{"id":302301,"date":"2026-06-10T08:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302301\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T08:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:12:20","slug":"dave-martin-leads-swires-efforts-on-final-brickell-key-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302301\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Martin: Leads Swire\u2019s efforts on final Brickell Key development"},"content":{"rendered":"

\tWritten by Genevieve Bowen<\/a> on June 10, 2026<\/p>\n

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When Dave Martin became president of Swire Properties\u2019 U.S. operations in March, he stepped into leadership of a company that has spent more than four decades helping shape modern Miami. From the master-planned island of Brickell Key to the billion-dollar Brickell City Centre (BCC) development, Swire has played a defining role in the evolution of Brickell into one of the country\u2019s most prominent urban neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

Now, Mr. Martin is charged with leading the company\u2019s next chapter: The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Miami, a two-tower luxury development rising on the final undeveloped parcel of Brickell Key.<\/p>\n

Born and raised in London, Mr. Martin did not initially set out to build skyscrapers. After college, he spent a year teaching English in China, an experience that launched a three-decade career across Asia\u2019s luxury real estate markets. He went on to oversee mixed-use, hospitality, office and retail developments in Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing and Macau, working with globally recognized brands including LVMH, Chanel, Herm\u00e8s and Mandarin Oriental. The experience gave him a front-row seat to the rapid growth of some of the world\u2019s most dynamic cities and shaped his approach to large-scale urban development.<\/p>\n

Mr. Martin joined Swire Properties in 2018 to lead the retail strategy for BCC, where he helped reposition the development into one of the nation\u2019s top-performing shopping destinations. Under his leadership, the project reached full occupancy before Swire completed a record-setting $512 million sale of the retail component to Simon Property Group in 2025. The role gave him a unique perspective on Miami\u2019s transformation from a tourism-driven economy into an increasingly influential center for finance, technology and international business.<\/p>\n

Today, his focus is firmly on the future of Brickell Key. Following the implosion of the former Mandarin Oriental hotel, Swire is preparing to break ground on a new destination expected to be completed in 2030. The development is to include a new North American flagship Mandarin Oriental hotel, private residences, multiple pools and expansive landscaped amenity spaces designed by a Thailand-based landscape architecture firm, reflecting the company\u2019s Asian roots.<\/p>\n

As Miami continues its emergence as a global city, Mr. Martin sees the project not only as the culmination of Swire\u2019s 40-year vision for Brickell Key, but as part of the next phase of growth reshaping the city itself.<\/p>\n

Mr. Martin spoke with Miami Today reporter Genevieve Bowen.<\/p>\n

Read the full interview in this week\u2019s print or digital edition of Miami Today. Full access is available exclusively to our subscribers. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to access your subscription or to subscribe!<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s profile will appear in next year\u2019s Book of Leaders.<\/p>\n

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The information in this book is available nowhere else \u2013 the stories of the women and men who are shaping the development of Greater Miami.<\/p>\n

If you would like to order a copy of the Book of Leaders from 1997 to 2025 or a complete set, click\u00a0here\u00a0<\/a>to place your order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Written by Genevieve Bowen on June 10, 2026 Advertisement When Dave Martin became president of Swire Properties\u2019 U.S.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-302301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302301","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=302301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}