THE CHANGING SKYLINE See Stories Inside

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RE|SOURCE MIAMI SPECIAL ISSUE New PortMiami terminals are remaking the skyline

MORE INSIDE Talk of a hotel and retail BY TAYLOR DOLVEN center has occasionally ARQUITECTONICA [email protected] Does investing in design by big-name architects bring the return it used to? 12G surfaced; a proposed soc- Virgin Voyages' Flagship terminal, dubbed Terminal V, is cer stadium was pushed scheduled for completion in 2021. The view along the drive dustry in a big way by de- importance of the port. onto the mainland. All the down the MacArthur Cau- voting more than $1.5 bil- They tell the story of what while, cruising from Miami seway from downtown lion in public and private a big industry it is for the became more and more served as a catalyst for Miami. Miami to Miami Beach is dollars to build five shiny world what happens in popular. upgrades — the boom in Mayor Carlos Gimenez getting a new, 21st-century new cruise terminals and Miami.” But in the new millenni- architecture the port is said about $6 billion of look. two company headquarters um, PortMiami’s luster enjoying today. With it, the Miami-Dade’s economy Last year, Royal Carib- in total, the port’s most NO. 1 dulled. Its terminals could mega ships have returned comes from the cruise bean unveiled its new dramatic remake in recent Since the modern cruise not accommodate the larg- and Miami has solidified industry, a number that is $266-million Terminal A. decades. industry took hold in South est ships in the world, its place as the busiest likely to grow given the The sleek angular glass The new terminals, and Florida in the 1970s, the clocking in at over 1,200 cruise port in the world. investment in new port building, designed by the technology within port of Miami has been a feet long. In 2009, those “This is really an effort infrastructure and in the Broadway Malyan, evokes them, will enable cruise top launch point because of ships — owned by Royal by our local elected leaders ever-increasing fleet of a high-tech ship that glows lines to quickly embark its proximity to the Carib- Caribbean Cruise Line — to make Port Miami num- ships. “The new cruise with color by night. thousands of passengers on bean. Less than 200 miles headed north to ber one again,” said Juan terminal contracts recently Nearby, Norwegian their Caribbean vacations. from Nassau, the city PortEverglades in Fort Kuryla, director of Port- Cruise Line is building a But the overhaul brings served as a hub for round- Lauderdale. SEE PORTMIAMI , 10G curved terminal facing more than a matter of trip cruises to the Baha- The industry Palm Island. By 2021, a speeding processes and mas and longer is- snub palm tree forest-inspired increasing capacity. To- land-hopping tours cruise terminal for Virgin gether, they create a mod- throughout the Voyages will face down- ern ocean entryway to a decades. town. Nearby, MSC is 21st-century global city Over time, va- creating a winged $300- known for art and design. rious port develop- million headquarters — a “The buildings convey a ment projects have final flag of PortMiami’s very forward thinking, graced presenta- reinvention. progressive city,” tion boards — Miami-Dade County is said Bernardo and then betting on the cruise in- Fort-Brescia, disap- founding prin- peared. cipal of Miami- based firm Arquitectonica, which is designing the MSC and Virgin projects. “They convey the

View of Terminal F at PortMiami on Oct. 24. The terminal will undergo a

$195 million makeover, in part to accommodate Carnival Corporation’s new liquefied natural gas-powered ships set to arrive by 2022. PEDRO PORTAL [email protected] 10G MONDAY NOVEMBER 4 2019 MONDAY NOVEMBER 4 2019 11G Centerpiece BUSINESS MONDAY MIAMIHERALD.COM MIAMIHERALD.COM BUSINESS MONDAY Centerpiece

FROM PAGE 9G port’s importance and create in June 2020. The curves of ly funded by the cruise com- power. Shore power, or cold have expressed that need as 2017 assessment by the U.S. something that would be a its unique oval shape, al- panies, which operate the ironing, reduces emissions part of any of the devel- Environmental Protection “more attractive addition to ready visible, contrast its facilities. by allowing ships to plug in opment project that we’re Agency. International ports PORTMIAMI the skyline of Miami.” neighbor’s sharp angles. For MSC, the county will to a local electrical grid and doing, we would have for of Hamburg, Germany; “The architectural re- Both terminals are transpar- provide a maximum of $40 turn off their engines in- sure entertained it and cost- Shanghai, China and Cana- approved by Miami-Dade’s aren’t eyesores, but they surgence of PortMiami helps ent with floor to ceiling win- million in infrastructure stead of idling while in port. ed it out,” Kuryla said. “But da’s Halifax, Montreal and Board of County Commis- aren’t much to look at either. people appreciate its eco- dows. Designed by Miami improvements; in return, the In 2011, PortMiami listed it just didn’t it didn’t come Vancouver also have the sioners will help expand this The relatively windowless, nomic contributions.,” Fain firm Bermello Ajamil & Part- county is guaranteed more shore power in its “2035 up.” technology, according to a key driver of our economy,” squat buildings serve their said. “I think people value ners, the estimated cost of than $2 billion in rent pay- Master Plan” as a potential A 2015 study by research- 2018 report by the cruise he said. purpose to check in cruisers beauty; that’s part of the the terminal is $263 million. ments over the course of the sustainability project, aimed ers at Carnegie Mellon Uni- industry’s lobbying arm, the In 2019, 6.8 million peo- and hold them while they mystique of Miami. We can On the other side of Ter- 62-year deal. For Royal at preserving the natural versity and the University of Cruise Line International ple cruised from PortMiami, wait to board, but not much be a small part of that.” minal A, to the east, is the Caribbean, the county paid and human environments Delaware found that using Association (CLIA). a 66% increase since 2009, else. Fain said he hoped Termi- plot of land designated for $23 million for port infra- surrounding the port. Even shore power can save Nearly 28 percent of the according to county statis- Then came Terminal A, nal A would set off a chain the largest cruise project, the structure improvements and with the current unprece- communities millions in world’s cruise ships are tics. But for much of the the dramatic new terminal reaction, inspiring similar MSC Cruises terminal and $12 million in improvements dented investment in cruise public health costs. fitted with the technology to port’s history, its boxy, from Royal Caribbean architectural port projects. offices. When it is completed CARNIVAL CORPORATION for the offices; it is guaran- terminals, no progress has Seven U.S. ports currently plug in to the electric grid, warehouse-like cruise termi- Cruises Ltd. that opened in That is exactly what has in October 2022, the sleek Once finished, Terminal F at PortMiami will be Carnival’s largest terminal in North America. teed $220 million in rent been made on this initiative. require cruise ships to use according to CLIA, and 30 nals remained largely un- 2018 at a cost of $266 mil- happened. Miami-Dade has new building will hold the over the terminal’s 20-year Kuryla said it did not come shore power absent an emis- percent of new ships are touched — until now. lion. Its glass triangular fa- since approved terminal company’s North American deal and $310 million over up in any of the county’s sion-reduction alternative — being built with the tech- When all six projects cade faces the MacArthur developments for MSC headquarters and will be the office’s 40-year lease. conversations with cruise Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, nology. come to be, the MacArthur Causeway. At night, its Cruises, Carnival Corpora- large enough to accommo- to have a seamless flow.” ture red and blue colors at Drucker of HOK said the are funded and guarantees The county agreed to fund companies about the termi- Washington; Brooklyn, N.Y.; Causeway that runs parallel bronze indoor propellers tion, Norwegian Cruise Line date two of its upcoming Following the trend of its night. Terminal F will be building is designed to look an influx of private cruise the Norwegian Cruise Line, nal deals. and San Francisco, Long Taylor Dolven: to the port will have a front hoisted 90 feet into the air Holdings Ltd., and Virgin 7,000-passenger, LNG- neighbors, the wing-shaped Carnival’s largest terminal like a ship, with bands of line dollars to Miami-Dade Carnival Corporation and “This is something that I Beach, Los Angeles and San 305-376-2052, @taydolven row seat to what architec- can be seen spinning all the Voyages at PortMiami, along fueled ships at once. MSC structure, designed by in North America. unique floor plates separat- county over the next several Virgin Voyages terminals for think if the client were to Diego, Calif., according to a ture critic Alastair Gordon way from the expressway. with headquarter offices for The company needed a Miami-based Arquitectonica, Tucked in between the ing floor-to-ceiling windows. decades. The county is more than $600 million calls a “fashion runway.” Richard Fain, chairman MSC and Royal Caribbean. larger, more tech-advanced will feature floor-to-ceiling bridge to the port and the The office expansion, which spending more than $700 with the guarantee that the “You look across that and CEO, said the company All approved designs push structure to allow for the windows. The estimated cost main cruise pier facing includes a garage, is expect- million and expects to get companies will pay them narrow channel to the Port- opted for the new terminal to the limits of utilitarian archi- movement of so many pas- of the project is more than downtown will be Virgin ed to cost $300 million. It is back $5.8 billion over the back to the tune of $3.2 Miami and it’s like a great improve the guest experi- tecture, creating a line of sengers at one time, said $300 million. Voyages’ new terminal, due for completion in 2021. course of the decades-long billion using passenger fees show,” he said. “For an ence. In addition to the ar- distinguished buildings on president of MSC Cruises To the west, existing Ter- dubbed Terminal V, sched- Together, the six new and deals. over three decades. architecture lover, it really is chitecture, the terminal is downtown Miami’s door- USA Roberto Fusaro. minal F will undergo a $195 uled for completion in 2021 re-imagined buildings will “Up until 2017, every All of this investment has a spectacle.” equipped with facial recog- step. All structures have to “The whole concept is to million makeover to look and designed by Arquitec- change the Miami skyline, dollar that was invested into put the port about $1.1 bil- Driving around Dodge nition and automated bag- be certified as silver by the make it smoother and fas- more like its incoming neigh- tonica. The $179 million adding a new row of archi- the port really was all port lion in debt, a level Kuryla is Island today is a trip through gage screening — two tech- Leadership in Energy and ter,” Fusaro said. “People bors and to accommodate building is meant to evoke tecture that wasn’t there dollars, all county dollars,” comfortable with. He called the port’s history. The port nologies that speed up secu- Environmental Design pro- want to be on the ship, and Carnival Corporation’s new vacation before passengers before. Kuryla said. “Now we have the deals “iron clad.” offices, where Kuryla goes rity. gram. when they’re finished they liquefied natural gas-pow- even board the ship with its “These buildings are very an incredible amount of “The idea that to build a to work, are in 1960s-era The company also viewed Next door to Terminal A is want to be on their way as ered ships set to arrive by palm canopy-inspired roof. visible. They are in the open investment by the private terminal that’s beyond a tan-and-blue building, a the new terminal as an op- the new Norwegian Cruise fast as possible. The beauti- 2022. The terminal’s new Across the bridge on the field of the ocean and the sector, by the private cruise box, it costs more money,” throwback to the earliest portunity to showcase the Line terminal, Terminal B, ful design is part of it, but facade, designed by Miami- south side of the port, Royal port,” said Fort-Brescia. lines.” Kuryla said. “It is something days of Miami scheduled to be completed not the most critical element. based Berenblum Busch Caribbean has already bro- “They have greater signif- There are two types of that is very good for [the cruising. Stones The most critical element Architects, will shine with ken ground on new icance. They are almost like deals the county struck with cruise lines.] And it’s also dug out of the sea is LED lights illuminating the headquarter offices that will an exposition, presenting the cruise companies: rent definitely very, very good during the channel’s company’s signa- nearly double the company’s themselves to the public.” deals and surcharge deals. for us.” first dredges cover the Miami workforce capacity. The county agreed to pay facade. New York architect PRIVATE DOLLARS for small infrastructure MISSED OPPORTUNITY The existing terminals Kenneth The wave of new devel- improvements for the MSC By 2022 PortMiami will PEDRO PORTAL [email protected] opment marks a change in and Royal Caribbean pro- be transformed. Still, it will Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Terminal A, as seen on Oct. 24. The sleek $266 million the way port improvements jects, but otherwise, the continue to lag other ports terminal, which evokes a high-tech ship and was designed by Broadway Malyan, was developments are complete- when it comes to shore unveiled last year.

Geneva-based MSC Cruises will unveil its U.S. headquarters and cruise terminal at PortMiami in 2022.