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Encyclopedia > Brickell, Miami, Florida

Brickell (pronounced "BRICK-uhl") is a neighborhood of Downtown Miami, Florida. It lies south of the Miami River, extending south to SE 26th Road (the Rickenbacker Causeway), and is split into two subdivisions by Broadway, into Upper Brickell and Lower Brickell. [1] Edie Brickell (born March 10, 1966 in Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter. ... Downtown Miami, is the central business district of Miami-Dade County and Miami, Florida. ... Miami redirects here. ... The Miami River in Florida drains out of the Everglades and runs through downtown Miami, Florida from Miami International Airport to Biscayne Bay. ... It has been suggested that State Road 913 (Florida) be merged into this article or section. ... Intersection of Broadway and Miami Avenue in Brickell in Downtown Miami. ...


Upper Brickell is home to Miami and South Florida's financial district as well as the site of many new high-rise luxury condominium and office towers that constantly redefine the Miami skyline. Referred to as the "Manhattan of the South", Upper Brickell is home to the largest concentration of international banks in the United States, mostly along Brickell Avenue, Brickell's main north-south avenue and Miami Avenue.[2] A few hundred feet east of Upper Brickell is Brickell Key, an island of upscale, high-rise residential towers. Lower Brickell is south of Broadway and is mainly low and mid-rise residential buildings west of Brickell Avenue and high-rise residential to the east of Brickell Avenue. Lower Brickell includes the "Millionaires' Row" section of Brickell Avenue, home to many expensive residences, and home to many of Miami's most expensive apartments and condominiums. Brickell Avenue is the name given to the stretch of U.S. Route 1 in Miami-Dade County, Florida just south of the Miami River. ... Miami Avenue is a north-south street that runs through downtown Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... Brickell Avenue is the name given to the stretch of U.S. Route 1 in Miami-Dade County, Florida just south of the Miami River. ...


Although Upper Brickell has traditionally been known as the financial district, in recent years, construction of numerous condominium and apartment towers in Upper Brickell, has extended the upscale residential neighborhood feel of Lower Brickell into Upper Brickell. Recent construction in Upper Brickell has also enlarged the urban core of Brickell from Brickell Avenue west to the Metrorail line, with new office and residential towers, such as Axis at Brickell Village and Mary Brickell Village, built west of Miami Avenue. METRORail is the light rail service in Houston, Texas, United States that started on January 1, 2004. ...


At the center of the Brickell area is Mary Brickell Village with an assortment of restaurants, boutiques, services that create the only gathering area for retail and restaurants. Some the best and most well known names are leasing space in the project. The project is designed after a French style village and is meant to attract social gathering and entertainment.

Upper Brickell (before recent construction boom)
Lower Brickell (before recent construction boom)

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Companies in Brickell

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Espírito Santo Financial Group is an international group of companies based in Portugal. ... Greenberg Traurig LLP is an international law firm with approximately 1,400 attorneys and governmental professionals in 31 locations in the United States, Europe and Asia, including strategic alliances. ... Banco Santander Central Hispano is the largest bank in Spain and now has large scale operations in both the continents of Europe and South America. ... Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. ... UBS can refer to: UBS AG, a banking group Unbundled Bitstream Services United Building Society - the name of several financial institutions in different countries around the world. ... The Four Seasons can refer to: The annual cycle of the astronomical, geographic, and climatic phenomenon of season The Four Seasons, a singing group led by Frankie Valli; The Four Seasons, the collective name for four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi; The Four Seasons, the collective name for four tangos... Grant Thornton LLP encompasses the US operations of Grant Thornton International, the largest public accounting firm outside of the Big Four (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers). ... “WaMu” redirects here. ... HSBC Holdings plc (traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (LSE:HSBA, SEHK: 0005, NYSE: HBC, Euronext: HSBC, BSX: 1077223879), or The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Holdings plc, is the worlds largest corporation and the worlds largest bank, as calculated by the annual Forbes list of the worlds largest firms... Colonial Bank, a subsidiary of Colonial Bancgroup Inc. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... SunTrust Banks, Inc. ... Marriott International, Inc. ... This company has completed its merger with Bank of New York for current information, See The Bank of New York Mellon Corporate headquarters, One Mellon Center in Pittsburgh, at night. ... U.S. Century is one of the fastest-growing and best-capitalized community banks in the state of Florida. ...

References

  1. ^ Brickell (Financial) District Map
  2. ^ Miami Brickell Neighborhood Information
This is a list of neighboorhoods of the City of Miami in the U.S. state of Florida . ... Allapattah is a neighborhood partly in the city of Miami, Florida, and partly in an adjacent unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, at . The name is derived from the Seminole Indian language word meaning alligator. ... Bay Point Estates, located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, is one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Miami. ... Skyline of Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida as seen from its respective Metrorail station 3/5/2007. ... Florida State Road 972, locally known as Coral Way, is a short east-west divided highway entirely within the city of Miami, Florida, USA. Its current western terminus is Douglas Road (Southwest 37th Avenue); its eastern terminus is U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in the Brickell area of Miami. ... The Miami Design District is a section north of downtown Miami, Florida within the southern extremity of Little Haiti. ... Downtown Miami, is the central business district of Miami-Dade County and Miami, Florida. ... Flagami is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida roughly defined as the areas between Flagler Street and the Tamiami Trail west of Southwest 57th Avenue (Red Road). ... The Miami Jewelry District is a section of Downtown Miami where a variety of jeweled products are sold and is one of the three jewelry districts in the United States. ... Liberty City is an unincorporated neighborhood in northwest Miami-Dade County, Florida, west of the City of Miami and east of the City of Hialeah. ... Little Haiti (La Petite Haïti) is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida. ... Beginning of Calle Ocho (SW 8th St) in Miami just east of SW 27th Avenue, where 8th Street becomes one-way eastbound. ... Morningside is an officially designated historic neighborhood in an older part of Miami, Florida. ... Overtown is a neighborhood in the city of Miami, Florida. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Aerial view of Watson Island (the diamond-shaped island near the center) in 1992, before major development of the island occurred. ...


 
 

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