{"id":250277,"date":"2026-04-28T22:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250277\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T22:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:27:09","slug":"ken-griffin-expands-office-space-at-planned-brickell-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250277\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Griffin Expands Office Space at Planned Brickell Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Ken Griffin is bolstering the office space at his Brickell supertall that will serve as Citadel and Citadel Securities\u2019 headquarters, with the firms potentially taking additional square footage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Griffin now is developing a standalone 54-story, <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2024\/08\/26\/renderings-details-of-ken-griffins-1b-miami-supertall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1.7 million-square-foot office tower<\/a>, nixing the planned hotel, <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/04\/ken-griffin-zohran-mamdani-miami-nyc-citadel-1201-brickell\/?utm_campaign=BreakingNews&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=sailthru\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Commercial Observer reported<\/a>. Although the news comes amid a public <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/new-york\/2026\/04\/15\/real-estate-reacts-to-governors-pied-a-terre-tax-proposal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">kerfuffle<\/a> between the billionaire and New York Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/national\/2026\/04\/10\/listen-mamdanis-first-100-days-through-real-estate-scope\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, the Brickell supertall office expansion was planned prior to the spat.<\/p>\n<p>In an April 15 video, Mamdani endorsed a proposed 5 percent pieds-\u00e0-terre tax, standing in front of 220 Central Park South, where Griffin bought a penthouse as a part-time residence for a record $238 million in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Citadel COO Gerald Beeson pushed back in a staff memo \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/ken-griffin-pushes-back-after-mamdani-features-his-238-million-penthouse-in-tax-the-rich-video-8a78afd3?mod=hp_featst_pos4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> by the Wall Street Journal \u2014 calling it \u201cshameful\u201d that Griffin was singled out \u201cas the example of those who supposedly aren\u2019t carrying their fair share of the burdens associated with New York City\u2019s often costly and wasteful spending.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since Mamdani\u2019s video, Griffin has hinted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/articles\/ken-griffin-citadel-new-york-office-tower-mamdani-tax-5778c4de\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">walking away<\/a> from the planned 62-story office project at <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/new-york\/2026\/02\/10\/citadel-takes-stake-in-vornados-350-park-avenue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">350 Park Avenue<\/a>. The project would represent an investment of more than $6 billion, Beeson told employees.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Miami\u2019s business-friendly climate has resonated with the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiami is open for business, and the unparalleled quality of our development will drive the tenancy of leading global firms, including Citadel and Citadel Securities,\u201d a Citadel spokesperson told CO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whether Citadel and Citadel Securities would take additional office space at the Brickell supertall is yet to be decided. The original plan was for the firms to take about 300,000 square feet to 400,000 square feet, with the balance of the space leased out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tower is planned for the 2.5-acre bayfront site at 1201 Brickell Bay Drive in Miami, which Griffin bought for <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2024\/08\/26\/renderings-details-of-ken-griffins-1b-miami-supertall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$363 million <\/a>in 2022, marking a record at the time. Site work has started, with <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2025\/01\/24\/ken-griffin-taps-related-cos-to-co-develop-citadel-miami-hq\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Related Companies<\/a> partnering with Griffin on the $1 billion project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Until it\u2019s completed, Citadel and Citadel Securities are leasing at OKO Group and Cain\u2019s 830 Brickell. Griffin also owns the 28-story 1221 Brickell Avenue office building across the street from the headquarters supertall\u2019s development site.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tRead more<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"BlogrollPost\" href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2024\/03\/05\/ken-griffins-citadel-hq-tower-in-brickell-to-include-hotel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ken-Griffin-Citadel-HQ-Tower-in-Brickell-to-Include-Hotel_FT-Thumbnail-150x106.jpg\" class=\"FeaturedImage_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ken Griffin\u2019s Citadel HQ Tower in Brickell to Include Hotel\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDevelopment\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSouth Florida\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ken Griffin\u2019s planned Citadel HQ tower in Brickell to include luxury hotel<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"BlogrollPost\" href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2024\/07\/24\/billionaire-ken-griffin-submits-plans-for-miami-supertall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Billionaire-Ken-Griffin-Submits-Plans-for-Miami-Supertall-f-150x106.jpg\" class=\"FeaturedImage_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Billionaire Ken Griffin Submits Plans for Miami Supertall\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDevelopment\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSouth Florida\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire Ken Griffin submits site plan for mixed-use Miami supertall<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"BlogrollPost\" href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2024\/11\/19\/ken-griffin-linked-to-condo-buyout-next-to-planned-supertall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ft_MIA_Brickell-Condo-Buyout-150x106.png\" class=\"FeaturedImage_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tResidential\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSouth Florida\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire Ken Griffin linked to Miami condo buyout next to his planned supertall<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billionaire Ken Griffin is bolstering the office space at his Brickell supertall that will serve as Citadel and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226,109564],"class_list":["post-250277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news","tag-ken-griffin-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}