Atton Miami Brickell Hotel to Open in the Simpson Park Triangle Tomorrow

Photo via Atton Miami Hotel.

That little triangular neighborhood west of Simpson Park in Brickell is on fire now that Le Parc has received its Temporary Certificate of Occupancy and the new Atton Brickell Miami Hotel is opening tomorrow. The first United States outpost of the Atton Hotels brand, the 12 story hotel is trying to position itself as a midrange hotel for Brickell, below the high-priced swank of the J.W. Marriott, the W Hotel, and the Four Seasons, and above Brickell’s more budget offerings like the Hampton Inn, which if you’ve been to the Brickell Hampton Inn, is like the fanciest Hampton Inn ever. The 275 guest rooms are being offered with introductory rates of $149 according to Real Deal.

Louver House Construction Topping Off This July

Photos courtesy ONE Sotheby’s.

Construction at Louver House, the boutique South-of-Fifth building designed by architect Rene Gonzalez, is expected to top off in July, according to the building’s sales team. The building’s eponymous louvers haven’t been added yet. After that, completion is coming in January/February of next year. Meanwhile, here are some recent drone shots to whet your appetite. We’ve asked about how sales are going and will update when we hear back.

Paraiso Beach Club Breaks Ground, Sales Center Shimmies Over

Paraiso Beach Club

The Paraiso Bay Beach Club has broken ground, according to Related Group President Carlos Rosso, following the first two towers of that megaproject: Paraiso Bay, which appears to be approaching top-off and OneParaiso, which has a way to go. To make room for the club, the current sales center, a pre-fab modular structure, has been merely broken apart and, like the space station, one side stuck on another. Check out this video by agent Carmen Casadella of the sales center playing its little game of musical chairs.

Jorge Perez Trading One Ocean Penthouse for Condo at Auberge FTL

Auberge FTL

Developer Jorge Perez has placed his $20 million One Ocean penthouse on the market, in South Beach, and at the same time gone into contract on a $2.4 million unit at Auberge Fort Lauderdale, according to a Related Group publicist. He is developing both buildings. When Mr. Perez announced he would be moving into the One Ocean unit he was ostensibly downsizing for retirement, and a $20 million unit in the most expensive part of South Beach made sense for a billionaire’s retirement pad. Has Jorge Perez, who isn’t exactly known for modest architecture, all of a sudden want a quiet, peaceful existence out of the hubbub of Miami, or could the Auberge ‘purchase’ just be another marketing push?

Broadway Malyan Beat Out Zaha, Bjarke to Design Royal’s Gigantic New Terminal

Renderigs via The Next Miami.

Royal Caribbean’s gigantic new cruise ship terminal coming to PortMiami, which was announced last night, is the result of an international design competition in which five firms participated, including Zaha Hadid Architects and Bjarke Ingels. Back in March, Travel Weekly published short descriptions of each of the five proposals (H/T: The Next Miami). The other participating teams included Aedas, Asymptote Architects, and of course the winners, Broadway Malyan (renderings for which can be seen below and above).

This is how Travel Weekly described the other four designs:

• Aedas – A giant, bright blue Transformers toy.
• Bjarke Ingels Group – Inspired by Lincoln Road, with canopies stacked atop each other, along with a park and trees inside the terminal.
• Zaha Hadid – “very futuristic,” with a concert hall inside.
• Asymptote – draped with “a billion LED lights” for a different display every night.

The Next Miami quoted Royal Caribbean Cruises as saying, about the winning design:

The 170,000-square-foot terminal is nicknamed the ‘Crown of Miami’ because of its distinct shape. The design evokes the points of the symbolic headgear when viewed from the water; the ‘M’ of Miami when viewed from the east or western approaches; and a sense of waves rising or ships passing when viewed from the terminal side. At night, the terminal’s facade will be lit ensuring that the building makes a striking impression and providing a dynamic addition to the PortMiami landscape.

World’s Biggest Cruise Ships Coming to Gigantic New PortMiami Terminal

Via Royal Caribbean.

Royal Caribbean Cruises and Miami-Dade County announced a deal yesterday night to bring Royal’s Oasis class cruise ships, currently the world’s largest, to the Port of Miami along with a dramatic and huge new Terminal A to accommodate them, reports the Miami Herald. Designed by international architecture firm Broadway Malyan, the crown-shaped terminal (they’re calling it the ‘Crown of Miami.’ We’re sensing a theme here.) has two jaunty wings that will enclose soaring interior spaces. Inside, two propellers spinning overhead will greet passengers as they enter the concourse. The dock will have space for vessels up to 1,300 feet in size (Oasis class ships are nearly 1,200 feet long) and a parking garage will contain space for 1,000 cars.

Paid for almost entirely by Royal Caribbean (the county is pitching in $15 million for new roads approaching the $247 million terminal), the new terminal is predicted to have a vast economic impact, indirectly creating a whopping 4,000 new jobs and injecting $500 million annually into the local economy. It will also, finally, bring the world’s biggest cruise ships back to the world’s biggest cruise port.

The Miami-Dade County Commission must vote on the deal before it becomes final. Once that happens, the new terminal should be ready for business by 2018.

Miami-Based Company Builds Tree Houses for the Ages

Check out these awesome tree houses built by ‘Miami Tree House Builders.’ Most are built in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area, but they also have built some pretty amazing places up north (pictured over on their Facebook page). For more about their work, go to miamitreehouse.com.

Me by Melia Shows off the Interiors of its New Miami Hotel

We’ve been watching the progress of the Me by Melia Hotel at the Marquis since the project was announced a few years ago. Now, practically on the eve of the hotel’s opening (Curbed Miami spotted reservations being accepted by July 7th, although we earlier spotted reservations being accepted as of June 15th) Me by Melia has release imagery of its interior. They’re either really spotless photographs or photorealistic renderings. With technology these days sometimes it’s hard to tell. Located at the Marquis Residences, the 129-room luxury hotel will share a set of two pools on the 14th floor with the residences, a ground floor STK Rebel Restaurant, pool-level ‘Bella’s Bar,’ and 1,000 square feet of meeting space. So, like, enough room for a very fancy PTA meeting.

Here Are the Plans to Redo I-95’s Notorious City Inn

The abandoned City Inn, which for years was a haven for prostitute and drug activity on the edge of I-95, is being brought back to respectability as a Holiday Inn, its original brand. Architect William Lai of Dynamica Architecture sent over these proposed renderings of how the renovated building might ultimately look.The mod design is a vast improvement over the existing structure, although it appears the former rooftop lounge is being encased in screens and not restored to its old use. With a little inspiration, just think of how much of a dive bar that place could be!

Karl Lagerfeld Designing Lobbies at Estates at Acqualina, Although He Probably Thinks its Gauche

When Karl Lagerfeld comes to Miami, he stays at tres chic hotels like the Raleigh, the Delano, or the Standard. The Russian oligarchs who buy all his clothes, however, stay at the massive and tragically opulant Acqualina. So it makes absolute sense, on an economic level, that Mr. Lagerfeld, the famed creative director at Chanel, would be hired to create the lobbies of the two newest editions to the Acqualina Resort itself, the towering Estates at Acqualina. Of course Lagerfeld gave an appropriately gushy quote to the Acqualina people for their press release as reprinted in the Real Deal, (“I am excited by the opportunity to design the lobbies of The Estates at Acqualina and take great pride in knowing that the spaces I create will be such important spaces in the building,” etc. etc. said Mr. Lagerfeld) because that’s just what one does, but the quote doesn’t actually say what he thinks of Acqualina itself. Maybe he thinks its gauche? Coco would definitely think its gauche.