Florida’s first supertall tower is almost at full height. A construction elevator at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences Miami reached floor 87 this month, and the top floor was about seven weeks away, Local 10 reported on Oct. 12. The tower is planned at 100 stories and 1,049 feet.

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The Waldorf: a new top for the skyline

The tower rises at 300 Biscayne Boulevard, across from Bayfront Park. It is built as nine glass cubes, each shifted at its own angle. Carlos Ott designed the look with Sieger Suarez Architects.

Property Markets Group and Greybrook Realty Partners are developing it with Hilton and other partners. Plans call for a 205-room Waldorf Astoria hotel with private condos above. Crews started the ninth and final cube in August, Florida YIMBY reported. Completion is targeted for the second quarter of 2028.

Worldcenter: the next towers on the grid

Miami Worldcenter covers 27 acres and 10 blocks in Park West, between Biscayne Boulevard and I-95. Its developers held a grand opening in May 2025 for about 300,000 square feet of street-level shops and restaurants. The master plan calls for about 11,000 homes in all.

Two towers show where it goes next. 600 Miami Worldcenter is a 32-story tower with 606 furnished condos and no rental limits. It sold out before construction, and closings are expected in the fourth quarter of 2026. Naftali Group’s 67-story JEM tower will mix 273 condos with 530 rental apartments. It is due in the fourth quarter of 2027.

The district sits next to Brightline’s MiamiCentral station, which also connects to Tri-Rail, Metrorail and Metromover. That rail link is a big part of its pitch to buyers and renters.

Faena moves luxury to the river

A few blocks south, Faena Residences Miami plans two 68-story towers with 434 homes along the Miami River. A 45,000-square-foot sky bridge will link the towers near the top. Fortune International Group and KAR Properties are developing it with hotelier Alan Faena, and Rafael Viñoly Architects designed it.

The project at 90 SW 3rd Street is approved, with completion expected by the end of 2029. Its plans include a private marina and a riverfront park.

Three different bets

These projects offer different ways to live downtown. The Waldorf sells hotel service in a single landmark tower. Worldcenter offers a dense, walkable grid next to rail. Faena is building a smaller district around art, wellness and the river. All three will add more neighbors, more traffic and more choices in the urban core over the next three years.

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