Miapolis, as designed, at 3,200 feet, would be taller than the Burj Dubai which just opened. Included in this mini city within the city of Miami Florida are 792 hotel rooms, a trade center, restaurants, over 1,000 condos, an amusement park, observatory, shopping mall, office space, and a marina.
The first hurdle for Miapolis to go from paper to reality is to obtain FAA approval. The project is pursuing an FAA designated no-fly zone around the mini city. With FAA approval they will then need to raise a handful of billions to fund the development.
Their 8 minute concept video makes you feel like Miapolis already exists. According to MiapolisCity.com, the development is to be built to LEED Certified specifications, and the developers are referring to Miapolis as “Platinum Green Sustainable”, self-sufficient, environmentally friendly and will be making a substantial economic contribution to the local economy.
Miapolis - will become the world's largest LEED Certified project
Here’s some of the stats:
- Land area – 28 acres
- Height – 3,000 ft
- Floors – 160
- Construction area – 11,500,000 sf
- Parking spaces – 11,700
- Marina slips – 300
- Observatory – 24,900 sf
- Rotating sky-lounge – 31,600 sf
- Catering halls – 31,400 sf
- Hotel – rooms – 790
- Condo units – 1,050
- Offices – 1,000,000 sf
- Retail area – 1,960,000 sf
- Restaurants – 684,000 sf
- Trade Center – 1,600,000 sf
- Amusement Park – 2,100,000 sf
- Telecom – 92,000 sf
Miapolis is an ambitious project to say the least, and to create such an icon while maintaining minimal environmental impact will be no small challenge. We’ll keep an eye on this one.
