The City of Miami held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday to mark the start of construction of a new city administration building on NW 37th Avenue in Miami Freedom Park, just east of Miami International Airport.
The new eight-story building, designed by Arquitectonica with an expected completion date in late 2027, will replace the city’s Riverside Center at 444 SW 2nd Avenue in downtown Miami, which currently houses the city’s administrative staff.
The Spotlight previously reported that the new building will also include a commission chamber for City Commission meetings. The city has not said what its plans are for the former Pan American Airways terminal at 3500 Pan American Drive in Coconut Grove, however. The former terminal currently serves as Miami’s City Hall, with office space for the mayor, the manager, and the city’s five commissioners, and an ornate chamber where the City Commission now meets.
See renderings of the new building here.
