For 11 years, USGBC South Florida GalaVerde has gathered sustainability advocates to toast the best in green building. USGBC South Florida 2020 GalaVerde Awards About this Event Join USGBC South Florida for our 11th annual GalaVerde Awards on Thursday, February 4, 2021 from 4-6:30pm. This will be a virtual event. This fun, inspiring event will include two keynote speakers and the announcement of the 2020 winners including a special People’s Choice Award where you get to choose the winner. We…

Plans to build the 53-story Miami World Tower have been submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration. The application was filed on January 28. According to the filing, Miami World Tower’s tallest point will reach 579 feet above ground, or 590 feet above sea level. Here’s how it compares to neighboring buildings at Miami Worldcenter: Caoba Miami Worldcenter – 485 feet above ground and 496 feet above sea level (completed) Bezel Miami Worldcenter – 493 feet above ground level, or 503…

Super Bowl LV visitors to Tampa on 7 February, 2021 won’t have a shortage of venues to book while they’re in town. Contractors are vigorously putting finishing touches on a half a dozen new and renovated hotels. But one of the most anticipated venues debuted Monday, 21 December, 2020. Under construction for 2.5 years, the 27-story, US$200 million-plus JW Marriott Tampa Water Street hotel is the centerpiece of Water Street Tampa, the US$3.5 billion development led by Tampa Bay Lightning…

The Fontainebleau Hotel passed the final hurdle for its proposed new ballroom structure designed by NBWW to make it more competitive with other South Florida meeting facilities. Susan Askew Earlier this month, the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board approved plans for the five-story stand-alone structure on what is now a surface parking lot between 43rd and 44th Streets and Collins Avenue and Indian Creek Drive. Across the street from the main hotel, it will be connected by a pedestrian bridge…

A rooftop bar and the city’s best spa are among the highlights of the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street, the first true five-star hotel to open in Tampa, Florida ahead of Super Bowl LV – designed by NBWW By Terry Ward I usually find it kind of disorienting to stay at a hotel in the same city where I live. No matter how indulgent the thread count, it can be hard to feel truly transported when the place I receive…