miami has experienced a positive immigration of young professionals and has a great quality of life.” Its vibrancy is particularly attractive to the technology industry, she said. “It’s a business-friendly environment and has so much to offer entrepreneurs.”

This promises to be another banner year for residential properties. Some projects that are expected to open in 2016:

•1000 Museum, a 64-story condominium with 83 units at 1000 Biscayne Blvd.

•Hyde Hotel & Residences, with 40 hotel rooms, 400 condos and 22,000 square feet of retail at 3401 N Miami Ave.

•Biscayne Beach, offering 399 condos and 13,000 square feet of retail at 2955 NE Seventh Ave.

•250 Wynwood, featuring 11 condos at 250 NW 24 St.

•Centro, with 352 condos at 151 SE First St.

3 Responses to Development in downtown Miami at fast clip

  1. Tom

    January 20, 2016 at 10:55 am

    I think your writer needs to do some research. 1000 Museum, Hyde Hotel & Residences will not open this year and 250 Wynwood opened last year.

  2. Pep

    January 20, 2016 at 10:32 pm

    is this article a advertisement ? sure sounds like the Herald

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