One Miami is a complex of two adjacent
skyscrapers
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in
downtown
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Miami, Florida
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
named One Miami East Tower and One Miami West Tower. It consists of two towers located at the
Miami River delta, where the river empties into
Biscayne Bay
Biscayne Bay () is a lagoon with characteristics of an estuary located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida. The northern end of the lagoon is surrounded by the densely developed heart of the Miami metropolitan area while the southern end is la ...
. The East Tower is the taller of the two, at 460 ft (140 m). It contains 44 floors, and was completed in 2005. The West Tower is 449 ft (137 m) tall, and contains 45 floors. It too was completed in 2005.
The development was one of the first announced in the recent Miami building boom. However, due to a slow construction phase, the buildings took over five years to be completed. The complex is located on South
Biscayne Boulevard
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and Southeast 3rd Street. The buildings are entirely residential, consisting of condominiums. However, the complex does contain commercial elements too. A restaurant is featured on the ground floor at the entrance to the towers.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Miami
The U.S. city of Miami, Florida has the country's third-tallest skyline (after New York City and Chicago) with 439 high-rises, over 100 of which stand taller than and 65 which are taller than . The tallest building in the city is the 85 ...
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One Miami East TowerOne Miami West Tower
Residential buildings completed in 2005
Residential skyscrapers in Miami
Twin towers
2005 establishments in Florida
Arquitectonica buildings
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