Permits have been filed with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the installation of three tower cranes at 1201 Brickell Bay Drive in Miami, where Citadel, the hedge fund led by Ken Griffin, in partnership with New York-based Related Companies, plans to construct a 1,049-foot-tall supertall mixed-use office and hotel tower. The June 17 filings, submitted by 1201 Brickell Bay, LLC c/o Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC, propose crane heights of 1,297 and 1,298 feet above ground, or 1,301 feet above mean sea level. If approved, the cranes are scheduled for installation on October 17, 2025, with operations expected through April 17, 2027—suggesting construction activity could begin in the coming months.
YIMBY last covered 1201 Brickell Bay Drive in April, when revised plans were filed for the tower, which remains under review. The updated proposal calls for a structure rising approximately 1,049 feet above sea level, consisting of 58 stories topped by an additional amenity deck above the rooftop crown. The design also includes a prominent crown element featuring a programmable lighting system capable of multi-color illumination across the upper levels and façade.
Credit: Citadel.
The project is planned to occupy the waterfront parcel between Southeast 13th and 14th Streets, set back from Brickell Bay Drive, and will feature a continuous public baywalk along the site’s eastern edge. Vehicular access will be provided from Brickell Bay Drive, with loading access located along Southeast 12th Street.
The building will span approximately 2,118,650 square feet of total floor area, with the program divided between office and hotel uses. Office functions will comprise approximately 1,485,174 square feet, occupying levels 7 through 38 and organized into low-rise (floors 7–20) and high-rise (floors 21–38) sections. The hotel component will include approximately 633,476 square feet, offering 212 rooms from floors 42 through 62 (amenity deck), as well as accessory uses such as food and beverage establishments, retail, and personal services (including a health spa and fitness club), a ballroom, and flexible event and conference spaces.
Credit: Citadel.
Additional features of the development include a floor area ratio (FAR) of approximately 19.48; roughly 50 below-grade executive parking spaces, with extra parking to be provided on the adjacent 1221 Brickell Avenue and 1250–1260 Brickell Bay Drive parcels; and approximately 42,478 square feet of open space, exceeding the 16,309 square feet (15 percent of the gross development area) required for the site.
The lower levels will contain lobbies for the office and hotel components, dining venues, and back-of-house areas. A ballroom is planned for level 3, while indoor amenity areas are designated for level 4. A landscaped rooftop pavilion will crown the structure above the 62nd floor, rounding out the upper hotel program.
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Is this now Dubai? This building is Nasty. And I mean it in the traditional sense. Ugly. Ouch.
Question for the experts. Maximum height in Miami is 1,049 ft because of planes passing over. These cranes go much higher than that. If cranes can go higher, why can’t the maximum height be adjusted to that height?🤔
Someone has issues with size. This building is as tall and as tasteless as money can buy.
What is that, a mushroom on top? A flying saucer? A Pez dispenser? Whatever, it’s beyond gimmicky.