MIAMI (August 5, 2008) – Real estate mogul Jorge Pérez of The Related Group is unveiling his self-proclaimed “legacy,” bringing his most spectacular property yet to South Florida’s most thriving neighborhood. Boasting 1650 residences and a 150 room boutique hotel, ICON Brickell stands as Miami’s version of New York City’s Time Warner building and Florida’s largest condominium development. Strategically located at the epicenter of Downtown Miami and Brickell, ICON Brickell symbolically unites Miami’s two major metropolitan areas while providing stunning views of the Miami River, Miami Beach and Biscayne Bay.
The $1.3 billion project, an extraordinary modern trident structure, is home to signature designs by Yoo inspired by Starck, for which international design magnate Philippe Starck is creative director and shareholder. An Easter Island-inspired sculpture garden serves as a striking entryway, envisioned by Starck as a dark cave illuminated by light emitted from the watchful “eyes” of mammoth columns. Designed in five different abstract “faces,” the 100 columns are collectively valued at $5 million. Another of the property’s unbelievable design feats, a 28,000 square-foot state-of-the-art spa, is available exclusively to ICON Brickell residents and hotel guests. The spa’s plunge pool area is the central feature complete with an enormous acid yellow chandelier.
Perhaps the most remarkable of ICON Brickell’s amenities is the stunning two-acre park terrace and pool deck, situated 140 feet above Biscayne Bay. The sanctuary is a never-ending expanse of monumental design features spanning a gigantic freestanding fireplace, mosaic tile carpet and sophisticated sitting area framed by artistic glass panels, intended to serve as an outdoor “living room.” The area’s center of attention is undoubtedly the more than Olympic length swimming pool, the longest in Florida, with a thermal hot tub that seats 40 and wading pool where tables and chairs will lightly float on the water’s surface.
ICON Brickell features that sure to spoil even further include “Club 50” a lavish rooftop lounge and pool available exclusively to residents, their friends and hotel guests; a signature Kor boutique hotel – Viceroy Miami – with rooms and public spaces by star designer Kelly Wearstler; and a total of five places to dine in this residential resort.
ICON Brickell is celebrating its grand opening in December and is already proving to be one of Art Basel’s most highly anticipated events. Prices for residences start at $500,000 and range to $2 million. For more information, please visit www.iconbrickell.com.
