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Miami office tower nears completion, topping off at 55 stories

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Miami office tower nears completion, topping off at 55 stories

The 724-foot-tall 830 Brickell offers hotel-style amenities and pandemic-minded features.


By Novid Parsi, Contributing Editor | July 12, 2022
Brickell office tower skyline
Courtesy OKO Group & Cain International.

In Miami, construction of OKO Group and Cain International’s 830 Brickell office tower is nearing completion. The building’s general contractor, Civic Construction, recently topped off construction at 55 stories. When complete later this year, the 724-foot-tall tower will be the first standalone office tower developed in Miami’s urban core in more than a decade, according to a statement from the developers.

Located in Miami’s Brickell Financial District, 830 Brickell was designed by architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, with interiors by Italian architecture and design company Iosa Ghini Associati. Over 60% leased, 830 Brickell has attracted tenants such as Microsoft, Thoma Bravo, A-CAP, CI Financial, Marsh Insurance, AerCap, and WeWork. 

The tower’s hotel-style amenities include a rooftop bar/lounge and restaurant that offer views of the City and Biscayne Bay, a health and wellness center, an outdoor terrace, cafés, street-level retail, and conferencing facilities. Together with the developers, the building’s designers have incorporated pandemic-informed features such as ultraviolet lighting in air filtration systems, touchless technologies, and ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) sanitation. 

830 Brickell’s exterior has over 1 million square feet of uninterrupted glass. Serving as the tower’s podium, an eight-story parking garage is wrapped in a kinetic wall: a sprawling sheet of aluminum squares that move in the wind, reflecting the neighborhood’s movement and light. Nearby transit options include Metrorail and Metromover, the Brightline, walking paths, cycling lanes, and bay access points.

On the Building Team:
Developer: OKO Group and Cain International 
Design architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture  
Interior design: Iosa Ghini Associati  
Landscape architect: Enea Landscape Architecture
Executive architect: Revuelta Architecture International
General contractor: Civic Construction

Brickell Rooftop View
Courtesy OKO Group & Cain International.
Brickell Gym
Courtesy OKO Group & Cain International.
830 Brickell Lobby
Courtesy OKO Group & Cain International.
830 Brickell sky lobby
Courtesy OKO Group & Cain International.

 

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