There’s a particular kind of confidence that lets a hotel coast on its own legend for decades. The Delano had it. The W Hotel had it. Even Faena, barely a decade old, arrived with enough theatricality to render its own newness irrelevant. But 2026 is the year Miami’s hospitality establishment seemed to collectively decide that legend isn’t collateral, it’s an opening bid. Across the beach and inland, the city’s most storied properties are tearing down to the studs, changing flags,…

