Construction on the Grand Hyatt Miami Beach Convention Center Hotel reached its full height of 17 stories on July 28, 2026, marking a pivotal milestone for the 800-room luxury property rising at 1701 Convention Center Drive in Miami Beach.

What exactly is being built at 1701 Convention Center Drive?

Terra and Turnberry are jointly developing the Grand Hyatt Miami Beach Convention Center Hotel, a 17-story, 800-room luxury property designed by Arquitectonica's founding principal Bernardo Fort-Brescia. The project represents one of the most significant hospitality investments in Miami Beach in years, purpose-built to serve the adjacent Miami Beach Convention Center.

  • Address: 1701 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach
  • Height: 17 stories
  • Room count: 800
  • Developers: Terra and Turnberry
  • Design architect: Bernardo Fort-Brescia of Arquitectonica

What amenities will set this hotel apart from existing Miami Beach properties?

The Grand Hyatt Miami Beach will include 110,000 square feet of dedicated meeting and ballroom space, a figure that rivals standalone convention facilities in competing cities. A climate-controlled skybridge will link the hotel directly to the Miami Beach Convention Center, allowing conference attendees to move between venues without stepping outside — a practical advantage in Miami's summer heat and afternoon storm season.

  • Meeting and ballroom space: 110,000 square feet
  • Climate-controlled skybridge connects hotel to the Miami Beach Convention Center
  • Designed to serve large-scale, multi-day citywide conventions

When will the hotel open, and why does the timing matter for Miami Beach?

Completion is targeted for late 2027, positioning Miami Beach to compete aggressively for citywide conventions that currently bypass the market due to insufficient headquarter hotel capacity. Convention industry planners typically require a large, brand-flagged hotel directly attached to or immediately adjacent to a convention hall before committing a citywide event — a threshold the Grand Hyatt Miami Beach is designed to meet. The topping-out on July 28, 2026 suggests the construction timeline remains on schedule.

What does this project mean for Miami Beach's broader convention economy?

The Miami Beach Convention Center has long faced criticism from event organizers who cited the lack of an on-site headquarter hotel as a reason to book larger events in Orlando, Las Vegas, or Chicago instead. The Grand Hyatt Miami Beach directly addresses that gap, giving booking committees the integrated hotel-and-hall package that drives convention decisions. Once operational, the property could unlock a tier of citywide events that generate significant hotel-tax and sales-tax revenue across Miami Beach.

  • Competing convention markets include Orlando, Las Vegas, and Chicago
  • Citywide conventions distribute economic impact across multiple hotels and venues
  • Hotel tax revenue flows to Miami Beach's general and tourism promotion funds

Original reporting on the topping-out milestone was first published by Florida YIMBY.