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Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon Expansion

Name: Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon Expansion
Address: Miami

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5101 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami. 14 floors and 1000 hotel keys. Financed with $118.3M in February 2023.

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Announced 2023 est.Backfill original reveal: MCR first proposed adding hotel towers May 2024 (Commercial Observer). Expansion upsized to 1,000 keys in two 14-story towers per June 2026 rezoning filing.

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Financing secured Feb 2023MCR acquired the Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon for $118.3M

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Plan upsized to 1,000 keys Jun 2026MCR seeks rezoning for two 14-story hotels with 500 rooms each plus a seven-story garage, up from the 2024 plan of two eight-story hotels with 400 rooms; property total would reach 1,508 keys

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Expansion grows to 1,000 keys Jun 2026MCR filed a Miami-Dade rezoning request for two 14-story hotel buildings adding 1,000 rooms, up from an earlier plan of two eight-story hotels with about 400 rooms

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Rezoning sought for the 1,000-key expansion Jun 2026MCR affiliate M2 Miami Airport Blue Lagoon LLC filed for height and setback variances plus a rezoning from IU-2 to RU-4A for two 14-story, 500-key towers at 5101 Blue Lagoon Drive, which would lift the campus to 1,508 keys alongside the 508-room 1983 hotel, up from a 2024 plan for two eight-story buildings with 400 combined rooms.

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About the project

The Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon Expansion is a planned 1,000-room addition by New York hotel owner-operator MCR at 5101 Blue Lagoon Drive in Miami, on the 20.6-acre waterfront site of its existing 508-room Hilton overlooking Blue Lagoon near Miami International Airport. Designed by Behar Font & Partners, with landscape architecture by Walk Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, the plan adds two new 14-story hotel buildings that match the height of the current tower and would lift the property to 1,508 keys, with guestrooms of roughly 320 to 860 square feet, a seven-story self-parking garage and a separate valet garage serving the existing hotel. The Hilton would stay open throughout construction, turning one of the largest airport-area hotel campuses in South Florida into an even bigger lodging and meetings destination.