Tallest buildings proposed to be built in Miami – The Tower Info
6. One Brickell City Center
Standard height: 317 meters (1,040 ft)
Roof height: 317 m
Proposed year: 2013
Estimated top out year: unknown
Architect: Arquitectonica
Developer: Swire Properties
7. One Bayfront Plaza
Standard height: 306 meters (1,005 ft)
Proposed year: 2006
Estimated top out year: ∼2019
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Developer: Florida East Coast Realty
8. Sky Plaza West Tower
Standard height: 305 meters (1001ft)
Proposed year: 2015 Estimated top out year: unknown
Architect: unknown Developer: Flagler 251 Inc.
As shown above, the amount of these proposals even surpass Chicago and some Chinese cities, reaching 8 as of now, it is very rare for a American city except of New York City. However the problem is, that none of these supertall towers has ever get into real construction phase, at most preparation, let alone to be built, the city’s first supertall approved known as One Bayfront Plaza was proposed 10 years ago, the construction seems still unlikely to get started in a short time, but now that it has been on site preparation, seems things are getting better, let’s wait for more progress.
One of the major factors of this problem is the provisions made by FAA. Given that the location of Miami International Airport being too close to the downtown, plus the majority of flight paths of the city are direct above the downtown area, FAA makes the height limit for Miami more strict than other cities, while in some cases a height of 2000-foot is fine, such as Chicago Spire in Chicago, where both airport and flight paths are further away from downtown.
