迈阿密市国际机场威斯汀酒店项目流产：FAA认定150英尺楼体会造成雷达盲区
迈阿密国际机场规划中的威斯汀酒店项目正式流产。开发商已退出，迈阿密-戴德县政府正在终止相关租约，并准备重新招标。据《The Real Deal》10月8日首报、迈阿密-戴德县航空总监拉尔夫·库蒂埃（Ralph Cutié）在县会议上确认了这一决定。
该项目由亿万富翁史蒂芬·罗斯（Stephen Ross）旗下的 Related Ross 与杰弗里·索弗（Jeffrey Soffer）旗下的 Fontainebleau Development 联合开发，两家公司于2023年赢得一份为期50年的机场地租。酒店计划挂万豪旗下威斯汀（Westin）品牌，共451间客房、楼高150英尺，占地1.8英亩，并通过一座人行桥连接机场D航站楼，配套两家餐厅、带露台的泳池、水疗中心、健身房和会议活动空间。机场2024年1月对外公布该计划时，目标开业时间为2026年，后推迟至2029年。
项目夭折的关键是联邦航空管理局（FAA）的安全审查。2024年8月，FAA在审核中认定，这栋150英尺高的建筑会在机场雷达上形成盲区。航空部门随后提出替代方案，同样被FAA驳回。此后近两年，双方围绕降低楼层高度展开谈判。据旅游媒体 One Mile at a Time 报道，开发商最终认定项目“不再具有经济可行性”，决定退出。县政府预计在一个月内完成租约终止程序。
按租约条款，机场原本每年可收取250万美元或酒店总收入3.5%（取较高者）作为租金。据 Hoodline 报道，部分县委员批评官员没有及时向委员会通报进展，并追问县政府是否需要为开发商已投入的费用作出赔偿。Related Ross 与 Fontainebleau Development 均拒绝向 Hoodline 置评。
对旅客而言，迈阿密国际机场目前仍只有一家航站楼内酒店：位于E航站楼的259间客房的 MIA Hotel，该酒店1959年开业，县委员会今年5月批准其续营五年、另加五年续约选项。D航站楼内有 Wait N Rest 公司运营的短时休息舱和淋浴间（2024年县合同）。酒店运营商 MCR 今年6月另提交计划，拟在希尔顿迈阿密机场 Blue Lagoon 酒店加建两栋共1000间客房的塔楼，尚未公布开业时间。流产的威斯汀酒店从未开放预订，因此没有旅客需要改签。One Mile at a Time 估计，迈阿密机场在2030年前都不会有新的航站楼酒店开业。
（综合自 The Real Deal、Hoodline、NonRev Travel News 10月11日报道）
Miami Airport Westin Hotel Project Scrapped After FAA Says 150-Foot Tower Would Create Radar Blind Spot
The planned Westin hotel at Miami International Airport will not be built. The developers have walked away, and Miami-Dade County is terminating the ground lease and preparing to seek new bidders, county aviation director Ralph Cutié confirmed at a county meeting, following an initial report by The Real Deal on October 8.
The project was a joint venture of Stephen Ross's Related Ross and Jeffrey Soffer's Fontainebleau Development, which won a 50-year ground lease in 2023. The 451-room hotel would have carried Marriott's Westin flag, stood 150 feet tall on a 1.8-acre site, and connected to Concourse D by a pedestrian bridge, with two restaurants, a pool with terrace, a spa, a fitness center, and event space. When the airport promoted the plan in January 2024, the opening target was 2026, later pushed to 2029.
The Federal Aviation Administration's safety review killed the project. In August 2024, the FAA found the 150-foot structure would create a radar blind spot. An alternative proposed by the aviation department was also rejected. Nearly two years of talks over a shorter building followed, before the developers concluded the project was "no longer economically viable," according to One Mile at a Time. The county expects to finish ending the lease within about a month.
Under the lease, the airport would have collected the greater of $2.5 million a year or 3.5% of the hotel's gross revenue. Hoodline reports county commissioners criticized officials for not keeping them informed and asked whether the county could owe the developers for costs already spent. Both Related Ross and Fontainebleau declined to comment to Hoodline.
For travelers, MIA keeps one on-site hotel for now: the 259-room MIA Hotel at Terminal E, which opened in 1959 and won a five-year operating extension with a five-year renewal option in May. Wait N Rest operates short-term sleeping suites and showers in Concourse D under a 2024 county contract. Separately, hotel operator MCR filed plans in June to add 1,000 rooms in two towers at the Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon. The Westin never opened reservations, so no bookings are affected. One Mile at a Time estimates no new terminal hotel will open before 2030.
(Compiled from reporting by The Real Deal, Hoodline, and NonRev Travel News, October 11, 2026)
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