Brickell World Plaza, Office skyscraper in Brickell, Miami, US
Brickell World Plaza, also called 600 Brickell, is a 40-story office skyscraper at 600 Brickell Avenue, rising 520 feet (160 m). Its first eleven floors above the ground-level public plaza form a parking garage, and the remaining 28 floors hold offices. The building was designed by the architecture firm RTKL.
The 40-story tower topped out in early 2009, then construction stalled during the economic downturn; The New York Times reported it still unfinished in March 2011. It lost an anchor law firm holding a $58 million, 10.5-year lease for 115,000 sq ft. A $130 million construction loan from Los Angeles-based Canyon Capital Realty Advisors funded the rest, and the renamed Brickell World Plaza opened in August–September 2011.
The building's exterior is lit at night in a manner similar to the Miami Tower, a practice that began in December 2011 when Governor Rick Scott attended a ceremony to hang a 40-foot wreath on the facade before Christmas. The ground-level plaza was planned with 18,000 square feet of restaurants and cafes and an outdoor stage for events, occupying the space originally reserved for the never-built Brickell Financial Centre II.
The tower stands at 600 Brickell Avenue, between the Sixth Street and Seventh Street Metromover stations, so the elevated loop is the closest way in. Its first eleven floors above the plaza form a garage with 927 spaces. The 30,000-square-foot ground plaza holds restaurants, cafes and an outdoor stage used for events.
The plaza's fountains and irrigation run on rainwater and condensed water from the cooling towers, collected in a 10,000-gallon tank. In December 2011 governor Rick Scott attended a ceremony where a 40-foot wreath was hung on the facade, which is lit at night like the Miami Tower.
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