Brightline is no longer called Virgin Trains after terminating a licensing deal for the name over the summer. But look at the great structure by SOM and NBWW! ParkLine at MiamiCentral Virgin Trains isn’t happy about losing the naming deal though. According to a letter sent by Brightline to investors in August, Virgin disputed the validity of the termination notice. Brightline also says that Virgin no longer has any affiliation or ownership stake with the company…. The company is evaluating…

The Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach is proposing to build a 5-story expansion with parking and convention space. Architect Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe is designing the new structure. The proposal includes three levels of parking on the lower floors, with two levels of ballroom space and additional function space on a rooftop deck. A 90-foot long pedestrian skybridge is proposed to cross 40 feet above Collins Avenue and connect to the Fontainebleau’s existing walkway on the third floor. The land…

The hotel closed in March to renovate its 408 guest rooms. W Hotel South Beach by NBWW By Matthew Arrojas The 408-room W South Beach hotel is set to emerge from an eight-month renovation on Nov. 18. The hotel at 2201 Collins Ave. in Miami Beach closed in March for a $30 million renovation that refreshed all of the hotel’s guest rooms and created the new Away Spa. The hotel had 354 rooms before the renovation. The W South Beach…

266-room hotel will include retail component, 40K sf outdoor pool deck By Katherine Kallergis Developer Eric Birnbaum brought on star power to launch his Washington Avenue hotel in Miami Beach. Singer-songwriter and producer Pharrell Williams and hospitality mogul David Grutman are partnering with Birnbaum on the Goodtime Hotel, a 266-room hotel on Washington Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets, which is set to open early next year. Birnbaum’s Dreamscape Companies is the lead developer of the seven-story building, which was…

Pharrell & David Grutman have announced plans to open a new hotel in South Beach called The Goodtime Hotel. A historic structure was rebuilt with a brand new 266-room hotel above. It was first submitted to the city in 2016 with 312 micro-hotel units. Williams told Vogue that being in the hotel will be like being in a Wes Anderson film. There will be an indoor-outdoor eatery next to the third floor pool deck called Strawberry Moon. There will also…