This video interviews several Miami area community leaders, all of which seem to feel that Miami Worldcenter, once developed, will be the new heartbeat of Miami. Time will tell, but most certainly this mega commercial real estate development will change the flow of commerce in South Florida.
Some of the comments in this video are:
“Miami is alive today; you just feel its pulse.”
“It’s unbelievable that in the heart of one of the world’s greatest cities there was vacant land—everything around it, everything serving, everything happening except on that site.”
“It’s an architect’s dream.”
“Miami World Center is a very special project from the standpoint that it completes the vision of this part of the city.”
“It will make this part of the city the heart of the city.”
“We are surrounded by an amazing array of assets, and the development of this 30 acres brings everything together in one place.”
“If you closed your eyes and tried to imagine this and you listed all the things that you wished for the center of a city, this has got it all.”
“Miami has a very dynamic profile up in the air, and we surely will contribute to it, but what makes great cities starts from the ground, not from the horizon.”
“The great streets that we are crafting are going to deliver you to signature spaces like this precedent across the water, Lincoln Road, and it has to do with taking back the street and the sidewalks and the open space in Miami for people.”
“The first phase of the project, we’re developing about a million square feet of vertical retail, food and beverage, entertainment, and other things.”
“This is a great thing for Miami because it means jobs, it means income for the city, it means taxes. It has all of the input that will make the city better.”
“We not only have the ground plane, but we also have a sky plane. Another layer on top of the podium are residential developments with about three acres leaving six acres open as a rooftop to be developed, and we have created an amazing parkscape. That parkscape is going to inform all of the facades into an amazing iconic expression which is inspired by Iguazu. Nowhere else in the city will you find this kind of engagement.”
“Miami World Center is truly a city within a city.”