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Okan Tower, to be Miami’s tallest, due in 2022

Written by on October 12, 2021
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Okan Tower, to be Miami’s tallest, due in 2022

The Okan Tower is still on track to be finished in mid 2022, according to Okan CEO Kasim Badak. The $300 million project was put on hold because of the pandemic. “The pandemic affected us,” Mr. Badak said. “But it affected everyone around the world. We stopped any operations, but we are back in business.”

Bekir Okan, Turkish billionaire businessman, is building what would be the tallest tower in Miami and first for Okan in the US from the ground up. The building was designed by Behar Font and Partners Miami architecture firm to represent a tulip, the flower of Turkey. It is to rise at 555 N Miami Ave. and stand 70 stories tall, with 64,000 square feet of Class A office space, 294 rooms by Hilton Hotel & Resorts, 149 condominium residences and four penthouses. 

In its 890 feet of height, the Okan Tower is still planned to include three pools, one outside on the 70th floor, a spa, an outdoor lounge, a fitness center, a gastro kitchen, a children’s play center, a wine cellar, a rooftop restaurant, a movie theater and a cigar room. 

“We are celebrating an extraordinary person, Mr. Okan,” Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said at the Okan Tower launch party at the Perez Art Museum on May 21, 2018. “We open our arms to you and we know your project is going to be very successful.” They had already sold 30 condos and condo-hotel units by May 2018. 

When Mayor Suarez asked Mr. Okan why he loved Miami, he answered, “I love the weather, I love the casual lifestyle, but most importantly I love the people.” 

Miami’s tallest tower today is the Panorama Tower, standing 868 feet.

9 Responses to Okan Tower, to be Miami’s tallest, due in 2022

  1. Anonymous

    October 13, 2021 at 10:00 am

    is this a joke? 2022? there is nothing going on at the site or the sales office.

  2. Dale

    October 13, 2021 at 1:20 pm

    How can this possibly be finished in 2022 ?

  3. Andrew

    October 13, 2021 at 4:51 pm

    How exactly is a tower that hasn’t started construction yet “still on track to be finished in mid 2022” which would only be like 9 months from now?

  4. Tom

    October 14, 2021 at 11:26 am

    It will be a surprise if they even start construction in 2022. A joke.

  5. Miko

    October 19, 2021 at 9:56 pm

    They built the Empire State Building in just over 13 months – and that was with century-old construction methods.

    Jus’sayin’

  6. Raidel Oviedo

    October 19, 2021 at 9:57 pm

    How can you guys publish such a lie?!?!
    Wow

  7. Joe Schmoe

    October 21, 2021 at 8:05 am

    Hard hitting reporting!

  8. Anthony

    December 3, 2021 at 9:07 am

    Actually it’s been being built since 2019 I worked for l&r structural and did the first 5 levels

  9. George

    December 29, 2021 at 1:55 pm

    i think realistically it will be finished by 2025 if they start in 2022. BIG IF

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