Apr 03, 2015 - 0 Comments - Property Profiles -

Commercial Property Profile: Southeast Financial Center

The Southeast Financial Center in downtown Miami is a 55-story, 1.3 million square foot office complex. It has a separate extension that is home to the celebrated Downtown Athletic Club and contains a wonderful outdoor court between the two building. The principle tower of the Southeast Financial Center is a 55 story Office Tower while the other separate building is a 15 story Annex Building all built on a 2.41 acre site in the lucrative Downtown Miami business district. The main tower boasts 1,158,102 square feet of prime office space while the adjacent annex building has a health club, banking hall, retail shops and 1, 121 parking spaces as well as the building’s Central Plant.

An elevated walkway connects the two towers. A remarkable feature of this development is the 30,000 square foot plaza that is beautifully landscaped with a variety of native plants including the famed royal palm trees. An appended 150′ steel structure creates a beautiful artistic and unique architectural connection between the two towers that make up the Southeast Financial Center.

The tower is easily recognizable thanks to its “saw-tooth” design on the north-east corner. This highlight gives up to 16 corner offices on each floor and an exceedingly productive floor plan averaging 22,000 s.f. The V-notch right at the center of the tower’s west face is highlighted at night and runs the entire length of the tower. The “Qbert style” staggered rooftop is usually lit at night to highlight a downward facing arrow that can be seen from several miles offshore and exactly southeast of the building.

The Southeast Financial Center was developed by the Southeast Bank, Corporate Property Investors and Gerald D. Hines Interests for $180 million. Its unique design was to serve as the headquarters for Southeast Bank which took up half of the building’s space before the bank was liquidated in 1991.