The Met 2 Financial Center, (officially the Wells Fargo Center) is part of the Metropolitan Miami

Metropolitan Miami (development)

Metropolitan Miami is a mixed-use development expected to consist of four skyscrapers and a lifestyle center in the Central Business District of Downtown Miami, Florida...

 complex of four skyscraper

Skyscraper

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s in the central business district

Central business district

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 of Downtown

Downtown Miami

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 Miami, Florida

Florida

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, United States

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. It was completed in early 2010.

Met 2 is actually two buildings, built adjacent to each other that are connected at the bottom using the same parking garage. Both completed in 2010, the Met 2 Financial Center is a 46-story, 647 feet (197.2 m) commercial office building, and Met 2 Marriott Marquis

Met 2 Marriott Marquis

The JW Marriott Marquis Miami is the first JW Marriott Marquis hotel to premiere in the JW Marriott property portfolio, with the next one under construction in Dubai, UAE. The hotel is situated in Miami's new Metropolitan Miami development...

 is a 31-story, 367 feet (111.9 m) building containing a Marriott

Marriott International

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 Marquis Hotel. Met 2 is currently the fifth tallest building in Miami and Florida.

The Metropolitan Miami project has gained attention due to NBA star Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille O'Neal

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's involvement in the project. He formed the O'Neal Group, a building-development company. The Metropolitan Miami project is the group's first.

See also

• Metropolitan Miami (development)
  Metropolitan Miami (development)
  Metropolitan Miami is a mixed-use development expected to consist of four skyscrapers and a lifestyle center in the Central Business District of Downtown Miami, Florida...
  
  
• Met 1
  Met 1
  Met 1 is part of Metropolitan Miami, a complex of four skyscrapers in the central business district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. Met 1 was finished in 2007....
  
  
• Met 2 Marriott Marquis
  Met 2 Marriott Marquis
  The JW Marriott Marquis Miami is the first JW Marriott Marquis hotel to premiere in the JW Marriott property portfolio, with the next one under construction in Dubai, UAE. The hotel is situated in Miami's new Metropolitan Miami development...
  
  
• Met 3
  Met 3
  Met 3 is part of Metropolitan Miami, a complex of four skyscrapers in the central business district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. Met 3, the tallest of the four towers, was originally under construction and planned for completion in 2011. However, the project was put on hold...
  
  
• List of tallest buildings in Miami

External links

• Met Miami on Emporis