MIAMI
SLS Hotel Group is renovating the historic former Ritz Plaza Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida and converting it into the SLS Hotel South Beach. Slated to open in Spring 2012, the 142-room luxury boutique hotel will be the second property for sbe’s SLS Hotel group.
Renovations began early this year, with all 132 existing rooms being remodeled by acclaimed designer Philippe Starck, as well as the addition of a 14,500-square-foot pool deck and 10 bungalow suites. The SLS Hotel South Beach will offer two of sbe’s most popular restaurants, the Bazaar by award-winning chef Jose Andres, and Katsuya by Starck, as well as the Hyde Beach lounge.
Joining Starck as a collaborator on SLS Hotel South Beach is musician Lenny Kravitz and his team at Kravitz Design Inc., who will design the penthouse suite and one of the poolside bungalows. Chef Jose Andres, as the SLS Hotels Culinary Director, has re-invented the Bazaar experience for South Beach, blending influences from local flavors while featuring an array of pioneering culinary concepts.
The SLS South Hotel Beach is located at 1701 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida with 100 feet of beach frontage. Originally built in 1939 by renowned South Beach architect L. Murray Dixon, the SLS Hotel South Beach features a rooftop architectural design depicting a lantern reaching to the sky and is the tallest art deco structure in South Beach.
