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Wednesday, March 26, 2014, by Sean McCaughan   After lots, and lots of drama pertaining to the future of the archeological site discovered where the foundations of the future Met Square tower are supposed to go, developers MDM Development Group and their architects Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe (boy is that name a mouthful) have released the new renderings of what they intend to do with the site. The result of negotiations with city preservation people, these plans will preserve “critical” pieces of the archeological site while allowing the whole kitten-kaboodle of the tower to go forward. Because apparently Curbed Miami’s suggestion of just making the area a park didn’t have a chance in hell of happening. MET SQUARE’S TEQUESTA NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE...

Met Square is a mixed-use development of hotel, restaurants, retail, and an entertainment complex. Recently, it also established a museum and exhibition serving to protect a vital piece of Miami’s history – a discovered Tequesta Native American Tribe site. Met Square sits directly above Miami’s most historical discovery in years. The site was witness to the Tequesta Native American Tribe who are the earliest residents known to live in Miami. The site was also home to both a 19th century US Army Fort and Henry Flagler’s Royal Palms Hotel. Remnants of these historical periods are being restored, rebuilt, and exhibited, showcased within 2 circular areas residing below the tower and theaters. The design will preserve the two major circles of carved post holes believed by archeologists to...

Monday, March 24, 2014, by Sean McCaughan And now, an update to the Curbed Miami Hotel 18, our map of the 18 ‘Essential’ South Florida hotels. After much thought and consternation, we’ve made a few additions and a few subtractions. Last time around, the map was whittled down to include only ‘Miami’ hotels, but a true comprehensive list of the most essential hotels in our market is really incomplete if it doesn’t consider Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach. And so we have, adding the Breakers and the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 to the list. Sadly, we dropped the Raleigh due to its somewhat mysterious future (what will Tommy Hilfiger unleash upon the place? Will a planned rear expansion do too much harm?) and the Freehand. via Here Ye, The 18 Essential Miami...

Coral Gables, Florida-based Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates (NBWW) has announced the promotion of Igor Reyes to Partner. Reyes joined the practice in 1999 as project manager and has since worked on many of NBWW’s high profile developments including the Marriott at Miami World Center and Met 2 at Metropolitan Miami. NBWW specialises in mixed-use, hospitality and commercial schemes throughout the US, the Caribbean and Bahamas, South America and Mexico. The firm’s project experience includes resort and urban hotel developments, office buildings, high-rise residential towers, retail facilities and mixed-use developments, completing over 40,000 hotel rooms over the past forty years. World Architecture News: Igor Reyes welcomed as Partner at NBWW.

As reported last week the Whole Foods Tower Coming To Downtown Miami is under construction. But unlike previous news which stated it would be erected without its “Tower”, we can tell you this pertinent design element will remain part of the final construction. Go Whole Foods at Metropolitan Miami!!!

[Photos by Sean McCaughan] Downtown Miami’s first Whole Foods, with its accompanying skyscraper, is well under way, with construction well above the level of the store and approaching the top of the tower’s parking pedestal. The tower has been dubbed the ‘Whole Foods Tower’ by Curbed Miami but is actually known as Met 3. (part of the Metropolitan Miami megaproject started in the last boom, but finally, finally getting finished in this one) What these two photos show, taken from near the base of the Brickell Avenue bridge, is actually the rear of the building which, due to heavy automotive traffic flow to a fro the bridge, will ironically be the more visible side. (see a rendering, here) This leaves the quieter SE 3rd Avenue for pedestrians. The 41 story tower...

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