The structural frame for a glass skybridge connecting the Miami Beach Convention Center to the new Grand Hyatt Miami Beach hotel is now in place.

The Miami Beach Convention Center posted on X on Nov. 4 that the climate-controlled walkway will let guests move between the two buildings. The skybridge will link the convention center campus to the 800-room Grand Hyatt rising at 1701 Convention Center Drive.

The hotel is being developed by MB Mixed-Use Investment, LLC / Terra and is expected to open in 2027, according to a parking analysis submitted to the city's Public Safety & Neighborhood Quality of Life Committee in October. An employee transportation plan submitted to the same committee put the opening at late 2027.

The Grand Hyatt project is one of the largest hospitality developments in Miami Beach in years. The hotel will include 800 guest rooms, roughly 60,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space, more than 15,000 square feet of restaurant and lounge space, and about 2,900 square feet of retail, according to the Walker Consultants study prepared for the developer.

The hotel will also have an 8,000-square-foot event lawn.

Parking has been a focus of city review. The project includes a 320-space on-site garage in a valet-operated, stacked configuration, plus 350 leased spaces at the 1691 Michigan Avenue Garage. Walker Consultants projected peak weekday demand at 537 spaces in March and peak weekend demand at 529 spaces. The total 670-space supply would leave a surplus of 133 spaces on weekdays and 141 on weekends, the analysis found.

The hotel is expected to employ about 400 workers across three daily shifts, with 150 to 200 on-site at any given time during peak periods, according to the transportation plan.

Construction is already reshaping the surrounding streetscape. A city memo from City Manager Eric Carpenter to the Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee, dated Oct. 28, noted that the sidewalk near the hotel site is closed to pedestrians. A detour is in place and the closure is expected to last through late 2027.

That same memo addressed wayfinding between the convention center and Lincoln Road. Commissioner Joseph Magazine, who sponsored the wayfinding referral, told the committee at a June 4, 2025, meeting that Convention Center visitors can exit the building feeling like they are "in the middle of nowhere," just steps from Lincoln Road without realizing it. Staff is exploring a new monument wayfinding sign, though the estimated $40,000 design cost is unfunded.

The skybridge frame going up signals the Grand Hyatt project is moving from foundation work to visible structure above Convention Center Drive. The sidewalk closure and detour near 17th Street and Convention Center Drive are expected to remain through late 2027.