Panorama Tower

Panorama Tower
Render by developer
General information
Status	Under construction
Type	Mixed-use
Architectural style	Modernism
Location	1101 Brickell Avenue Miami, Florida 33131 United States
Construction started	January 2014
Completed	2017-2018
Cost	US$800 million (preliminary estimate)
Height
Roof	868 ft (265 m)
Technical details
Floor count	82
Floor area	2,600,000 square feet (241,548 m2)
Design and construction
Architect	Moshe Cosicher AIA; FONS Inc.
Developer	Florida East Coast Realty
Structural engineer	DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Main contractor	Tutor Perini

Panorama Tower, previously known as 1101 Brickell, is a mixed-use skyscraper under construction in Miami, Florida, United States. It is located in the Brickell district of Downtown Miami. It was originally approved by the City of Miami and the Federal Aviation Administration in 2006 but was put on hold due to the Great Recession. The project was revived in 2012 when owner Tibor Hollo hired Moshe Cosicher, AIA Architect, to redesign the project. In 2013, the project was revised; the 868 feet (265 m) tower is stated to include residential, hotel, retail, and office space. When completed, it will be the tallest building in Miami, but may soon thereafter be overtaken by various other towers, including two of their own projects (The Towers by Foster + Partners and One Bayfront Plaza). It will take over the Four Seasons Hotel Miami as tallest when it tops out in 2017. The project is significant for being the first development in the City of Miami to be funded in part by EB-5 visas. While the entire site was technically addressed 1101 Brickell Avenue, the building will actually be located on the back of the lot, behind two existing office buildings, at 1100 Brickell Bay Drive. It will be about two blocks from the Tenth Street Metromover station.

Kobi Karp provided design plans for a tower at 1101 Brickell Avenue by developer Leviev Boymelgreen. It was approved by the City of Miami in 2006 and cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for a maximum height of 851 feet (259 m) above mean sea level (AMSL) in 2005. The 849 foot (259 meter) (AMSL) building was to contain 270,000 square feet (25,000 m²) of office space, 30,000 square feet (2,800 m²) of retail as well as 650 residences. However, the project was put on hold due to the crash of the United States housing bubble. The site of the project was purchased by veteran Miami developer Tibor Hollo of Florida East Coast Realty in 2009; the US$33-million purchase price included the three acre site and existing office buildings, built in 1964 and 1985. The office buildings had very low occupancy at this time, around 30% in 2010. The building was renovated and by the end of 2012 occupancy was up to 85%. In 2011, Florida International University opened a downtown campus in the building known as FIU Downtown on Brickell; they also got the signage rights to the building. In addition to the renovation, a small glass and steel addition adjacent to Brickell Avenue was completed in 2014. Known as "The Cube", the 2,500-square-foot (232 m²) space uses variable-tint glass and houses a TD Bank.