Gansevoort Opens South Hotel,South Beach in 2008
January 2008; the Art Deco Roney Plaza
MIAMI, FL. October 18, 2007. Following the success of the Hotel Gansevoort in Manhattan, Gansevoort Hotel Group is expanding with the January 2008 opening of the Gansevoort South Hotel, Spa and Residences, South Beach's most complete luxury lifestyle resort.
The 334-room Gansevoort South hotel is infusing glamour into the north end of Collins Avenue (between 23rd and 24th Streets), widely considered to be the next epicenter of South Beach. The landmark site (once home to the historic Roney Plaza) has been transformed into a lifestyle destination complete with a 334-room hotel and 259 condominiums. The property will feature the flagship DavidBartonGym + Spa, a full city block of luxury boutiques (including the first Miami outposts of INCA, Big Drop and Cutler), an intimate lounge by The Opium Group, restaurants by Philippe Chow and The ONE Group's STK, and a shark tank with 27 types of fish and sharks that spans 50 feet of the dramatic lobby.
Noted architect Stephen B. Jacobs and interior designer Andi Pepper - the team behind the flagship Gansevoort property in New York - have been tapped to infuse their stylish sophistication into the Gansevoort South property.
Like the New York hotel, the signature feature of Gansevoort South will be a 26,000-square-foot rooftop retreat, arguably the largest rooftop playground in the world. A tropical oasis dotted with coco palm trees and whimsical cabanas, the rooftop features a 110-foot elevated swimming pool and Plunge bar and lounge. Soaring eighteen floors high, it will offer uninterrupted views of the Atlantic Ocean, Biscayne Bay and downtown Miami.
Originally constructed in the 1960's in the classic Art Deco style of South Beach, the building is being entirely redesigned around a private beach club that will anchor the development and serve as its centerpiece and central gathering spot. On the main level, a 40,000-square-foot semi-circular oceanfront pool plaza boasts an infinity-edge pool trimmed with Bisazza glass tiles in shades of blue and gold. Teak decking, towering palm trees, oversized circular beds, plush cabanas and tented alcoves surround the pool, creating a relaxing enclave. An expansive bar/restaurant and an oversized Jacuzzi tucked beneath a flowering open-air trellis round out the space.
In between the pool deck and beach club a private cabana level is tucked into the building, offering a quiet sanctuary with ocean views. Acclaimed Nikki Beach designer Stephane Dupoux brings his signature style to the beach level which features the club's main bar, seating area, oversized lounges, cabanas, volleyball courts, and fire pits.
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