The Raleigh Hotel in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida is an art deco building designed by L. Murray Dixon. It is located at 1775 Collins Avenue. The hotel was closed in 2017 after damage from Hurricane Irma.[1] In 2019 it was purchased by a group of developers including SHVO and Deutsche Finance America.[2] In March 2022, it was announced that the hotel would be restored and operated by Rosewood Hotels, reopening in 2025 as Rosewood The Raleigh Miami Beach.[3]
History
Raleigh Hotel was designed by Lawrence Murray Dixon and opened in 1940.[4] Original construction cost for the property was $225,000.[5] The first ownership change for the hotel came in 1941 when Max Marmerstein purchased a half interest in the amount of $90,000.[6] In 1946, the hotel was purchased for $1 million by a group of investors from Boston, Massachusetts.[7]
In 1979, the hotel became listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building in the Miami Beach Architectural District.[8]
The hotel was purchased by the Brilla Group in 2009 for $30 million. It was sold again in 2012 to David Edelstein and Sam Nazarian for $55 million.[9] It was the purchased by Hilfiger Hospitality in $56.5 million in 2014.[9] In 2015, Hilfiger was approved by the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board to renovate the hotel.[10] The hotel was closed in 2017 after damage from Hurricane Irma prior to completion of the proposed renovations.[11]
The hotel was again sold in 2019 for $103 million. This time, it was purchased by a partnership of developers which included SHVO and Deutsche Finance America.[12] In March 2022, it was announced that the hotel would be restored and operated by Rosewood Hotels, reopening in 2025 as Rosewood The Raleigh Miami Beach.[13]
Design
The original design of the hotel included 113 rooms. The entrances were decorated with polished stone and the lobby illuminated with recessed neon.[5] The hotel included a lounge, known as the Raleigh room, as well as a dining room, cocktail lounge, barbershop, beauty parlor, and eight penthouses.[5]
The Raleigh Hotel has an "iconic pool" which was used in several movies.[10] It was featured on the cover of Life in the 1940s and featured in films that include The Birdcage, Bad Boys, and Up Close and Personal.[4]
References
- ^ Dolven, Taylor (13 February 2019). "A fashion designer just sold a Beach hotel for $103M — almost double what he got it for". Miami Herald. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ Clarke, Katherine (12 February 2019). "Fashion Mogul Tommy Hilfiger Sells Miami Beach Hotel He Aimed to Restore". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Miami's the Raleigh hotel to become a Rosewood in 2025".
- ^ a b Kennedy, Patricia (2000). Miami Beach in Vintage Postcards. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738506449. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "$225,000 Raleight Hotel Under Way On Beach". The Miami News. 7 July 1940. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Raleigh Hotel Stock Purchased". The Miami News. 2 November 1941. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Leyden, Charles (21 April 1946). "Beach Hotel Sold For $1,000,000". The Miami News. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ National Register of Historic Place Inventory-Nomination: Miami Beach Architectural District / Old Miami Beach Historic District. NARA. 1979. 1042 searchable pages of materials from 1979 to 2012. Downloading may be slow. Includes a series of 37 black and white photos, a series of 57 b&w photos from 1978, correspondence, maps, newspaper clippings, additional documentation and a 2012 amendment with 15 color photos from 2010-12.
- ^ a b Munzenrieder, Kyle (15 April 2015). "Tommy Hilfiger Wins Approval To Renovate Raleigh Hotel Into Private Club". The Miami New Times. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ a b Teeple, James (15 April 2015). "Miami Beach's Raleigh Hotel set to begin renovations". The Real Deal. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Benowitz, Shayne (30 January 2018). "Miami Beach Hotels: What's opening, what's coming soon and what is still closed after Irma". Miami Herald. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Papp, Timea-Erika. "Historic Miami Hotel Sells for $103M". Commercial Property Executive. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Miami's the Raleigh hotel to become a Rosewood in 2025".
