MIAMI-After receiving funding to complete the stalled office tower last week, Foram Group has unveiled plans to open the doors to 600 Brickell at Brickell World Plaza in August. In fact, Foram is making a bold promise to bring a luxury building to the Miami scene that will demand the attention of the global office market.
"We designed the building from the inside out, not the outside in,” says Loretta Cockrum, Foram’s founder, chairman and CEO. “We wanted the most efficient office building ever designed, with no wasted space or wasted energy. This is a building of the future more than a building of the present. A lot of love has gone into that building, and a lot of pride "
Formerly known as the Brickell Financial Centre, the 600,000-square-foot, 40-story project is located in the heart of Downtown Miami’s Financial District. Foram is claiming the building will set a new international standard for both technology and sustainability in office development.
On the sustainability front, 600 Brickell will be one of only three LEED Platinum-Certified high-rise office buildings east of the Mississippi and the only one of its size south of Charlotte, N.C. Currently, there are only 13 Platinum-certified (CS), high-rise office buildings of this size in the world.
“Since we made the strategic decision to slow construction, we’ve spared no detail with this project,” says Foram President John Breistol. “We aimed to create the most connected, forward-looking property while keeping the most demanding tenant in mind. We will move Foram’s corporate headquarters there. We will go up the elevator every morning and go to work. We will be there.”
On the technology front, 600 Brickell will offer its tenants direct access to the Internet backbone of the world through underground, redundant fiber-optic connections. Foram is betting this feature will attract international trading floors, post-production media facilities, and other companies that need to transfer large amounts of data securely. 600 Brickell is poised to become ISO 27001 Certified, an international benchmark for information security.
“600 Brickell is blazing a new trail in the real estate industry,” says Joe O’Connor, senior executive director for Cisco Connected Real Estate. “By positioning tenants to take advantage of technology’s exponential gains in power and speed, companies at 600 Brickell can be ready for the future from day one. We know this ability can be critical for a business.”
CB Richard Ellis is the exclusive broker for the project, and is marketing 600 Brickell to potential tenants around the world. No
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