#construction watch

Whatever's happening between the owners of Aventura Mall and the Esplanade at Aventura is creating a bizarre architectural situation.

After publishing our recent post on the Esplanade at Aventura, an outdoor shopping center that to the average person could appear to be an expansion of Aventura Mall, the Big Bubble got an earful from various public relations representatives about how, in fact, the Esplanade is in fact no way connected with the mall, and is merely “near” it. So, the Big Bubble went back to take another look. In…

Kimpton Hotel Palomar South Beach Opening Pushed Back to Late January 2020

Back in September, we reported that the Kimpton Hotel Palomar South Beach would open in late 2019. Well, guess what? 2019 has practically come and gone, and although construction at the hotel is on the home stretch, it still hasn’t opened. The latest word from the hotel’s publicist is that a tentative January 27th opening date has been set.

Delayed openings aren’t exactly unusual for hotels,…

Boutique Condo Fairchild Coconut Grove is Almost Complete & 80% Sold

The Fairchild Coconut Grove, the boutique luxury building in Coconut Grove designed by Max Strang, is racing toward completion, as can be seen in new construction photos. and is 80% sold out, with over $80 million in sales and 5 units remaining, according to brokerage One Sotheby’s.

One of the rare luxury condos directly on the bay in the neighborhood, where most bayfront land is occupied by…

New Kimpton South Beach Hotel Says It’s Opening This Year As Construction Continues

Officially called “Kimpton Hotel Palomar South Beach,” the new hotel on the corner of Alton Road and the Collins Canal, overlooking Dade Boulevard in Miami Beach, has announced they are opening “late 2019” as construction workers hustle to finish the job. The hotel is hedging its bets, however, and only taking reservations for April 2020 and later.

That’s a smart move because there could…

Inside Starchitect Jean Nouvel’s Monad Terrace, Which Just Topped Off in South Beach

Monad Terrace, famed French architect Jean Nouvel’s first project in Miami, has just topped off, and the Big Bubble got a hard hat tour of the boutique luxury condo project’s construction site with construction architect Kobi Karp. Check it out, below.

Located on West Avenue, in South Beach, Monad Terrace’s 59 residential units will be organized around a central lagoon that opens up to…