Formerly the mid-century Saxony, the Faena sets itself apart with two "firsts" - Miami's first South American-inspired spa with "shaman-developed body treatments" and Top Chef Paul Qui's first restaurant outside his Austin, Texas base. It also has an open-fire Argentine restaurant, a 150-seat cabaret theater and butler services. One of the first luxury hotels on Miami Beach, it was extensively "reimagined" before re-opening in December 2015 as the Faena. The hotel is the catalyst of Miami Beach's new "Faena District', a four-block "utopian city" development by Argentine Alan Faena, a fashion designer before he turned to real estate.