When we last looked at the under construction One Thousand Museum on 1000 Biscayne Boulevard, the building was on the 31st floor. Construction has now reached the 38th floor of the 62 story tower.
A year ago, the base of the building was starting to take shape on the Pritzker Prize winning architect Zaha Hadid designed tower.
One of the unique features of One Thousand Museum is the exoskeleton, which supports the building. The exoskeleton is made of over 3,000 pieces of glass fiber reinforced concrete, which is made in Dubai and shipped to Miami every week. The panels are clamped around the steel rebar and poured with concrete to the give the exoskeleton a continuous flow.
Built in 1926, and located at the corner of Main Highway and Charles Street, The Coconut Grove Playhouse opened 90 years ago on January 1, 1927, with a D.W. Griffith production of Satan of Sorrows that was attended by over 1,500 people.The building was originally named the Coconut Grove Theatre.
The Coconut Grove Theatre was built by Miami locals Irving J. Thomas and Fin L. Pierce as movie theater for the Paramount Enterprises Chain and the largest in Miami. The theater was designed by architect Richard Kiehnel of Kiehnel and Elliot to resemble a Spanish Rococo Palace in the style of Mediterranean Revival. The building originally had seven stores on the ground level, ten offices on the second floor and the third floor were apartments. It had the latest Wurlitzer pipe organ and had a very modern amenity at the time - air conditioning.
Before the theater opened, Irving J. Thomas and Fin L. Pierce sold the building to Paramount Enterprises and the theater thrived until the Great Depression of the 1930s hit and attendance dropped significantly. The Coconut Grove Theatre eventually closed in the mid-1930s until it was used to train Air Force Navigators during World War II.
The 1221 Brickell office tower on Brickell Avenue has sold for $155 million and was purchased by Rockpoint Group.
The seller of 1221 Brickell is Blackstone Group, which purchased the building for $107,284,950 in September 2006.
Built in 1986, the 27 story 1221 Brickell was designed by Harwood K. Smith & Partners and is known for its glass curtain exterior. The center of the building has neon striped lights that illuminate at night and houses the elevator shaft. The building has been featured in many episodes of Miami Vice.
Groundbreaking has begun at Biscayne 27 after developer Richman Group was able to secure a $58.6 construction loan on the 8 story apartment building in Edgewater.
