Plans have been filed with Miami-Dade County for a 955 foot mixed-use tower at 130 Biscayne Boulevard, designed by Foster + Partners with Revuelta Architecture serving as architect of record. The development is led by New York City based RFR Realty and also encompasses the properties at 130 Biscayne Boulevard, 146 Biscayne Boulevard, and 141 NE 3rd Avenue. The proposal calls for the demolition of three existing mid-rise structures to make way for a high-rise containing residential, hotel, retail, and parking components.
The 87 story tower is planned to yield 1,667,604 square feet and is organized into several program zones. Floridian Development first reported the filing yesterday, providing an initial look at the scope of the project and its planned mix of residential, hospitality, and commercial uses. Levels 31 through the crown will contain 414 condominium residences, including one, two, and three bedroom layouts and penthouse units. Many of the residences will feature terraces overlooking the Miami skyline and Biscayne Bay. Amenity areas are designated on floors 31, 32, and 85. The 85th floor will include a sky level pool, spa, bar, meditation room, and other wellness spaces.
Designed by Foster + Partners.
Below the residential floors, levels 19 through 30 will accommodate a 144 room hotel program. Plans show a mix of suites, master suites, and traditional guest rooms. Hotel guests will have access to a range of amenity spaces, including a 140 seat fine dining restaurant, sky bar, lounge, landscaped gardens, and pool deck.
Designed by Foster + Partners.
Designed by Foster + Partners.
The first renderings of the project depict a tall, rectangular massing that maintains a clean and uninterrupted profile from base to crown. The facade is defined by a uniform grid of recessed bays that function as covered terraces, creating depth and texture across the building’s exterior. While not directly modeled on any single precedent, the clarity of the grid and the restrained rectilinear form share a subtle kinship with Foster + Partners’ work at 50 Hudson Yards in Midtown West, where one of the primary strengths lies in the disciplined facade pattern and the use of high quality materials. Given the firm’s established design approach, a similar emphasis on material expression can reasonably be expected here. At the ground level, tall structural columns elevate the podium and establish shaded colonnades and transparent frontage along Biscayne Boulevard. The crown appears designed to accommodate integrated lighting features, which would further emphasize its vertical presence along the bayfront skyline. From the water, the tower reads as a singular volumetric plane anchoring the central portion of downtown.
Designed by Foster + Partners.
The lower portion of the tower will include a parking structure with 495 spaces, 1,895 square feet of ground floor commercial space, and two basement levels dedicated to retail, hotel, and residential storage. The ground level will feature a residential drop off area and a large lobby entrance.
At 955 feet, the tower falls just 29 feet short of the 300 meter international supertall threshold, but would nonetheless surpass the height of every completed building in Miami today. If approved and constructed, it would stand taller than all existing towers in the city and contribute to the concentration of high-rise development that continues to redefine Biscayne Boulevard. The corridor is increasingly becoming Miami’s own version of 57th Street in New York, with a growing number of much taller buildings planned or underway. This includes the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and Residences, which is currently under construction and recently reached its halfway mark, as well as another supertall planned directly beside it. One Bayfront Plaza, which is also envisioned to reach supertall height, further reinforces the emerging vertical district along the Biscayne waterfront.
Designed by Foster + Partners.
Although the project site is located within the City of Miami, the development team is seeking approvals through Miami-Dade County under the Metromover Subzone. The subzone grants eligible properties increased density, streamlined permitting, and additional development incentives tied to transit proximity. The application submitted last week is currently under county review. If accepted into the Metromover Subzone, the project will advance through an Administrative Site Plan Review, allowing county staff to evaluate the proposal without a series of public hearings.
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I will hope the building will have an iconic design and the renderings here are not final. If we aspire to have world class skyline, diversity and creativity needs to be incorporated.
Agreed, especially when the buildings it is replacing date to the 1920s, and restoration and incorporation of the original facades and architecture paying homage to that classical architecture, be employed. Also, no articulation or spire? SAD!
If Fosters & Partners is the Architect, we can be pretty much guaranteed that the exterior finishes will at least be nice.
Considering “The Towers by Foster + Partners,” that monstrosity of a proposal they designed prior to Citadel, not necessarily.
Excited for Miami. Hopefully the final building will stay close to the illustrations here. 50 Hudson Yards immediately came to mind when I started to read about this and that’s a positive sign.
Literally one of the most generic buildings of the Hudson Yards development does not belong at such a prominent location along Biscayne Boulevard. We need a Hearst Tower or original 2 WTC proposal tier of architecture.
This building looks pretty lack- luster or should insay liken to blister on the emerging skyline don’t add a box to the skyline – keep Miami full of jazz. Add a gem not a stone – St. Petersburg is doing that with old school box building squat all over the place. Didn’t we learn anything about “regret” architecture – throw up buildings. Not how fast they go up but meaning they look like throw-up.
Miami’s own 57th Street? Please… Biscayne Boulevard used to be one of the most beautiful streets in the country, lined with grand hotels, department stores, and handsome apartment houses. Today it’s lined with glass and stucco boxes devoid of human scale, suburban-like development, and parking lots.