Four Seasons Hotel Miami

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2009)

Four Seasons Hotel & Tower
Four Seasons Hotel & Tower, Miami
Information
Location	1441 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida, United States
Status	Complete
Constructed	2000–2003
Opening	2003
Use	Hotel, Office, Residential
Height
Roof	789 ft (240 m)
Technical details
Floor count	64
Companies
Architect	Gary Edward Handel & Associates
Developer	Millennium Partners MDA Associates

The Four Seasons Hotel and Tower, also known as the Four Seasons Hotel Miami or simply the Four Seasons Tower, is a skyscraper in Miami, Florida. The tower contains a Four Seasons Hotel, office space and several residential condominium units on the upper floors. Rising of 789 feet (240 m) and 64 floors, it is the tallest building in Miami^[1] and the state of Florida.^[2][3] At the time of its completion, the Four Seasons Hotel & Tower was also the tallest mixed use building in the U.S. south of New York City.^[4]

The building was planned by Gary Edward Handel & Associates. Post-tensioning reinforcement of the structure was supplied and engineered by Suncoast Post-Tension. The building was constructed with dense steel reinforcing and silica-fume concrete, and is designed to sustain hurricane-force winds.^[3] Construction began in 2000,^[4] and the building was completed in 2003.^[1]

[edit] Specifications

• It surpassed Wachovia Financial Center as the tallest building in Miami and Florida.
• The tower has 230,000 square feet (21,000 m²) of Class A office space from floors 2 to 12. They are mostly occupied by HSBC Bank USA.
• There are three lobbies. Two separate lobbies on the first floor and one on the seventh floor. The separate first floor lobbies are for the office/health club portion of the tower and the residences. The seventh floor lobby is for the hotel and conference areas.
• Part of the seventh floor lobby is a two acre (8,000 m²) outdoor pool terrace, situated atop the six floor, 934 space parking garage.
• The Four Seasons Hotel occupies floors 8 to 40. It contains 221 rooms and 84 condo/hotel units. The condo/hotel units range from 611 to 2,062 square feet (57 to 192 m²).
• 186 luxury condominiums occupy floors 40 to 70. They range from 1,114 to 6,499 square feet (103 to 604 m²).
• The tower contains 10,600 square feet (985 m²) of retail space.
• Total construction costs were 379 million US dollars.
• The tower contains over 1.8 million square feet (167,000 m²) of office space
• A 40,000 square foot (3,700 m²) Sports Club/LA Miami also occupies the tower.

[edit] Gallery

south side	east side	southeast side, from Biscayne Bay	northwest side as seen from Miami Metromover station
Main entrance to tower with Botero decor	Hotel lobby on 7th floor with Botero statue	View of the tower from the 7th floor pool deck	East side of pool deck with miniature palm islands
Pool bar with cascade

[edit] See also

• List of tallest buildings in Miami
• List of tallest buildings by U.S. state

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Tallest buildings in Miami" (pdf). Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. 2009. http://www.ctbuh.org/Portals/0/Tallest/CTBUH_TallestMiami.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-28. 
2. ^ "Four Seasons Hotel & Tower". http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&id=100767. Retrieved 2009-08-27. ^{[unreliable source?]}
3. ^ ^{a b} "Project Highlights - Four Seasons Hotel & Tower – Miami, Florida". Norchem. http://www.norchem.com/technical-project-highlights-four-seasons-hotel.html. Retrieved 2009-08-28. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Four Seasons Hotel & Tower - Miami" (pdf). Bovis Lend Lease. http://www.bovislendlease.com/llweb/bll/main.nsf/images/pdf_us_miami_fourseasonhotel.pdf/$file/pdf_us_miami_fourseasonhotel.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-27. 

[edit] External links

• Official site

Coordinates: 25°45′31″N 80°11′29″W / 25.75861°N 80.19139°W / 25.75861; -80.19139