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Miami Beach's New World Center, home of the New World Symphony, features a flexible 757-seat concert hall, 2,330 square feet of acoustically isolated multipurpose
space and a 2.5-acre outdoor park, all organically complemented by a rooftop garden and patron's lounge that showcases breathtaking Biscayne Bay.
Venue Additions & Renovations
A 26-month, $620 million renovation and expansion is transforming the Miami Beach Convention Center. Upon completion in September 2018, the 1.4 million-square-foot
property will feature nearly 500,000 square feet of exhibit space, a new 60,000-square-foot grand ballroom, 81 breakout rooms, a 20,000-square-foot glass rooftop specialty space and an adjacent six-acre park.
The 111-room CIRC Hotel will soon debut in downtown Hollywood. Designed to complement the mixed-use Hollywood Circle Development, the 12-story boutique property will offer authentic Italian cuisine at the Olivia Restaurant and Wine Cellar, a rooftop bar and lounge,
rooftop pool, a fitness center and 3,000 square feet of meeting space.
Ocean Drive continues to transform. In May, the luxury oceanfront Costa Hollywood Beach Resort will open just steps from the Atlantic Ocean and Hollywood Beach Broadwalk. Amenities include 307 guestrooms and suites, a 25,000-square-foot rooftop pool deck, Cielo Restaurant & Sky Bar, a poolside restaurant and bar, and 3,500 square feet of flexible event space.
Groundbreaking
is set later this year for the new Marriott Marquis Miami Worldcenter Hotel & Expo Center. MDM Group is investing $750
million to develop a 54-story facility with 1,700 hotel rooms, 600,000 square feet of meeting and exhibition space, a 1,500-seat theater, and an 80,000-square-foot pool/event deck with views of the bay, AmericanAirlines Arena and the downtown Miami
skyline. Completion is set for 2022.
Recently Opened & Unveiled
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach and the Eden Roc Miami Beach recently completed multimillion-dollar
restorations that have brought the legendary beachside resorts back to their glory days. The Eden Roc also launched the largest Nobu Restaurant and Bar Lounge in the world, created by Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Oscar-winning actor Robert DeNiro and Hollywood
producer Meir Teper.
Ocean Drive has a chic new Art Deco property following a $40 million remodel and expansion to the former Park Central hotel. The stylish Celino South Beach will soon debut with 132 guestrooms, 26-suites, three restaurants and bars, a rooftop glass-bottom pool, custom loaner bicycles, 24-hour fitness room and 6,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor event space.
In celebration of its 75th anniversary,
The Betsy South Beach has completed a two-year transformation that included expanding into an Art Deco wing that formerly housed the Carlton Hotel. The landmark Ocean Drive
property now offers two restaurants, an ocean view rooftop pool complex, library, event space and 130 guestrooms — more than double the original 61.
In Aventura, the 300-acre Turnberry Isle Miami hotel and resort has been rebranded as a
JW Marriott property and this fall will celebrate the completion of a $175 million redevelopment. Enhancements include a new 16-story tower that will bring the room count to 680, an additional 110,000 square feet of meeting space, plus various
improvements to the hotel's pool, front driveway and main lobby.