Ten Museum Park
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Ten Museum Park is a residential skyscraper
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

 in the City of Miami, Florida
Florida
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, United States
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. It is located in northeastern Downtown
Downtown Miami
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, and forms part of the Biscayne Wall
Biscayne Wall
The Biscayne Wall refers to a wall of skyscrapers on the west side of Biscayne Boulevard in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. The "Biscayne Wall" begins at the Met 1 tower in the Central Business District and ends with the Marquis Residences tower to the north in Park West.-List of buildings...

, a series of skyscrapers visible from Biscayne Bay
Biscayne Bay
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 along the west side of Biscayne Boulevard. It was designed by Chad Oppenheim of Oppenheim Architecture + Design. It was completed in early 2007, and opened for residential occupancy in mid-2007. The building is 585 feet (178.3 m) tall, and has 50 floors. It currently stands as the 13th-tallest building in Miami.

Ten Museum Park contains 20,000 square feet (1,858 m²) of Class A office space, retail space on the lower floors, and residential condominium units, which occupy most of the space on the upper floors.
While appearing to be a typical skyscraper
Skyscraper
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 with identical floorplates, the residential levels are varying. The east-facing units are interlocking lofts, providing each unit with an eastern view and either a north or south-facing view as well. Lower level west-facing units are shallow flats with large expanses of glass. Upper levels of the building contain either double-height spaces or three-floor loft arrangements. Some units feature independent soaking pools.

The lower levels of Ten Museum Park hold a lifestyle development
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; the building notably contains a Clinique La Prairie spa, the first in the United States
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, as well as several high-end boutiques in its lobby.

The tower makes up part of the Biscayne Wall
Biscayne Wall
The Biscayne Wall refers to a wall of skyscrapers on the west side of Biscayne Boulevard in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. The "Biscayne Wall" begins at the Met 1 tower in the Central Business District and ends with the Marquis Residences tower to the north in Park West.-List of buildings...

, a series of skyscrapers along the western side of Biscayne Boulevard north of the Central Business District
Central business district
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 in Miami. Ten Museum Park was the first building of the Wall to finish construction. It is directly across the street from the Marinablue
Marinablue
MarinaBlue, also known as Marina Blue, is a skyscraper in Miami, Florida, United States. It is located in northeastern Downtown, and forms part of the Biscayne Wall, a series of skyscrapers visible from Biscayne Bay along the west side of Biscayne Boulevard. The tower was one of the first buildings...

tower. The building's grand opening occurred in February 2007; Ten Museum Park is one of the many new Miami skyscrapers that were completed and opened in the year 2007.

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