American Dream Miami
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| Location | Unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States |
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| Coordinates | 25°56′21.1″N 80°21′25.1″W / 25.939194°N 80.356972°W |
| Address | Ronald Reagan Turnpike and I-75 |
| Opening date | late 2026[1] |
| Developer | Triple Five Group |
| No. of stores and services | TBA |
| No. of anchor tenants | TBA |
| Total retail floor area | 6.2 million square feet (580,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | TBD |
| Parking | TBD |
| Public transit access | I-75 Park & Ride Lot |
American Dream Miami is a proposed megamall and entertainment complex planned to be built in Miami-Dade County, United States. If completed, it would become the largest shopping mall in North America.[2] The project shares its branding with American Dream Meadowlands in New Jersey; the second largest mall in the USA. The mall is being developed by the Triple Five Group, who own the 3 largest malls in North America: The Mall of America, the West Edmonton Mall, and the American Dream Meadowlands.
The mall is slated to contain a large indoor water park and ice rink.
History[edit]
In March 2015 the Triple Five Group announced plans for a megamall called "American World". However, the name was later changed to American Dream Miami to match its sister project American Dream Meadowlands.[3] The project was planned to be completed by 2020 and attract 30,000 visitors a day.[4]
Graham Companies proposed a related project in 2017, which would create 2,000 apartment units, additional retail space, and 1 million square feet (93,000 m2) of office space that would be finished by 2040 and would cost $1.1 Billion to build.[4] Also in 2017, the opening date of the project was pushed back to 2022 due to financing issues.[5][6] Controversy also arose in 2017–18 around the project, as it could hurt the nearby Everglades National Park and create significant traffic problems along with adding to an oversaturated retail market in the region.[4][7]
On May 17, 2018, the county board gave final approval to the commercial zoning for the site, allowing Triple Five to begin obtaining the permits needed for construction. It was also announced the project would not receive any taxpayer funding.[8] Within the month, the board of county commissioners approved Triple Five's plan to purchase state land for construction.[9]
In May, 2018, nearby Broward County threatened a lawsuit against the project, arguing that Miami-Dade County underestimated the potential impact on Broward Country traffic.[10]
The debate over construction of the mall became an issue in the Democratic primary of the 2018 Florida gubernatorial election, as candidate Gwen Graham was criticized by environmentalists, progressives, and UNITE HERE for her ties to the project.[11]
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the mall was delayed once more and underwent design changes. However, Triple Five stuck with the original design. With the 2022 opening date scrapped, and its current opening date being late 2026, construction of the complex partially depends on the Florida Turnpike extension.[12]
Plan[edit]
The mall is planned to be in northwestern Miami-Dade County, within the Miami-Dade County's Urban Development Boundary. The site was first dredged in the 1920s and used as a dairy farm by Ernest "Cap" Graham, who later became a member of the Florida Senate. Ernest is also the founder of Graham Companies. The Graham family stopped running the dairy farm in the 1950s and the site became wetland and remains another one of the large undeveloped areas with Miami-Dade's Urban Development Boundary.[13] The mall is expected to cost over $5 Billion and currently has not started construction.[12] At 6.2 million square feet, the mall will be the largest in North America, and the 6th largest mall in the world.
Shopping[edit]
- 5 Anchor tenants
- 3.5 million square feet of retail space
Attractions[edit]
- Water park with indoor beach
- Amusement park
- Ferris Wheel
- Legoland Discovery Center
- Aquarium
- Ice rink
- Indoor ski slope
- Indoor artificial Lake (offering submarine rides similar to what the Triple Five's other mall; West Edmonton Mall used to have, alongside boat rides & water skiing)
- Art Deco Village
- Tivoli Garden
Hotels[edit]
- 300 room hotel
- 400 room hotel
- 900 room hotel
Source:[14]
References[edit]
- ^ "Future unclear for planned $4 billion mega-mall in Florida". MSN. September 20, 2021.
- ^ Garfield, Leanna. "The largest mall in the US is coming to Miami, and it will have a massive indoor water park and ice rink". Business Insider.
- ^ a b Hanks, Douglas. "Largest mall in the nation proposed for Miami-Dade", Miami Herald, March 5, 2015.
- ^ a b c "American Dream, to bring thousands to South Florida". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017.
- ^ Disis, Jill. "Move over, Mall of America: This place would be 30% bigger", CNN Money, June 1, 2017.
- ^ Bandell, Brian. "American Dream Miami mega mall timeline pushed to 2022", South Florida Business Journal, April 21, 2017.
- ^ Hanks, Douglas. "The largest mall in America is getting closer to approval in Northwest Miami-Dade", Miami Herald, May 7, 2018.
- ^ Hanks, Douglas. "American Dream Approved". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2018-05-19.
- ^ Hanks, Douglas. "Massive mall project wins approval for Miami-Dade land deal", Miami Herald, March 17, 2015.
- ^ Hanks, Douglas. "Broward threatens to sue over traffic plan for American Dream Miami". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018.
- ^ Mower, Lawrence. "Labor union launches ads targeting Gwen Graham over the American Dream mega-mall", Tampa Bay Times, August 15, 2018.
- ^ a b Staff, INSTORE (2022-10-17). "American Dream Miami to Move Forward with Original Design". INSTOREMAG.COM. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ Weiss, Jessica. "These Are The Wetlands Where Developers Plan To Build American Dream Mega-Mall", WLRN-TV, July 3, 2018.
- ^ a b "Original vision of Triple Give Group's American Dream Mall awakens". Miami Today. 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ "American Dream Miami mega mall unveils floor plan". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
