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InterContinental Miami
The InterContinental as seen from Bayfront Park in 2010.
Hotel chain	InterContinental
General information
Type	Hotel
Location	100 Chopin Plaza Miami, Florida United States
Coordinates	25°46′21″N 80°11′07″W / 25.772419°N 80.185373°W / 25.772419; -80.185373
Completed	1982
Opening	1982
Owner	Strategic Hotels & Resorts
Management	IHG Hotels & Resorts
Height
Roof	366 ft (111.6 m)
Technical details
Floor count	34
Lifts/elevators	10
Other information
Number of rooms	653

The InterContinental Miami is a luxury hotel in Downtown Miami, Florida. Opened in 1983, it is owned by Strategic Hotels & Resorts and operated by IHG Hotels & Resorts as part of its InterContinental portfolio.

History

Designed in 1982 by noted architect Pietro Belluschi. it was opened in 1983 as the Pavilion Hotel, as part of developer Theodore Gould's waterfront Miami Centre project. However it was subject to foreclosure in 1985 which led to InterContinental being selected to manage it. They were granted a long-term management contract the following year when it was renamed the Intercontinental Miami.

In 2009, the hotel began $30 million in renovations to better-complete with other downtown hotels, which were completed in 2012. The renovations included redecorated rooms with more technological features, presidential and executive suites designed by Venus Williams' agency V Starr, the new Richard Sandoval restaurant Toro Toro, and an exterior lighting system consisting of a new entrance with customizable multi-color lamps, and a 19-storey "digital canvas" of LED light bars on the sides of the building that can be used to play animations. The "digital canvas" launched with an animation featuring a silhouette of a dancing woman.

Gallery

• The InterContinental in Downtown Miami on New Year's Eve, 2008-2009. Mr. Neon rises to the top one minute before midnight.
• InterContinental front view
• InterContinental at the edge of Biscayne Bay and the Miami River in Downtown Miami

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Miami

References

1. "Bank Forecloses on Gould's Miami Center". The Miami Herald. 28 Jul 1984. pp. 1, 10.
2. ""New" Hotel". The Miami News. 11 Mar 1986. p. 17.
3. "Pavillon Hotel going to InterContinental". The Miami News. 2021-01-11. Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
4. "'Digital canvas' lets landmark Miami hotel go high-tech". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
5. "Art Basel Gets Suites by Venus Williams at the InterContinental Miami". Interior Design. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
6. ^ "InterContinental Replaces Its Dancing Lady, The Modern-Day Coppertone Girl". WLRN. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2024-03-15.

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