A 7-story downtown Miami parking garage is set to be demolished to make way for a 57-story apartment building called M-Tower, after a demolition permit was approved. A demolition permit for the garage was approved on March 2, Miami Building Department records show. The new M-Tower development will replace those spaces (and add more), with 694 parking spaces in an 8-story podium. M-Tower will also include 675 apartments and 10,411 square feet of retail. The tower will top off at…

American entrepreneur Ian Schrager‘s hospitality group The Edition has opened the first five-star hotel in Tampa, Florida, which includes a “jungle” lobby and a party room with 350 disco balls. Dan Howarth The Tampa Edition, which started taking bookings in October 2022, is housed in a new 26-storey building that includes 172 rooms and 38 private residences. It forms part of the Water Street development, a huge urban mixed-use expansion project just south of Downtown and a couple of blocks…

This little slice of South Beach on the shores of Tampa Bay is redefining what luxury looks like in Central Florida—and fast becoming the city’s swankiest hangout. Reviewed by Nicholas DeRenzo amenities bar free wifi gym pool spa rooms 172 Why book? How often can you say that a single hotel has the potential to change an entire city’s tourism outlook? This little slice of South Beach plunked down on the shores of Tampa Bay has redefined what luxury looks…

Arlo Hotels, an independent, experience-driven lifestyle hotel brand with properties in New York and Miami, has announced an art collaboration with ArtRepublic, a global curation agency specializing in contemporary digital and immersive public art. The partnership will highlight both brands’ missions of bringing museum-quality works to an accessible space where people of all ages and cultures can engage with powerful artistic experiences beyond simply viewing paintings on a wall. The first of several planned quarterly exhibitions, “Style and Grace,” is…

At Miami Worldcenter, the 53-story Miami World Tower is continuing to rise, with balconies now in view, new photos by Kyle Merville show. The shell of the tower now appears to be at around level 29. The balconies are designed to appear as wave crests approaching the shore, the developer said in a 2020 submission to the city. The overall effect is that of a building in motion, the developer added. Miami World Tower 1 is planned to include: 565…