Adventist Health, Blue Zones, Accor Hotels and Royal Palm Companies have formed a partnership to build Legacy Tower at Miami Worldcenter, a $500 million tower in Downtown Miami. The property is the first COVID-conscious development, according to the developers, and it is the first ground breaking at Miami Worldcenter, a 27-acre community, since the start of the pandemic.

Once complete, Legacy Tower will be a 55-story tower with 310 MicroLuxe residences, 219 hotel rooms and 10-floors of medical facilities. The property is ready to take on another pandemic. According to Royal Palm Companies' CEO, Daniel Kodsi, "Here you have a medical-wellness center, combined with a hotel, residences, all-in-one tower. This is, in essence, pandemic-ready. One day, in the future, you can shelter in-place right in the building."

The anti-COVID features include hospital-grade ventilation systems and an effective air decontamination system, UV robots, touchless technology, voice-activated technology, water filtration system and antimicrobial material on all the furniture throughout the property. In addition, the property will have medical gases and ventilators onsite.

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.