Rendering of retail garden level in Brickell City Centre, with Swire’s ‘Climate Ribbon’ above. Swire

Swire Properties’ System Using Nature to Cool Outdoor Air Starts to Take Form at Brickell City Centre Development in Miami

For the past year, Swire Properties Inc. has touched the imagination of Floridians with talk of building America’s first “Climate Ribbon,” an environmental management system that uses nature to cool the outdoor air.

Now that the ribbon is starting to take form at Swire’s huge $1 billion Brickell City Centre, it won’t be long before tenants and shoppers can judge for themselves whether the ribbon lives up to expectations.

Brickell City Centre is located in the center of Miami’s financial district. Swire began construction in 2013 and plans to complete the first phase—5.4 million square feet, which includes retail and entertainment space, two residential towers, a hotel and high-end office space—by the end of 2015.....Continue Reading

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