CORAL GABLES, FL. November 2022 – Famed global architecture, planning, and design multinational firm CRTKL celebrates the grand opening of Loews Coral Gables Hotel in Plaza Coral Gables. Nestled only a few steps south of the iconic Miracle Mile in Coral Gables, FL. The hotel is setting new higher standards in the hospitality industry in South Florida. The hotel offers fine dining, chic entertainment, and lush tropical green spaces for guests and locals to create cherished memories with family and friends.
Loews Coral Gables Hotel boasts 242 luxurious guestrooms, including 23 stylish, irresistible suites with spacious living areas featuring a modern design and layout to ensure guests enjoy a comfortable stay. Among the impressive amenities, Loews Coral Gables Hotel offers its guests a deluxe spa designed to boost relaxation; an up-scale fitness center; a sparkling and calm swimming pool, and four excellent restaurants and stellar lounges. Loews Coral Gables Hotel offers 31,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor meeting space, including a 9,000 square foot ballroom – the largest and most elegant in the city. The spectacular views from the 9th-floor event deck of downtown Coral Gables, appropriately known as The City Beautiful, are unrivaled in the region.
Hotel Highlights Include:
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- 242 guest rooms, including 23 luxury suites
- 16,000 square feet of indoor meeting space
- 15,000 square feet of outdoor function space featuring an oversized event deck with extreme panoramic views of Downtown Coral Gables and beyond.
- Four fantastic, locally-inspired restaurants and lounges: Americana Kitchen, Americana Bar, Phineas, Miami Joe Coffee Co.
- There’s no better backdrop for soaking up the Florida sun than the 9th-floor pool and bar area. The pool is open for hotel guests.
- The poolside cabanas feature complete delectable food service. As the temperature rises, sip a poolside cocktail to make your stay legendary.
- First-class fitness Center featuring Peloton equipment and weight training facilities.
- A spa offers an invitation to customized relaxation and rejuvenation pampering with expert consultants to give each guest a genuine personal spa experience. The spa also offers guests a high-quality hair and nail salon.
- Complimentary user-friendly Wi-Fi in all guest rooms and public spaces.
- Part of the 2.1 million square foot mixed-use development, The Plaza Coral Gables features luxury retail, restaurants featuring cuisine from international favorites to local specialties, and a great collection of exclusively curated art.
“We are honored to work with Agave Holdings, LLC and the Loews’ team and to celebrate the opening of the Loews Coral Gables,” comments Daniel Freed, leading Principal of the CRTKL Miami office. “This impressive and epic property will breathe new life into downtown Coral Gables and serve as a lifestyle jewel for the community and a special gathering place for the surrounding neighborhoods, Miami, and Southern Florida.”
In partnership with Agave Holdings, LLC, Loews Coral Gables Hotel is part of The Plaza Coral Gables. The new hotel is uniquely designed to embrace the significant local culture, style, and history. Created with beauty, sustainability, and mindful balance as a top priority, it incorporates a 1-acre public plaza facing Ponce de Leon Blvd. and the newly enhanced Ponce Circle Park. The Plaza Coral Gables is the adjacent location offering a full range of world-class services and a unique blend of tradition, heritage, and innovation. These services provide convenient community opportunities, including modern and premier office spaces, phenomenal street-level shopping, casual and formal dining, and residential living interlaced by a lush tropical landscape pedestrian network.
CRTKL’s plan for the architecture of The Plaza Coral Gables project was to create a unique combination of buildings built over time. To infuse the project with authenticity, originality, and newness, the CRTKL team spent time researching and studying architecture from various Spanish regions around the Mediterranean. Additionally, the team visited numerous historic buildings around Coral Gables to create an autochthonous landmark that will become a future point of interest for the city. The team’s plan to place the Loews Coral Gables Hotel as the grand centerpiece of the project is as if they’re forecasting an iconic status for its monumental architecture, design, and location.
The CRTKL team found inspiration for the hotel’s plush interiors in the rich distinctiveness of Spain’s expansive and vibrant culture, profound history, and the traditional, fast-paced Pasodoble dance. The hotel’s lobby reflects the masculine element of the 18th-century dance, with polished marble stone floors, neutral colors, decorative screens, and circular light fixtures that evoke the military motions of the dance. The conference areas and ballroom exude feminine rendering with sublime floor coverings and striking light fixtures reminiscent of the delicate lace mantilla veil.
The lace-patterned carpet leads to a portal evocative of enormous Spanish wooden doors welcoming guests to their stately rooms. Enticing details of red burst throughout, as if igniting the passion and sensuality of the Pasodoble. The guestrooms combine the culmination of this passionate dance, with both dancers depicted in the sophisticated design created by the CRTKL Miami team.