Metropolitan Miami (development)

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Not to be confused with One Metropolitan Square.

Metropolitan Miami is a mixed-use development expected to consist of four skyscrapers and a lifestyle center in the Central Business District of Downtown Miami, Florida. The first phase was completed in 2008 with Met 1, a condo tower, and will be followed by Met 2, making up the Wells Fargo Center (previously called the Met 2 Financial Center) and Met 2 Marriott Marquis simultaneously in late-2010.

The Met Square site (between Met 1 and the Walls Fargo Financial Center), was originally planned to house a movie theatre, restaurants, and a 31-story hotel tower, however, ongoing archaeological digs have found important Tequesta Indian ruins. The ruins date back 2,000 years, and include over eight large circles carved into the ground's limestone. These circles are believed to be Tequesta Indian dwellings, and part of a larger Tequesta Indian settlement, believed to be one of the largest in North America. As of February 2014, the Met Square site is now being considered for a National Historic Landmark status, and possibly UNESCO designation. The future of the Met Square development is uncertain given these findings. The developers are working with archaeologists and government officials to protect partial or all of the site.[1]

Met 3 would be one of the tallest approved buildings in Miami, and residential structures in the United States south of New York City at 828 ft (252.4 m), behind the Brickell Financial Centre II at 903 ft (275.2 m). Both towers would also surpass the incumbent Four Seasons Hotel Miami. The Wells Fargo Center itself is currently the fifth tallest building in Miami and Florida at 647 ft (197.2 m).

The project has gained significant attention due to NBA star Shaquille O'Neal's involvement, by forming The O'Neal Group as a joint-venture with M. D. M. Development Group. The site where Metropolitan Miami is being developed was formerly surface parking, when the Royal Palm Hotel and grounds were destroyed in 1930.

Gallery

  • Met 1 under construction in March, 2007

  • Met 1 seen across the Miami River

  • Met 2's Wells Fargo Center nearing completion

  • Completed Wells Fargo Center in 2011

  • The site of Met 3 being used as a parking lot (February 2011)

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/03/3911049/prehistoric-village-found-in-downtown.html

External links

Coordinates: 25°46′17″N 80°11′19″W / 25.771364°N 80.188608°W / 25.771364; -80.188608

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