Miami Beach Convention Center The headquarters hotel finally comes after county commissioners decided last week to pour an additional $75 million into the more than $500 million project, ending years of delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic and planning and permitting issues.
800-room hotel could open as early as 2027 Grand Hyatt Miami Beach Convention CenterConstruction is expected to begin this fall and last 28 months. The new hotel will be located at the intersection of 17th Street and Convention Center Boulevard in Miami Beach, near landmarks such as the New World Center Concert Hall, the Bass Museum of Art and the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens. Additionally, the hotel is just blocks from the beach and the popular restaurants and shops of Lincoln Road, one of Miami Beach’s most popular destinations.
The Grand Hyatt Miami Beach will include:
- 800 rooms (including 52 suites)
- 90,000 square feet of indoor meeting/meeting space, and 10,000 square feet of outdoor space
- Five food and beverage outlets, including a leased signature restaurant
- Climate controlled pedestrian bridge connecting MBCC
- Resort style pool deck and gym
- Grand Hyatt Club Lounge
- street retail shopping
- 320 parking spaces
If the hotel does take 28 months to build and follows the projected construction schedule, it will begin welcoming guests 70 years later than the convention center’s original grand opening in 1958.
“You don’t want to hike across town”
The Miami Beach Convention Center is a LEED Silver-certified green building that includes a grand ballroom, 500,000 square feet of flexible exhibit space, four smaller ballrooms, 84 breakout rooms, and outdoor terraces and parks. The convention center recently underwent a $640 million renovation and redesign, making the headquarters hotel’s issues even more pressing because the city currently doesn’t have the capacity to host the large conventions it would be interested in hosting at the newly remodeled venue.
As one commissioner said at a June meeting on the topic, “I know we have a large number of hotels in the city that are very attractive to people who are fortunate enough not to be connected to the convention center, but I I’ll tell you, after going to a million different trade shows, you don’t want to be trekking across town when you’re… setting up your booth or bringing samples in or making sure you’re at those meetings at 7 a.m. before the show opens. Hopefully, the sooner we can get the lift down, across the courtyard and to the convention center, the better off we will be as a city.”
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