A rendering of the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science
The new Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science broke ground today at Museum Park, marking the beginning of construction for the planned 250,000-square-foot complex. The project, which was designed by Grimshaw Architects, will include a 3-D planetarium and a 600,000-square-foot aquarium. “Great cities are home to top-tier museums,” said Tirsh and Dan Bell, co-chairs of the Museum’s Board of Trustees, in a statement. [more]
Construction on new buildings for the Miami Art Museum and Miami Science Museum could begin soon, with environmental remediation underway at the building site. The new buildings, known as Museum Park, will take roughly $20 million to develop and will create 1,700 new jobs, experts say. Construction on the art museum building — whose size was not immediately clear — is set to begin in November, with a projected 2013 opening date. The planned 250,000-square-foot science center is set to break ground in late 2011, with an unveiling set for 2014 Jack McCabe, a principal with McCabe Consulting & Research, said that Museum Park could help out the flagging residential real estate market. “If the museums are going to employ a lot of people with decent paying jobs, then it could be a boon to that area’s rental market,” he said. [GlobeSt.]
The planned Miami Art Museum at Museum ParkThe City of Miami has approved a plan to fund the remediation of eight waterfront acres at Museum Park, the future home of new Miami Art Museum and Miami Science Museum facilities. The art museum is eligible for $100 million in proceeds from county bonds, and has raised $45 million in private donations for its new building, which is scheduled for completion by 2013. The science museum is eligible for $165 million in bonds for its planned 250,000-square-foot project, which will have an aquarium, planetarium and interactive exhibits and is slated to open in 2014. The remediation of the land is expected to begin within weeks, according to the city’s Omni Community Redevelopment Agency, which voted to approve the financing. TRD
A trio of construction projects around Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center
for the Performing Arts has raised concerns with the Performing Arts
Center Trust, which sets policy for the center. The overhaul of the
29-acre Museum Park, the tunnels to connect the Port of Miami to Watson
Island and the refurbishment of the bridge linking I-395 to the
MacArthur Causeway could all affect the center. Mike Eidson, a partner
at law firm Colson Hicks Eidson and chair of the trust’s I-395
committee, said that project is of particular concern, since it will
take away parking and could cause traffic issues. [Miami Today News]
