New York-based hotel owner MCR, under the M2 Miami Airport Blue Lagoon, LLC, has unveiled plans for two new hotels adjacent to its Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon. The proposal filed as a pre-application with Miami-Dade County officials concerns the 20.6-acre property at 5101 Blue Lagoon Drive, which currently hosts the 14-story, 508-room hotel developed on the waterfront site in 1983.
Updated renderings have been revealed via a warrant and waiver application for a proposed 10-story hotel at 160 Northwest 28th Street in Wynwood, Miami. Designed by MKDA and developed by a joint venture between Robert Finvarb Companies and Hidrock Realty, the 121-foot-tall structure would yield a total floor area of 74,498 square feet. This includes 38,096 square feet of net hotel space with 116 rooms, 5,908 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space, including the lobby, 2,225 square feet of retail space, and 31 parking spaces. The Wynwood Design Review Committee is scheduled to review the application on May 7.
This week, St. Petersburg Beach commissioners narrowly approved plans for the 20-year expansion of the Tradewinds Island Grand Resort. The four-star resort currently has 967 hotel rooms, along with more than 100,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.
Miami Beach’s Planning Board has plans to review a proposal for Cloud One Hotel on April 25th. The 91,230-square-foot venture would measure seven stories above grade and offer 238 rooms.
Ocoee’s City Commission has approved plans for a low-rise hotel. Cambria Suites at Ocoee would measure six stories above grade, offering 117 rooms.
