Florida’s West Coast is in the middle of a massive transformation. Millions of square feet of new commercial and residential space are reshaping the metro’s skyline. By Laura Calugar We’ve put together a list of projects that have the potential to redesign the metro for future generations. Both private developers and local authorities have billion-dollar projects in the works, which are set to change Tampa’s skyline. Water Street Tampa Known as the largest downtown real estate development underway in the…

NBWW designed JW Marriott Turnberry Resort & Spa in Aventura shifted focus upon reopening in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. By Matthew Arrojas The 685-room hotel and country club, which temporarily closed March 23, reopened June 1. VP and Managing Director Jeffrey Klein told the Business Journal the hotel pivoted from marketing to group and corporate travelers and is now targeting “staycationers” and in-state travelers. Prior to the outbreak, about 60% of the guests were corporate travelers staying in…

The resort was closed in mid-March and reopened June 1. By Matthew Arrojas The JW Marriott Turnberry Resort & Spa in Aventura shifted focus upon reopening in the midst of a pandemic. The 685-room hotel and country club temporarily shut its doors on March 23 due to forced closures of non-essential businesses amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The resort reopened June 1. VP and Managing Director Jeffrey Klein told the Business Journal that the hotel pivoted marketing to group and corporate…

A surface-level parking lot across the street from the iconic hotel could be turned into a five-story building with employee parking and a grand ballroom. By Matthew Arrojas South Florida’s largest hotel could receive 31,500 square feet of convention and meeting space on the site of an adjacent parking lot in Miami Beach. The owners of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach proposed the building that would rise seven floors.The bottom three floors would be dedicated to parking, and two of the…

Susan Askew Jeffrey Soffer’s plan to add ballroom and meeting space to his Fontainebleau Hotel to make it more competitive with other South Florida meeting facilities gained the endorsement of Miami Beach’s Planning Board. Next stop, the City Commission which will need to approve a zoning change to allow a stand-alone structure with ballroom and meeting space on what is now a surface parking lot between 43rd and 44th Street and Collins Avenue and Indian Creek Drive. While the parking…