Nurturing the evolution of the Miami Design District
Image: Eduardo Marturet - Conductor
Over the years, Dacra has nurtured the evolution of the Miami Design District from an overlooked and stagnant neighborhood into a thriving center for commerce and creativity. Today, the Miami Design District is owned by Miami Design District Associates, which was established in 2010 as a partnership between Dacra and L Catterton Real Estate, a global real estate development and investment fund, specializing in creating luxury shopping destinations. In September 2014, General Growth Properties (GGP) purchased an interest in Miami Design District Associates.
Together the partners continue to build out and enhance this global destination by presenting the best shopping, cultural, and culinary experiences within an architecturally significant context. More than 200 stores including multiple flagships, Miami's best restaurants, established and emerging artists, architects, and designers all call the Miami Design District home. Luxury and contemporary brands like Gucci, Fendi, Prada, Bulgari, Hermès, Dior, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Rolex, Tom Ford, Valentino, Saint Laurent, Céline, Amiri, Bottega Veneta, Off—white, Givenchy, and Tiffany & Co. are already in the neighborhood, along with design showrooms, art galleries and museums including Design Within Reach, Poliform, Holly Hunt, Luminaire, Jonathan Adler, Opera Gallery, and Institute of Contemporary Art Miami. Fine dining destinations include, COTE, Le Jardinier, L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Le Specialità, Michael's Genuine Food & Drink, Mother Wolf, and ZZ's Club.
Cultural offerings include The Institute of Contemporary Art Miami (ICA), the Haitian Heritage Museum, and the public art, design installations and architecture by John Baldessari, Zaha Hadid, The Buckminster Fuller Institute, Sou Fujimoto, Marc Newson, Konstantin Grcic, Xavier Veilhan, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, and Urs Fischer.
Future retail and residential developments include Tuttle Street TM, Cassi Miami and Fouquet’s Hotel & Residences designed by David Chipperfield Architects in the west end of the neighborhood.