MIAMI BEACH
When Joie de Vivre, the boutique lifestyle hotel brand from San Francisco-based Commune Hotels & Resorts, opens its first East Coast hotel – The Hall – late summer, it aims to introduce a distinctly fresh approach to South Beach’s already distinct hospitality.
With its main entrance located at 15th Street and Collins, the 164-room boutique hotel is set between the charming and historic Española Way and 16th Street – a stone’s throw from the beach, Ocean Drive, Lincoln Road, and the Miami Beach Convention Center. The distinctly bohemian hotel features three buildings, including its namesake – the historic Art Deco landmark, Haddon Hall, designed by renowned architect L. Murray Dixon. The newly renovated, three-story buildings are connected via colorful pathways to create a beachside village. Set on 1.4-acres, The Hall features an Olympic-sized pool flanked by chic cabanas, and a backyard bar and outdoor lounge with a massive banyan tree as its centerpiece.
To help bring the hotel’s personality to life, Joie de Vivre Hotels has collaborated with designer Robert McKinley to create a hotel immersed in Tropical Modernism, and the property has also tapped star chef and restaurateur Spike Mendelsohn—a former contestant on Top Chef— to shape the food and bar offerings.
While there are no traditional meeting rooms or ballrooms at The Hall, the hotel is able to transform and privatize its public areas, bars and restaurants to meeting and event space, including The Library (490 square Feet), its backyard lounge Campton Yard (5,580), signature restaurant Sunny’s (1,420), The Lobby Bar (800) and The Pool deck and bar (6,730).
