Aerials released July 29 show the reinforced concrete frame of the Grand Hyatt Miami Beach at full height. Seventeen stories, 800 keys, and — the part that actually sold the deal — a climate-controlled skybridge straight into the Miami Beach Convention Center.
Project Scope
Terra and Turnberry are developing the hotel with the City of Miami Beach as public partner. Arquitectonica designed it; Balfour Beatty is building it. Twelve floors hold guest rooms including 50 suites, and four floors are given over to 110,000 square feet of meeting and ballroom space programmed to complement rather than compete with the convention center. Another 17,000 square feet of retail sits at grade.
Nearly two-thirds of the rooms get balconies, many with Atlantic or Biscayne Bay views. An 8,000-square-foot “Grand Lawn” tops the fifth-floor amenity deck alongside two resort pools, a Grand Club, a fitness center with a spa treatment room, a signature restaurant, and a lobby lounge and bar. The site work adds public space, pedestrian promenades, bike-share stations and transit connections. Completion is expected in late 2027.
Why It Matters
Miami Beach spent years unable to bid on the largest conventions because it had no headquarters hotel of scale adjacent to the center. That’s the whole business case.
“The addition of a hotel of this size and its connection to the convention center has opened the door for literally dozens of major conventions and trade shows that have never convened here,” said David Whitaker, president and CEO of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Terra CEO David Martin called the topping out a reflection of “years of collaboration between the public and private sectors,” which understates a project that took multiple referenda and a decade of argument to get vertical. Turnberry chairman and CEO Jackie Soffer described it as bringing “new economic opportunity, an important hub for the Convention Center District, and world-class hospitality.”
Greater Miami and Miami Beach drew 28.3 million visitors in 2025. The bet is that group business, not leisure, is the segment with room to grow.
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Project Team & Details
| Developer | Terra and Turnberry |
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| Owner / Client | Terra / Turnberry with the City of Miami Beach |
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| Architect | Arquitectonica |
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| General Contractor | Balfour Beatty |
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| Status | Topped Out |
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| Delivery Method | Public-Private Partnership (P3) |
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| Funding Source | Public-Private Partnership (P3) |
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