Fouquet's, the storied Parisian brasserie-turned-hotel brand, is packing its bags for Miami. The French mainstay is set to anchor a new mixed-use development in the Miami Design District, designed by Pritzker Prize winner Sir David Chipperfield and positioned to push the neighborhood's luxury profile even higher.
What’s Planned
The blueprint calls for a 12-story hotel with about 85 guestrooms alongside a 25-story residential tower with roughly 143 condominiums on nearly two acres at NE 39th Street, according to ConnectCRE. Fouquet's will run the entire food-and-beverage program at the site, with the brand planning five distinct dining concepts. The development is expected to open around 2030.
Design Review and Developers
Miami’s Design Review Board has already weighed in and liked what it saw. Board members praised the project’s elevations as “simple and subtle but elegant” and said the scheme is “very fitting to the district,” The Real Deal reports.
Developers listed in city materials include Miami Design District Associates, Fort Partners, Raycliff Capital and Constellation Hotels Holding. Records show the partnership paid about $143.6 million for the assemblage of parcels in 2022.
Design, Amenities and Sales
The project’s marketing site brands the concept as “Miami Design Residences designed by Chipperfield,” highlighting a ceramic-column façade, floor-to-ceiling glazing and more than 55,000 square feet of retail space at the base. The look is firmly in the sculptural, gallery-district vein, which should fit right in among the surrounding high-end storefronts.
Exclusive sales and marketing are being handled by Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group, with developers saying reservations and a sales gallery will roll out before a broader public launch, according to the project’s promotional materials (Miami Design Residences).
How Fouquet's Fits In
Fouquet's traces its roots to its iconic Paris brasserie, which opened in 1899, per the brand’s official site. The Barrière Group, which manages Fouquet's hotels and restaurants, dates its corporate history to 1912, according to the group’s website.
This Miami project follows Fouquet's United States debut in New York in 2022 and would be the brand’s second major American outpost, as reported by ConnectCRE.
The Real Deal also notes the development arrives amid an uptick in residential proposals in the Design District, signaling a slow but clear shift toward more full-time residents in an area long dominated by luxury retail. Developers say sales activity will ramp up through Corcoran Sunshine as marketing kicks in and permitting and construction planning move forward, with an eventual opening targeted in 2030.
