MIAMI, FLORIDA

Florida has the 3rd largest population in the United States at 19.9 million, surpassing New York. Miami sold more than 12.5 million hotel rooms last year, with revenue per available room ranking only behind New York and San Francisco. More than 1,000 multi-national corporate offices are currently headquartered in Miami. Miami is home to 73 Foreign Consulates, 21 Foreign trade offices and the Largest concentration of domestic and international banks south of New York. Miami International Airport, less than 5 miles west, serves more than 41 million passengers annually – the second leading gateway to the U.S. following JFK Airport. All Aboard Florida will break ground on a $2.5 billion project to build a privately run passenger train between Miami and Orlando beginning operations in 2016. 5 million people are expected to ride All Aboard Florida during its first year of operation. The Port of Miami is the number one cruise terminal in the world, welcoming more than 5 million passengers annually. The Panama Canal expansion will allow for increased cargo capacity to the port. American Airlines Arena, a 20,000 person capacity, hosts more than 200 events annually attracting more than 3 million guests. There is more than $5 billion of recent, current and planned construction activity within the immediate vicinity. Zaha Hadid, the first woman to win the Pritzkar Prize for architecture, designed her first residential tower in the western hemisphere in Miami. Units in the 80 unit tower will range from $5 million to the $45 million penthouse units.