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JW Marriott Marquis Miami
Miami, Florida, United States · JW Marriott · Accessible Luxury
When JW Marriott Marquis Miami opened on November 4, 2010, it was the world's first hotel to carry the JW Marriott Marquis designation, marked by two oversized bronze-and-aluminum Griffin statues, Marriott's heraldic symbol, unveiled out front. Its 41-story tower packs in a 50,000-square-foot indoor entertainment complex with an NBA-approved basketball court, a virtual bowling alley, and a Jim McLean Golf School, a combination no Miami hotel had offered before.
- 297 rooms
- Opened 2010
- Neighborhood: Downtown Miami
- Rooms from 486 sq ft (45 m²)
About JW Marriott Marquis Miami
- Floors 38 through 40 hold Hotel Beaux Arts, a 44-room boutique hotel-within-the-hotel for guests who want more exclusivity than even the JW Marriott Marquis standard.
- The opening restaurant in 2010 was Daniel Boulud's DB Bistro Moderne; the same space now houses his Boulud Sud Miami, still under the chef's name.
- Marriott chairman and CEO Bill Marriott personally attended the hotel's 2010 grand opening gala.
History
The Metropolitan Miami development that gave rise to the JW Marriott Marquis occupies a site in downtown Miami where earlier commercial and office buildings had stood on what was then an underperforming block off Biscayne Boulevard. The ambition of the project — a 41-story luxury tower at 255 Biscayne Boulevard Way conceived as a new kind of hybrid hotel — required clearing and reimagining that footprint in the years before the building's 2010 opening.
When the JW Marriott Marquis Miami opened on November 4, 2010, it did so as the world's first hotel to carry the JW Marriott Marquis designation — a new tier within the Marriott portfolio intended to signal something beyond the standard JW brand. The grand opening gala, attended by Marriott chairman and CEO Bill Marriott and other senior executives, included the unveiling of two oversized bronze and aluminum Griffin statues, Marriott's heraldic symbol, in front of the building. The hotel's 297 guest rooms and 56 suites were designed with floor-to-ceiling windows that captured panoramic views of Biscayne Bay and the Miami skyline, positioning the property in deliberate visual dialogue with the city it overlooked.
The hotel's most unconventional feature was a 50,000-square-foot indoor entertainment complex spanning two floors, featuring an NBA-approved basketball court and tennis court, a Jim McLean Golf School, a fully equipped fitness center, a billiards room, and a virtual bowling alley — a combination unprecedented in American luxury hotels at the time of opening. The signature restaurant was DB Bistro Moderne from celebrated chef Daniel Boulud, a partnership that announced the hotel's intention to compete at the highest level of Miami's intensely competitive dining scene. A heated outdoor pool with city views, a fitness room with classes, and Enliven Spa completed the amenity profile.
Floors 38 through 40 housed the 44-room Hotel Beaux Arts — an ultra-premium boutique hotel within the hotel, offering a level of exclusivity calibrated for guests who required something beyond even the JW Marriott Marquis standard. The property holds AAA Four Diamond status and remains the most architecturally distinctive Marriott-branded property in downtown Miami, a mile from the NBA arena and positioned at the center of the Brickell and downtown cultural nexus.
The setting
JW Marriott Marquis Miami rises forty-one stories within the Metropolitan Miami development on Biscayne Boulevard Way, where downtown Miami's bayfront civic life, arts institutions, and financial core converge. Bayfront Park is an eight-minute walk; Bayside Marketplace is fourteen minutes along the waterfront promenade; the Pérez Art Museum Miami is twelve minutes by transit. Opened in 2010 as the first JW Marriott Marquis property in the world, the hotel anchors Biscayne Bay's most concentrated luxury hotel strip and places guests steps from both the Museum Park cultural campus and the dense dining and finance corridors of Brickell to the south. 5.4 miles from Ocean Drive.
Restaurants and bars
- Boulud Sud Miami — Restaurant · Mediterranean · Chef Daniel Boulud
- Intermezzo — Restaurant
- Met Cafe & Bar — Café · Cafe / American
- ThreeFortyFive — Restaurant · American
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Sauna
- Fitness center
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
- Florida's Leading Business Hotel 2025 (World Travel Awards) (2025)
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