Omni Fort Lauderdale
Omni Fort Lauderdale Hotel Tops Off to Serve Broward County Convention Center
Balfour Beatty announces the topping out of Broward County Convention Center's East Expansion and Hotel during a public ceremony on Dec. 13. Balfour Beatty teammates and industry partners, along with local officials, attended the event where the placement of the two uppermost steel beams were placed atop the 400,000-square-foot East Expansion Building and the 29-story Omni Fort Lauderdale Hotel.
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As part of Matthews Southwest's $1 billion multi-phased Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center project, the campus' east expansion and new hotel is the second phase of construction executed by Balfour Beatty. The stand-alone East Expansion Building features ballrooms, exhibit space and a kitchen that will service the entire 1.5 million-square-foot convention center. Additionally, a 801-room hotel operated by Omni Fort Lauderdale will be delivered with additional meeting and ballroom space, multiple restaurant options, amenity deck, roof top bar and an array of luxury amenities.
The construction of the East Expansion Building and Omni Hotel follows the completion of the convention center's first phase: The West Expansion Building. Balfour Beatty also exceeded The County's required 30% Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) participation goal on this phase of construction awarding contracts to small and local businesses.