Construction — Adieu

Adieu, SkyRise Miami. Developer cancels plans to build 1,000-foot observation tower Berkowitz Development Group canceled plans to build SkyRise Miami, shown in this rendering of the 1,000-foot observation tower that was proposed for downtown Miami. ARQUITECTONICA Forget about Miami having one of the country’s tallest observation decks any time soon. SkyRise Miami, a 1,000-foot-tall vertical amusement park planned for downtown near Bayfront Park, survived a decade of legal challenges, political opposition and rising construction costs. But the pandemic finally felled the innovative and controversial project, said developer Jeffrey Berkowitz. “We moved heaven and earth during almost 10 years of challenges,...