Stories written by Allie Schwartz

Hampton Inn & Suites in Brickell leasing retail/restaurant space

Pictured is a rendering of the building as it will look when completed.

By Allie Schwartz.... Miami’s Brickell Financial District is experiencing a sharp climb in the number of residents and businesses that call the area home, and the district’s newest hotel property is prepared to deliver 10,000 square feet of new retail/restaurant space to the market. The under-construction Hampton Inn & Suites Miami Brickell-Downtown, set to open [...]

1450 Brickell tower in 2010 leases 230,470 square feet

1450 Brickell Avenue

By Allie Schwartz.... In a sign that Miami’s corporate sector continues to place value on premium office space despite economic volatility, 1450 Brickell Avenue, the class A office building that came online in Miami’s Brickell Financial District in the first quarter of 2010, completed 230,470 rentable square feet of new lease transactions last year. This [...]

Miami Art Museum breaks ground for new building

Pictured (l-r) are Miami Art Museum (MAM) director Thom Collins; Miami-Dade County Commission vice chairelect Audrey M. Edmonson, MAM Board of Trustees chair Aaron Podhurst, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sally A. Heyman, Miami-Dade County manager George M. Burgess, and Herzog & de Meuron senior partner Christine Binswanger.

By Allie Schwartz.... Following years of planning and anticipation, Miami Art Museum (MAM) has broken ground for its new Herzog & de Meuron-designed facility in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park and next to the future home of the Miami Science Museum. The groundbreaking ceremony took place the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 30, at the museum’s new [...]

1450 Brickell office tower leases over 26,000 sq. ft.

1450 Brickel Office Tower

By Allie Schwartz 1450 Brickell Avenue, the premier “class A” office building in Miami’s Brickell Financial District, has finalized leases with financial services firm BNY Mellon, executive recruitment firm Korn/Ferry International, investment banking firm BroadSpan Capital and commercial reinsurance company International Broking Solutions. The new lease agreements total a combined 26,045 square feet of office [...]