Wall Street’s next tower is rising on Brickell Bay
Approved; construction planned
Ken Griffin’s Citadel plans a 54-story supertall headquarters on the bay, one of the tallest towers Miami has ever approved.
The project
A supertall headquarters on the water
Citadel, the investment firm founded by Ken Griffin, plans its global headquarters at 1201 Brickell Bay Drive. Foster + Partners designed a white, gently tapered tower with horizontal louvres on every floor and a projecting rectangular top. Plans combine offices with hotel rooms on the upper floors, plus a publicly accessible walkway along the bay.
- Address
- 1201 Brickell Bay Drive, Brickell
- Height
- About 1,030 feet (reported as 1,028–1,032 ft)
- Floors
- 54
- Architect
- Foster + Partners
- Program
- Offices, a hotel on the upper floors, retail and dining
- Public space
- A bayfront pedestrian path connecting to the Brickell Baywalk
- Approval
- Miami-Dade County Commission approved the plans in December 2025, as reported
- Status
- Approved; construction start was planned for 2026
Why it matters · Our view
Citadel moving its headquarters to Miami is one of the clearest signs of finance relocating to South Florida, the same trend behind Ken Griffin’s gift to launch Carnegie Mellon’s Wynwood campus. A tower of this scale also reshapes the Brickell waterfront and demand for offices, hotels and homes around it.
Still to be confirmed
Construction timing, final height and the completion date have not been confirmed by an official Citadel announcement we could find. Reported cost figures vary.
Sources
- Thornton Tomasetti — project engineer’s page (opens in a new tab) (height, floors, program, waterfront path)
- CTBUH Skyscraper Center (opens in a new tab) (height, floors, architects, status)
- Dezeen (opens in a new tab) (design description)
Citadel has not published its own project page; facts come from the project engineer, the CTBUH database and design press.