Iberostar Hotels & Resorts has
opened its second U.S. property, the Iberostar Berkeley, in Miami Beach.
The owners spent $43 million to gut and redevelop the former Berkeley Shore
Hotel, an art deco
building built in 1940. The Collins Avenue
hotel has 96 guestrooms,
including 20 "premier" rooms with balconies.
The pet-friendly hotel has a fourth-floor pool and deck area and a BLT Steak
restaurant.
Iberostar opened its first U.S.
hotel last year when it reflagged a former Kimpton property in New York as
the Iberostar 70 Park Avenue.