Four Seasons Hotel Miami Explained

Four Seasons Hotel and Tower
Alternate Names:	Millennium Tower
Cost:	$280 million
Location:	1435 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida, United States
Map Type:	Florida
Roof:	781feet
Antenna Spire:	800feet
Tip:	800feet
Floor Count:	70
Start Date:	2000
Completion Date:	2003
Opening:	2003
Building Type:	Hotel, office, residential (mixed-use)
Architect:	Handel Architects
Developer:	Millennium Partners MDA Associates
Structural Engineer:	DeSimone Consulting Engineers^[1]

The Four Seasons Hotel and Tower, also known as the Four Seasons Hotel Miami, is a 70-story, 781feet skyscraper in Miami, Florida. Located in downtown Miami's Brickell Financial District, it is the third tallest building in Miami^[2] as well as in Florida.^{[3] [4]} The tower contains a Four Seasons Hotel property, office space and several residential condominium units on the upper floors.

The building was planned by Gary Edward Handel & Associates and Bermello Ajamil & Partners, Inc.^[5] Post-tensioning reinforcement of the structure was supplied and engineered by Suncoast Post-Tension. The building was constructed with dense steel reinforcing and silica-fume concrete, and is designed to sustain hurricane-force winds.^[4] Construction began in 2000, and the building was completed in 2003.^[2] The Four Seasons held the title of the tallest building in Miami and Florida until the Panorama Tower surpassed it in 2017.

Specifications

• It surpassed Southeast Financial Center as the tallest building in Miami and Florida.
• The tower has 230,000 square feet (21,000 m²) of Class A office space from floors 8 to 17. They are mostly occupied by HSBC Bank USA.
• There are three lobbies. Two separate lobbies on the first floor and one on the seventh floor. The separate first floor lobbies are for the office/health club portion of the tower and the residences. The seventh floor lobby is for the hotel and conference areas.
• Part of the seventh floor lobby is a two-acre (8,000 m²) outdoor pool terrace, situated atop the six floor, 934 spaces parking garage.
• The Four Seasons Hotel occupies floors 7 to 36. It contains 221 rooms and 84 condo/hotel units. The condo/hotel units range from 611 to 2,062 square feet (57 to 192 m²).
• A total of 186 luxury condominiums occupy floors 40 to 70. They range from 1,114 to 6,499 square feet (103 to 604 m²).
• The tower contains 10,600 square feet (985 m²) of retail space.
• Total construction costs were US$379 million.
• The tower has a total floor area of 1.8 million square feet (167,000 m²).
• A 40,000 square foot (3,700 m²) Sports Club/LA Miami also occupies the tower.
• The building's total building area stands at .^[6]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Miami
• List of tallest buildings by U.S. state
• List of tallest buildings in Florida
• Downtown Miami

References

1. Web site: Four Seasons Hotel & Tower - The Skyscraper Center . Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. April 13, 2017.
2. Web site: Tallest buildings in Miami. 2009. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. 2009-08-28.
3. Web site: Four Seasons Hotel & Tower. https://archive.today/20120729094248/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&id=100767. dead. July 29, 2012. Emporis. 2009-08-27.
4. Web site: Project Highlights — Four Seasons Hotel & Tower – Miami, Florida. Norchem. 2009-08-28.
5. Web site: Four Seasons Hotel & Tower Buildings EMPORIS. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104005933/http://www.emporis.com/building/four-seasons-hotel-tower-miami-fl-usa . 2012-11-04 .
6. Web site: Four Seasons. CrediFi. 19 September 2016.

External links

• Official site