The City of North Miami will consider plans for a hotel/convention center on Tuesday. The North Miami Hotel & Convention Center would measure 20 stories above grade and comprise close to 545,000 square feet of new construction. If approved, the multi-million-dollar venture would replace multiple single-family homes on a 0.75-acre plot.
Current plans call for 326 hotel rooms, 14,554 square feet of conference space, and 528 covered parking spots. High Hopes Inc. is the developer. The firm has owned most of the homes on the proposed build site for decades.
G3 Design Build is the architect. Lead architect Arturo Griego designed the venture to have the hotel rooms begin on the 10th floor, with meeting space on the top floor. Guests would have access to a rooftop swimming pool, fitness center, and valet service.
The North Miami Hotel & Convention Center is following a larger trend of capitalizing on Miami’s booming tourism industry, and it’s one of many hotels in the works. Another project is Calle 8 Hotel, an eight-story hotel in its namesake corridor. The venture would offer 149 hotel rooms on a half-acre site…