New World Tower Explained

100 Biscayne
Alternate Names:New World Tower, 100 Biscayne Tower, Ferre Building
Location:100 North Biscayne Boulevard, Downtown Miami, Florida
United States
Coordinates:25.7757°N -80.1882°W
Start Date:October 1963
Completion Date:1965
Opening:1965
Building Type:Office, data center, and retail (street level)
Roof:3571NaN1
Floor Count:30
Elevator Count:7
Floor Area:271514square feet
Architect:Rader and Associates, Engineers and Architects
Main Contractor:Frank J. Rooney, Inc.
Developer:Ferré Florida Corp.
Owner:100 NWT, L. L. C.

100 Biscayne, formerly known as New World Tower and 100 Biscayne Tower, is a thirty-story skyscraper in the Central Business District of Greater Downtown Miami, Florida, United States.100 Biscayne also owns an adjacent 12-story mechanical parking garage[1] that provides parking for its office tenants and its guests but also offers valet parking services for several nearby hotels and restaurants.

The tower is 357feet tall and contains commercial space at street level. Floors two to four of the building house a data center, miami-connect, and the remaining 25 floors contain office space. Formerly, the upper nine floors contained luxury apartments.

When completed in 1965, the building was acclaimed by its architect as "a very modern but conservative design which will wear exceptionally well throughout the years."[2] It was developed by Jose Ferré, the father of former city mayor, Maurice Ferre. It is owned and managed by affiliates of East End Capital Partners, LLC.

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  1. Web site: New World Tower's Mechanical Garage Beats All By Decades. July 9, 2012. McCaughan, Sean. Curbed Miami. October 25, 2014.
  2. News: Classic downtown Miami office tower is getting a modern makeover . Rene Rodriguez . . 7 June 2017 . 10 January 2017.