Serafina and Sixty Vines Set To Open In Miami Worldcenter

Four national food and beverage concepts will be joining the extensive roster of tenants at Miami Worldcenter, the $6 billion, 27-acre mixed-use development transforming the heart of Downtown Miami. The development’s ownership group has completed leases with Serafina, an internationally acclaimed and New York City-founded Italian restaurant group; Sixty Vines, a sustainable restaurant with an exciting wine-on-tap program and vineyard-inspired food; and a dual-concept location for BurgerFi and Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza & Wings.

Miami Worldcenter’s newest restaurants, which are anticipated to open in 2024, will build on the development’s exceptional lineup of recently opened food and beverage outlets, including three concepts by Ariete Hospitality Group’s Michelin-star-rated Chef Michael Beltran, Brasserie Laurel, Chug’s Express, and El Vecino Cigar & Cocktail Bar, and two additional restaurants expected to open soon, Earls Kitchen & Bar and Chicago’s Maple & Ash.

As one of the largest privately owned and developed urban real estate developments in Florida, Miami Worldcenter, which is currently coming alive in phases, features a diverse mix of residential, commercial and hospitality uses complemented by a total of 300,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, and entertainment space. Approximately 84% of the development’s retail space has been leased.

Miami Worldcenter is being developed by master developers Miami Worldcenter Associates, led by Managing Partners Art Falcone and Nitin Motwani, in partnership with CIM Group.

“We’re excited to unveil another stellar lineup of restaurants opening soon at Miami Worldcenter, with Serafina, Sixty Vines, and BurgerFi/Anthony’s providing an excellent variety of dining options for our residents and visitors,” said Nitin Motwani, Managing Partner of Miami Worldcenter Associates. “From upscale Italian and sustainably sourced dishes for wine-lovers, to familiar fast-causal favorites, our newest food and beverage concepts will perfectly complement our existing restaurant offerings and appeal to foodies from all over – whether you’re grabbing a quick bite before a Miami Heat game or a concert at the Kaseya Center or visiting Miami Worldcenter for a five-star meal.”

Miami Worldcenter’s three newest restaurants are all expected to open in 2024:

Internationally acclaimed Serafina is known for its lively atmosphere and contemporary Italian cuisine crafted with the best imported quality ingredients. Since opening the first Serafina restaurant in New York City’s Upper East Side in 1995, the eatery’s ownership has expanded the Serafina family of restaurants with 46 locations across the eastern U.S. and in eight different countries around the world. Serafina’s Downtown Miami location at Miami Worldcenter will occupy 8,176 square feet of space at 652 NE 1st Avenue, Suite H-144, with outdoor patio seating along the development’s 7th Street pedestrian promenade.

Sixty Vines is a renowned restaurant collection celebrated for its commitment to sustainability through wine on tap and vineyard-inspired dishes. Often referred to as “the wine lover’s restaurant,” the globally inspired and seasonally sourced restaurant has locations across the country in Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida. Sixty Vines’ Miami Worldcenter location will occupy 8,672 square feet of space at 150 NE 8th Street, Suite F-135, with outdoor patio seating overlooking the development’s World Square public plaza.

Franchisee NDM Hospitality Services, LLC, an innovator in the travel and dining industries, is bringing one of Florida’s first co-branded locations for the popular fast-casual and premium-casual chain restaurants BurgerFi and Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza & Wings (“Anthony’s”) to Miami Worldcenter. The dual-concept restaurant will feature both full-service seating and grab-and-go options from BurgerFi and Anthony’s, as well as a full bar serving beer, wine, and liquor. BurgerFi/Anthony’s Miami Worldcenter location will occupy 3,835 square feet of space at 851 NE 1st Ave., Suite C-114.

Retail leasing at Miami Worldcenter is led by CIM Group, a partner in Miami Worldcenter, and Miami-based The Comras Company. CIM Group is a community-focused real estate and infrastructure owner, operator, lender, and developer. The Comras Company is a leading, boutique real estate firm providing retail leasing, asset sales, consulting, and development advisory services throughout South Florida.

“Food is a significant factor when people make decisions about where they want to live, work or visit and we have worked diligently to cultivate an array of appealing and popular concepts at Miami Worldcenter,” noted Shaul Kuba, Co-Founder and Principal, CIM Group. “The expansive collection of restaurant options at Miami Worldcenter offers residents and visitors a wide range of cuisines in diverse environments including on-the-go meals, casual and fine dining.”

In addition to its exceptional lineup of restaurants, Miami Worldcenter is also home to the brand-new affordable luxury citizenM Miami Worldcenter hotel, which opened earlier this year; a new showroom and service center for luxury electric vehicle company Lucid Motors; as well as recently opened locations for national retail brands lululemon and Sephora. Announced tenants set to open in the next year include dining and entertainment concepts Sports & Social and Bowlero; a permanent location for the world-famous experiential and immersive Museum of Ice Cream; as well as other nationally recognized concepts including Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty, Club Studio, Ray-Ban, and Posman Books.

Miami Worldcenter is now home to three completed residential towers – PARAMOUNT Miami Worldcenter, Caoba, and Bezel Miami. Additionally, construction is underway at phase one of the 52-story Miami World Tower, which will comprise 550 apartment units; at Legacy Hotel & Residences, a 50-story mixed-use tower with 310 branded residences atop a hotel and 50,000 square feet of medical office space; at the second phase of Caoba, which will encompass an adjacent 40-story tower with 420 apartments; and at The Crosby, a 450-unit turn-key condominium by Related Group and Merrimac Ventures.

Planned developments include 600 Miami Worldcenter, a 579-unit fully furnished condominium by Aria Development Group and Merrimac Ventures; a 65-story condo tower with 700+ residential units by New York-based developer Naftali Group; a mixed-use residential and commercial development by Abbhi Capital; and a three-tower mixed-use residential project by The Witkoff Group.

Complementing Miami Worldcenter’s retail streets will be World Square, a 20,000-square-foot outdoor public plaza and park. Designed as a central gathering place, World Square will serve as the heartbeat of the development featuring an abundance of open space, shade trees, and oversized, pedestrian-friendly sidewalks lined with dining, entertainment, and retail concepts.'

Miami Worldcenter’s $5 million public art initiative – curated by international art dealer Jeffrey Deitch and Miami-based curatorial collective PRIMARY – transforms the streets and buildings of the 27-acre ‘city within a city’ into a permanent outdoor art museum. Now complete, the program features a variety of contemporary and modern art works – in the form of large-scale murals, paintings, and sculptures – created by globally acclaimed artists including Nina Chanel Abney, Woody De Othello, Viktor El-Saieh, Nick Cave, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Hernan Bas, Serge Toussaint, Zadok Ben-David and Franz Ackermann.

Miami Worldcenter occupies 10 city blocks within walking distance of Museum Park, home to Pérez Art Museum Miami and the Frost Museum of Science; the newly renamed home of the Miami Heat, the Kaseya Center; the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts; and Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus. It is also adjacent to Brightline’s MiamiCentral station, which offers direct train service from Downtown Miami to Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach and Orlando, together with access to Tri-Rail, the Metromover, and the Metrorail – making Miami Worldcenter the largest and most connected transit-oriented development in Florida.

Nationally Acclaimed Sports & Social Dining & Entertainment Concept Coming To Miami Worldcenter

Live! Hospitality & Entertainment has signed an agreement with Miami Worldcenter to bring its nationally acclaimed concept, Sports & Social, to the $4 billion, 27-acre mixed-use development transforming the heart of Downtown Miami. The 20,000-square-foot venue will include an open-air rooftop restaurant overlooking the project’s World Square public park and plaza.

Sports & Social will join Miami Worldcenter’s enticing lineup of recently announced tenants including two food and beverage concepts opening soon by Michelin-star Chef Michael Beltran, Brasserie Laurel and El Vecino; Chicago’s Maple & Ash and etta restaurants; as well as other nationally recognized brands including Sephora, Bowlero, and Lucid Motors. These seven concepts, along with the development’s newest tenant, total approximately 110,000 square feet of leased retail space in Downtown Miami’s ‘city-within-a-city.’

“The addition of Sports & Social to our tenant mix proves that there will be something for everyone at Miami Worldcenter,” said Nitin Motwani, Managing Partner of Miami Worldcenter Associates. “Every restaurant and store that will open at Miami Worldcenter is carefully selected to ensure the ultimate live-work-play experience that appeals to Downtown Miami’s growing residential and commercial population.”

Sports & Social is a premier dining, entertainment, sports viewing, and social concept by Live! Hospitality & Entertainment, one of the largest developers and operators of restaurants and entertainment concepts in the United States. The company’s focus is on delivering signature venues in high-profile entertainment and lifestyle districts, world-class casino resort destinations, and adjacent to professional sports stadiums around the country. Sports & Social has nine locations nationwide including The Battery adjacent to Truist Park in Atlanta; Ballpark Village adjacent to Busch Stadium in St. Louis; Texas Live! in the Arlington Entertainment District; and Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. Additionally, Sports & Social will open another South Florida location at Dolphin Mall in winter 2022.

Located just steps away from Miami’s FTX Arena, Sports & Social’s Miami Worldcenter location will occupy approximately 20,000 square feet within the development’s glass-encased ‘Jewel Box’ retail building and will include an open-air third level and a rooftop restaurant overlooking the World Square public park and plaza. The venue will bring upscale food and beverage offerings including made-from-scratch gameday favorites, craft cocktails and specialty drinks, including its signature Crush selection, and a variety of beer from national brews and local favorites. Sports & Social will host a variety of special food-focused events including a can’t-miss brunch experience on Saturdays and Sundays featuring its famous #brunchtails table drinks and menu favorites like avocado toast, savory breakfast skillets, and its signature Chicken & Bliss.

Sports & Social Miami will feature a variety of live music and special events throughout the week, including one of the best sports watching experiences in the region with its premier game-day Sports Watch activations. Outfitted with state-of-the-art technology, the space will boast an impressive 53-foot LED display at its centerpiece that will show multiple games and sporting events at once. Guests can also enjoy a wide variety of social games such as skee-ball, foosball, pop-a-shot, arcade games, shuffleboard, and Beirut. Each location of Sports & Social is uniquely designed with careful attention to every detail by some of the highest profile firms in the world including ICRAVE, Jeffrey Beers International and Knauer Incorporated. Sports & Social at Miami Worldcenter is being designed by ICRAVE, an internationally acclaimed award-winning strategy, design, and development firm. Based in Miami and New York City, ICRAVE has been leading the design for Sports & Social’s growth nationally.

“Miami Worldcenter Associates and CIM Group are one of the premier development teams in the country and we are excited to work with them to bring Sports & Social to downtown Miami at Miami Worldcenter,” said Reed Cordish, Principal of The Cordish Companies and CEO of Live! Hospitality & Entertainment. “As we continue to expand the concept nationwide, we take great pride in ensuring that each location of Sports & Social is specifically curated from our elevated food and beverage offerings and premier entertainment experiences to our best-in-class architecture and design.”

Retail leasing at Miami Worldcenter is led by CIM Group, partner in Miami Worldcenter, and Miami-based The Comras Company. CIM Group is a community-focused real estate and infrastructure owner, operator, lender, and developer. The Comras Company is a leading, boutique real estate firm providing retail leasing, asset sales, consulting, and development advisory services throughout South Florida.

“People are drawn to walkable areas that provide a welcoming environment with beautiful public spaces and a mix of experiences. At Miami Worldcenter we are delivering all of that, and the addition of Sports & Social brings a high-energy and captivating concept to the development that further evolves the premier array of retail, dining and entertainment options that our team has assembled,” said Shaul Kuba, Co-Founder and Principal, CIM Group.

Several phases of the project have already been completed, including three residential towers – PARAMOUNT Miami Worldcenter, Caoba, and Bezel Miami – and approximately 175,000 square feet of retail space. Coming up, a 351-room citizenM hotel is expected to open at Miami Worldcenter by the end of the year, along with another 125,000 square feet of retail space. Additionally, construction is underway at the 52-story Miami World Towers, which will comprise 550 apartment units; at Legacy Hotel & Residences, a 50-story mixed-use tower with 310 branded residences atop a hotel and 50,000 square feet of medical office space; and at the second phase of Caoba, which will encompass an adjacent 40-story tower with 420 apartments.

Planned developments include The Crosby, a 450-unit turn-key condominium by Related Group and Merrimac Ventures; a pair of “supertall” residential towers by New York-based Naftali Group; and a three-tower mixed-use project by The Witkoff Group, which will include up to 2,000 residential units as well as 550,000 square feet of office space and another 50,000 square feet of retail.

Complementing Miami Worldcenter’s open-air retail will be World Square, a 20,000-square-foot public plaza and park. Designed as a central gathering place and outdoor event space, World Square will serve as the heartbeat of the development featuring an abundance of shade trees, works of art by local and international artists, and oversized, pedestrian-friendly sidewalks lined with dining, entertainment, and retail concepts.

Miami Worldcenter’s development team also recently launched a $5 million public art initiative – curated by international art dealer Jeffrey Deitch and Miami-based curatorial collective PRIMARY – that will transform the streets and buildings of the 27-acre ‘city within a city’ into a permanent outdoor art museum. The program’s first piece to be completed is a massive colorful mural by Nina Chanel Abney, which graces the walls of a pedestrian tunnel under the development’s PARAMOUNT residential tower and the exterior façade of its multi-level parking garage. Additional artists confirmed to exhibit pieces at Miami Worldcenter include Woody De Othello, Viktor El-Saieh, Nick Cave, and Trenton Doyle Hancock.

Sephora, Lucid Motors and Bowlero Sign Leases For 90K SF At Miami Worldcenter

Sephora, Lucid Motors, and Bowlero have become the latest brands to announce leases at Miami Worldcenter, accounting for 90,000 square feet of retail space signed within the last 90 days at the $4 billion, 27-acre mixed-use development in Downtown Miami.

Sephora, a leader in prestige omni-retail with the purpose of creating an inviting beauty community; Lucid Motors, which seeks to set new standards in sustainable transportation with its advanced luxury electric vehicles; and Bowlero, a full-entertainment concept that reinvented the bowling experience with elevated retro-inspired interior design, interactive arcades, and inventive dining, are taking a combined 60,000 square feet of space along the open-air shopping and entertainment promenades, and will join a growing roster of brands that recently announced openings at Miami Worldcenter beginning in 2022.

Miami Worldcenter’s newest restaurant tenants, announced earlier this year, include Chicago’s Maple & Ash and etta, and Miami Chef Michael Beltran’s Brasserie Laurel and El Vecino. These four concepts, along with the latest tenants, total approximately 90,000 square feet of leased retail space in Downtown Miami’s ‘city-within-a-city’ within the last 90 days.

“On the heels of announcing an award-winning lineup of restaurant concepts slated to open at Miami Worldcenter, we are upping the ante with a trio of nationally and globally recognized lifestyle brands. These tenants exemplify the diversity we are offering throughout our residential, hospitality and office developments across Miami Worldcenter,” said Nitin Motwani, Managing Partner of Miami Worldcenter Associates. “Bringing to life the retail components of Miami Worldcenter’s master plan is critical to transforming our 27-acre site into a thriving open-air destination.”

Prestige omni-retailer Sephora will occupy more than 6,000 square feet of retail space at Miami Worldcenter. Delivering on its promise to offer ease and convenience, and meeting clients where they are, Sephora strategically selected Miami Worldcenter as a critical nexus for reaching Downtown Miami’s ever-growing number of residents, tourists and daytime population. Sephora will be located at the World Square plaza along Miami Worldcenter’s 7th Street Promenade.

Lucid Motors, a growing luxury electric vehicle company that applies innovative engineering, design, and technology to define a new class of vehicle, is developing a multi-use facility for Miami Worldcenter, taking nearly 23,000 square feet of space. In addition to a Lucid Studio, which allows customers to experience the brand and its lineup of luxury electric vehicles in an environment that underscores the company’s signature design aesthetic, this location will also serve as a service facility as well as a delivery center for the Lucid Air luxury electric sedan as well as future models. The facility will be located at Miami Worldcenter along 1st Avenue and 10th Street.

Bowlero is set to make its Downtown Miami debut, bringing the best in bowling, epic eats, live entertainment/nightlife, and exceptional events to Miami Worldcenter. The retro-inspired brand will occupy more than 31,000 square feet within Miami Worldcenter’s glass-encased ‘Jewel Box’ retail building overlooking World Square plaza. The new venue will add to Bowlero’s already considerable presence in Florida, with 25 centers throughout the state including locations in Sweetwater and Dania Beach. Bowlero at Miami Worldcenter will be a one-stop entertainment destination complete with 28 signature blacklight bowling lanes, plush lounge style seating, and hi-definition video screens that bring the game to an entirely new level. The new Bowlero will also feature a giant arcade with 75 state-of-the-art games, a sports bar, and the brand’s impressive menu that includes upscale food and beverage offerings.

Retail leasing at Miami Worldcenter is led by CIM Group, partner in Miami Worldcenter, and Miami-based The Comras Company. CIM Group is a community-focused real estate and infrastructure owner, operator, lender, and developer. The Comras Company is a leading, boutique real estate firm providing retail leasing, asset sales, consulting and development advisory services throughout South Florida.

“CIM believes the retail component is pivotal to creating a captivating experience at Miami Worldcenter. To engage residents and visitors Miami Worldcenter is modeled on the proposition that people want human connections and will seek out retail and entertainment destinations that are attractive, walkable and populated with a carefully selected mix of retail and restaurants,” said Shaul Kuba, Co-Founder and Principal, CIM Group.

Spanning 10 city blocks, Miami Worldcenter will feature a diverse mix of residential, commercial and hospitality uses complemented by approximately 300,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space. These include two completed residential buildings--the 60-story Paramount Miami Worldcenter condominium and the 43-story Caoba luxury apartment tower. Approximately 150,000 square feet of retail has been completed for tenant build-outs, and another 130,000 square feet is currently under construction and nearing delivery. Construction is nearing completion at ZOM’s 43-story Bezel Miami Worldcenter residential tower and at the 351-room citizenM hotel, both of which are expected to open later this year.

Complementing Miami Worldcenter’s open-air retail will be World Square, a 20,000-square-foot public plaza and park. Designed as a central gathering place and outdoor event space, World Square will serve as the heartbeat of the city-within-a-city featuring an abundance of shade trees, works of art by local and international artists, and oversized, pedestrian-friendly sidewalks lined with dining, entertainment, and retail concepts.

Miami Worldcenter occupies 10 city blocks within walking distance of Museum Park, home to Pérez Art Museum Miami and the Frost Museum of Science; FTX Arena; the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts; and Miami Dade College’s Downtown Miami campus. It is also adjacent to Brightline’s MiamiCentral station, which will soon offer direct train service to Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Orlando, together with access to TriRail, the Metromover and the Metrorail – making Miami Worldcenter the largest and most connected transit-oriented development in Florida.