MALAYSIA-based Genting Group is expanding its global operations to Florida with the development of Resorts World Miami, part of its plan to grow its international leisure, hospitality and entertainment business.
“Resorts World Miami will be a landmark mixed-use development for Miami, Florida, and the United States,” said Genting Group chairman and chief executive, Lim Kok Thay.
Having recently purchased a 13.9-acre (5.6-hectare) land parcel from US-based The McClatchy Company for US$236-million, Genting’s masterplan for Resorts World Miami includes a mixed-use development comprising a hotel, residences, and convention, entertainment, restaurant, retail and commercial facilities.
Located in downtown Miami and linked to the South Beach, Resorts World Miami will be located near the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, as well as the upcoming Museum Park development comprising the Miami Art Museum and Miami Science Museum.
Resorts World Miami will be Genting’s second venture in the United States, after Resorts World New York at the Aqueduct Racetrack in New York.
By Ellen Chen
