Hill International to Manage Renovation, Expansion of Miami Beach Convention Center

MARLTON, N.J., and MIAMI, Fla. — Hill International recently announced it has received a contract from the City of Miami Beach to provide owner’s representative services in connection with the $500-million renovation and expansion of the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida. The three-and-a-half-year contract has an estimated value to Hill of approximately $4 million.

The Miami Beach Convention Center, as originally built in 1957, encompassed 108,000 square feet. Subsequent expansions increased the facility to its current footprint of approximately 1.2 million square feet, including approximately 502,000 square feet of exhibition space and 126,000 square feet of meeting space. The facility currently hosts approximately 145 events annually, including internationally recognized events such as Art Basel Miami Beach. Rotating conventions, meetings and a number of annual trade shows are also hosted at the facility.

The city plans to renovate and expand the convention center to “Class A” standards, in a manner that best meets the needs of its target market. The renovation and expansion project includes all exhibit halls, meeting rooms, pre-function and support spaces such as loading docks, kitchens, bathrooms, MEP systems and exterior areas. In addition, the facility will be expanded to accommodate a new ballroom and meeting space. The project will also include the conversion of approximately 880 surface parking spaces into a 6.5-acre public park and refurbishment of the Convention Center Drive and the Collins Canal seawall. New parking replacing the existing spaces will be incorporated on the roof of the building.