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While 97 percent of Miami Beach had been stable, 1,555 of 18,949 points in Miami Beach had been sinking, at a rate of less than one mm (0.039 in) per year. [194] A building collapse due to sinking is likely only if parts are sinking at different rates, creating tensions that weaken the structure, known as differential settlement.
Dupont Plaza Hotel. The Dupont Plaza Hotel was a major hotel in downtown Miami, Florida from 1957 until 2004. It occupied a section of the former site of the Royal Palm Hotel. The Dupont Plaza Hotel was the first major hotel of its generation built in downtown Miami since the collapse of the tourist boom in 1926.
In September 1957, Miami real estate developer Vaughan Connelly bought the hotel for $2 million ($21.7 million in 2023). [2] He subsequently took out a mortgage on the property from the Teamsters Union , who foreclosed on the mortgage and acquired the property in 1960. [ 3 ]
Park Place Productions went on to become the largest independent developer of computer games in 1993 with 130 developers making 45 games for 14 video game publishing companies. At the end of December 1993 the company collapsed. [3] Co-founder Troy Lyndon had left two months earlier. [3]
The company still exists, but 20th Century Fox's video game business was rearranged to FoxNext. FoxNext: Los Angeles: California: United States 2017 Marvel Strike Force: Division of 20th Century Studios. The company still exists but their game development studios were acquired by Scopely in 2020. [20] Frictional Games: Helsingborg: Sweden 2001 ...
EPIC Miami Residences and Hotel was a two-building condo-hotel to be constructed in Miami, Florida by Lionstone Hotels and Resorts. Only the first phase, Epic Hotel & Residences was built. Lionstone bought the former DuPont Plaza Hotel in August 2001 [ 1 ] with the intention of renovating it at a cost of $80 million, but instead demolished it ...
Epic Hotel is an urban hotel and residential skyscraper in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. Epic is 601 feet (183 m) tall and has 54 floors. Epic is 601 feet (183 m) tall and has 54 floors. The tower is located on the north bank of the Miami River in Downtown Miami's Central Business District .
Mindscape was founded in October 1983 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the holding company SFN Companies. [1] [2] Mindscape's founder, the Australian entrepreneur Roger Buoy, had previously been a computer analyst for Rolls-Royce and later worked for the software division of Scholastic Inc. before being hired by SFN.