Miami Tower

Coordinates: 25°46′19″N 80°11′28″W / 25.7720°N 80.1912°W / 25.7720; -80.1912
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Miami Tower
Downtown Miami
Miami Tower is located in Central Miami
Miami Tower
Location within Central Miami
Miami Tower is located in Florida
Miami Tower
Miami Tower (Florida)
Former namesCenTrust Tower
NationsBank Tower
TotalBank Tower
Bank of America Tower at International Place
General information
TypeCommercial office
Location100 Southeast 2nd Street
Miami, Florida
Coordinates25°46′19″N 80°11′28″W / 25.7720°N 80.1912°W / 25.7720; -80.1912
Construction started1983
Completed1987
Opening1987
OwnerCP Group and DRA Advisors
ManagementCP Group
Height
Roof625 ft (191 m)
Top floor47
Technical details
Floor count47
Floor area1,160,000 sq ft (108,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators19
Design and construction
Architect(s)Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
DeveloperCentrust Savings Bank
Structural engineerCrouse-Honderich
Main contractorThe George Hyman Construction Co.
Website
Miami Tower

The Miami Tower is a 47-story, landmark office

Downtown. It is currently the 16th tallest building in Miami and Florida. On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed it on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places as the Bank of America Tower.[1] In 2022, the office skyscraper was purchased by DRA Advisors and CP Group
, the largest office landlord in Downtown Miami and Florida.

History

Ground level perspective.

Built for

parking garage owned by the city and the 47-story office tower built upon the air rights of the garage. Preliminary planning for the tower began in February 1980; construction on the garage began by November. The garage was completed in February 1983 and the tower began construction a year later. In August 1984, while the tower was under construction, a 5-alarm fire began on the ninth floor; construction was subsequently delayed for several weeks. On December 15, 1985, the tower was lit for the first time in Miami Dolphins
aqua and snowflakes.

By mid-1986, the tower's exterior was complete and the grand opening for the complex was set for early fall that same year. Due to the uneven settling of the tower's foundation to one side by several inches, and the resulting misalignment of the tower's elevator rails, the grand opening for the complex was delayed until February 1987. The complete complex featured the world's only elevated

parking garage
.

The tower can be seen in the "Streetwise" episode of Miami Vice which aired on December 5, 1986.

The building appears during the end credits of the 1986 film

Flight Of The Navigator
in an aerial shot of Miami. The top floors can clearly be seen still under construction.

The roof of the building was the set of

Turn The Beat Around". The building is also one of many featured on the backdrop of the stage on The Tonight Show
.

On January 1, 2010, the building was renamed the Miami Tower.[2]

Many colors of the tower

The tower's three tiers allow it to have multiple

LED system was installed on the tower to allow for more elaborate displays with a much quicker transition time.[3]
Below are some examples of the various colors used:

  • Tower lit white on most nights of the year
    Tower lit white on most nights of the year
  • Tower lit red and green for Christmas Season 2010
    Tower lit red and green for Christmas Season 2010
  • Tower lit blue and decorated with snowflake lights for Christmas Seasons before 2010
    Tower lit blue and decorated with snowflake lights for Christmas Seasons before 2010
  • Tower lit pink for National Breast cancer awareness month
    Tower lit pink for National
    Breast cancer awareness month
  • Tower lit red and purple for Valentine's Day 2008
    Tower lit red and purple for Valentine's Day 2008
  • Tower lit green for Saint Patrick's Day
    Tower lit green for Saint Patrick's Day
  • Tower lit green and pink for Easter
    Tower lit green and pink for Easter
  • Tower lit yellow on several nights of the year
    Tower lit yellow on several nights of the year
  • Tower lit as American flag for American Independence Day, President's Day & Veterans Day
    Tower lit as
    President's Day & Veterans Day
  • Tower lit as American flag on 4th of July, showing fireworks in foreground
    Tower lit as American flag on 4th of July, showing fireworks in foreground
  • Tower lit red for National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims 9/25/2008
    Tower lit red for National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims 9/25/2008
  • Tower lit as Italian flag for Columbus Day
    Tower lit as
    Italian flag for Columbus Day
  • Tower lit purple for Halloween
    Tower lit purple for Halloween
  • Tower lit for Thanksgiving Day
    Tower lit for
    Thanksgiving Day

In popular culture

The Miami Tower is referenced in several video games and TV shows. It was featured in the opening sequence of the 1980s TV show

DRIV3R with its name is changed to "The Tower At International Place". The tower appears repeatedly in multiple scenes throughout the movie Miami Vice as well as in the Miami Vice television series and also in a scene in the 2006 version of Casino Royale

  • In the FOX television series Fringe, this building is referred to as the "Boston Federal Building".

See also

References

  1. ^ Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places
  2. ^ "Bank Of America Tower Renamed Miami Towers".
  3. ^ "Miami Tower changes colors instantly with new LED lights - Business - MiamiHerald.com". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-10-05.
  4. ^ "LaSalle to buy 'Miami Vice' tower | South Florida Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2010-11-23.

External links

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